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- The chaps behind @coldones have finally done what everyone has been asking them to do for years, and released their own alcoholic drink, called Grog! However, it's only available in Australia for now. In this video, we review both flavours of the drink and compare it to existing beverages on the market.
EDIT: Since this video seems to be getting some traction, I just want to clarify this review was not sponsored. I am merely a Cold Ones fan giving my honest thoughts.
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0:35 Contrary to popular belief, Tasmania does, in fact, exist.
3:15 Strong Zero/-196 is actually only available in Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Australia.
5:07 These prices are in Australian Dollars.
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@@Vickysqueeze a cold burger would be hard to do well man
I was going crazy at the prices until I remembered you use dollarydoos down there instead of freedombucks.
alcohol tax is also crazy, 700ml smirnoff here is like $50
Still kinda expensive for here but reasonable for a smaller brewery drink🤙🏼
still $53.88 freedombucks
This is 100% worth it for me I’ll gladly spend $300 to get like 5 cases 😂
Roughly 35 freedoms isn’t that bad
Grog is so easy to drink, especially if you drink regularly, it just tastes like a soft drink to me. They've definitely made their drink taste great and they've definitely hit the binge-drinking/weekend alcoholic demographic.
disgusting
Probably inspired by their gamersupps and vodka cocktails
You'll literally be paying near bar/club levels for your drinks by only drinking these when binge drinking.
@@keithcarlson1020 I mean in terms of drinkability and taste they're easy to smash.
If you want cheap go get a goon bag.
@@oronk60 Most seltzers or soju is easy to drink. The price of these is crazy though. I'm hoping they go down in price sooner rather than later once they've settled into the market and produce more resulting in cheaper production prices.
If you want to know what the grape tastes like, go get some grape Fanta from an international store and throw some vodka in. It's essentially that but zero sugar and very slightly bitter from the shochu
Is there no grape flavored stuff in aus???? O_O
u haven't had grape -196f?
@@ianturnbull7 grape -196 in Melbourne must be pretty scarce, I've only ever seen the Lemon one and Max and Chad who're also in Melb were always sippin the lemon -196's in earlier eps before Grog was a thing ofc
@@swiftsilver The flavour of grape changes radically depending on the variety. In Australia we are accustomed to the American profile of artificial grape flavouring.
@@swiftsilver Not exactly, the only non-imported Fanta flavours we have here are orange and raspberry.
To be honest, I'm surprised they even managed to get the trademark for the name 'Grog'.
You'd think that every alcohol company in Australia would have been all over that instantly, considering that it's such a common name for alcohol here.
I bet that we'll be seeing a drink named 'Goon' in the near future that's a grape flavoured drink instead of wine.
Love the packaging. It looks very premium, and not like just another youtuber cash grab.
I've bought coldones and coolshirtz merch a couple times and they always ship in high-quality packaging with fun designs
How does a better package not look like a cash grab to u LOL? That’s all this is man, think about it…and the better packaging makes more sales than shitty packaging.
Would honestly also like to know what part of ur mind makes u think it’s not a cash grab lol it’s all it ever is having a product
brother, the term "cash grab" refers to low- effort, rushed, souless products sold with the sole purpose of earning as much profit as possible. amen
@@huejaynus6320 That may be your definition…the true definition is as stated: A product designed primarily or solely with the intent of generating profits or money. Amen. Booty-cheek of a comment, even their name is on the product for more reach. From the makers of “cold ones”
Anything Grape from Japan tastes this way. Completely different to our usual grape, but still grape.
In aus at least the branding of -196 is that it’s straight fruit frozen and crushed. I assume the crushed ice is extracted with the alcohol to reduce the wastage in freezing the alcohol. I had grape yoghurt Fanta in Japan (grape flavoured fanta branded calpis) and it literally tasted like grape Fanta flavour in calpis soda, ie delicious.
White grape vs purple/red grape?
Artificial grape flavor usually tastes closest to the concord grape. Table or wine grapes taste different
A little fact for the Suntory one (or any other Japanese food product)
An art work of a fruit in a package of a product resembles on how much it tastes like, if it simple it doesn't taste that much and if it's more realistic it tastes almost one to one of the fruit itself.
didnt know that, gonna test that this weekend at the Jmart
Nah thats wrong the more realalistic the image the higher the percentage of real fruit juice.
no way thats almost exactly what he said wow youre a thinker @@shunskiii7679
I don't want to blindly prefer a Japanese product over another when choosing what to buy simply based on the artwork to get an accurately tasting one so would you kindly provide the source for this little fact?
@@YT_Keijiyou would be comparing Japanese products to each other, not comparing a Japanese product to a product of a different origin. You’ll be okay.
Seeing how alcohol prices in other nations work is fascinating to me. I'm from Massachusetts and we have a lot of Japanese import beer's around here and the rate for a six pack is usually only a few dollars difference from a domestic.
the Japanese beers are pretty widely available here too (Asahi, Sapporo, etc.) they're not much more expensive either, it's just that the base cost of alcohol here is higher due to tax
Yeah even Happy Dads from Nelk are only around $20 for a 12 pack they would have to lower the price to compete for sure some 16oz craft brews are around that but rare
more then 50% of the price of booze and cigs is tax in aus its rough
A lot of “imported” JP beers are brewed in North America. Asahi in Canada, Sapporo in Wisconsin and Kirin by Busch
I moved from the US to AUS and the prices on cigs and beer (Esp hard seltzer) is crazy. BUT, most people here are paid very well and were given generous vacation, public holidays and sick leave so it evens out.
i live in the EU and i can't wait for it to be available here. this review will help alot in deciding because shipping is still a big cost from AUS. thank keep up the great content man.
I cant wait for it to ship to eu
unrelated but i used to listen to vaporwave on a channel that had that picture but ive never been able to find it. do you know what it is???
cant help you with the channel, the picture came from th-cam.com/video/aQkPcPqTq4M/w-d-xo.html this song. @@jackcalow2430
Australia pretty much the spiritual home of premix - witness Hooch - so not surprising they can sell so well even in a crowded space \m/
As an American, the sentence at 3:40 is extremely cursed
also amazing video by the way, you've earned yourself a sub
it was Leaning into a more not-so-legal drink
In the Anglosphere (ex-British countries), we refer to American lemonade as a "lemon squash". "Lemonade" for us means lemon soda. Similarly, we call your milkshakes a "thickshake". One last piece of trivia is that sandwich vs. burger isn't distinguished by meat fillet vs. ground patty, but rather if it's housed between burger buns vs. bread slices.
@@mitchg93milkshakes and thick shakes are two different things man.
such a sick review, im considering to move to australia just for grog! jokes aside really good video 🔥
I'll mail you some, brother.
When Alcohol is literally cheaper anywhere else in the World 😂🥺
@@dedpxl yo ill pay extra man i really wanna try it
I was waiting for the dual grog at the end, I kept thinking "no way he won't when he has two flavours opened" 😂
I'm waiting for a restock on these, I love grape and peach flavoured things! Excited to see the upcoming docos and fun vids in between ❤
The package looks really good as does the website I hope it'll be available to Ireland one day
Another irish dude here hoping for it to be avalaible aswell maybe ill be able to grab a can whenever im across the pond one of the days
Been watching max since mail time on his channel ages ago, crazy to see how far he's come.
"Don't Drink and Pregnant" is crimally underated. I'm dying 💀 4:47
$54AUD = $34.72 USD as of 9/17/2023 btw. $45 AUD = $28.94 USD without shipping
That's including tax which is close to 55% on alcoholic bevs (before GST) in Australia
Glad to see you're branching out your content, Fitz.
I live in Adelaide as well, I think another major player to mention in the pre mixed game is Billsons. I swear they have a new flavour out every week 😅
Yeah, very true, I see ads for them absolutely everywhere at the moment!
Appreciate the thorough review. I'm hoping to get my hands on it in Canada someday but this will do for now. Sounds like both of these would fit in nicely with what I drink. Cheers!
I love the Lemon -196 for it's lite lemon flavor, the grape one not so much think it actually made me slightly sick after having the same amount that I would usually have with the lemon, that said good review I am excited to try our Australian counterpart love the overall design and aesthetic that GroG! has too! ^^
Yeah 2022 Christmas I had a 12 pack and by the end it made me so sick. I had to switch to beers
Cannot wait for it to hit the US. Just turned 21 this year and i need me a Grog!
I was lucky enough to get some from the second lot of the first batch, it personally prefer the peach to the grape but they’re both nice. Also my air freshener also was already opened when I opened my box up.
I don't drink but coped a mixed pack, grape taste like soda and goes down so easy. Peach tastes like other vodka mixed drinks and doesn't go down easy for me as a non drinker.
Definitely will be trying this once it launches here in the states theres definitely not alot of hard sodas here compared to other countries
and most of the flavors we have are basically the same you have though we do have flavors like root beer, apple cider, orange soda, and Ice Tea among others but this drink will surely be welcomed here.
awesome video mate love seeing aussies make chill videos like these
I cant wait for it to come to the States!
As a eastern european, its a small chance ill even get to try all these, but damn if i go to Australia someday, its the first drink im buying
very in-depth review, going to be cool to see your channel grow and I can comment about how I was here before you hit 5k
Japan uses white grapes for their grape drinks, they call them muscat grapes and usually youll see it on the packaging of grape juice and alcohol over there, whereas more western grape flavours are that more red/purple grape flavour. I used to live in Japan and the only time i could find a grape flavour like i was used to as an Aussie was American imported stuff like Dole brand juice 😂 So beware if youre in japan and want to try grape stuff, itll be similar to the strong zero here! (i had no idea strong zero was rebranded in Aus too thats interesting!) Great review thanks for sharing! 😎👍
This was a video that needed to be made, I was wondering what it tasted it like the packaging looks so cool.
Another really good Aussie premixed are from brookvale union, they were the first to do the alcoholic lemon squash and their ginger beers are the best out there. Very interested to see what other grog flavours there will be
American Grog in the works? LET'S GOOOO
They really did well with Grog, major props to max and chad! also to 80 proof australia
really appreciate you taking the time to not only describe how grog is but also comparing it to other drinks, kudos to you mate
I can't wait for this to get to the states I really wanna try all the flavors especially the new lemon flavor this review definitely made me more confident in the peach and grape flavors as well
Earned yourself a new sub, Great review!
Why do u not have more subs. Great video, nice and smooth voice to listen to. U earned a sub
Nice. Hopefully, they come to the USA. I do not drink but I have tried most celebrities' alcohol. Maybe grog may change my drinking habits.
Fun fact: In norway we too have a domestic made orange soda called Solo too.
Hey man, ur channel just got recommended to me. Great review. Loved it honestly.
Yo another adelaide resident I almost forgot our city even existed.
never seen yeet juice before. a lot of these comments are funny to me, so many Americans being like "wow it's so expensive" like I mean kinda but it's not in freedom dollars lmao
Got me excited to try these
thank you i am very excited to try me some grog
I live in America and I am so excited to try this when it finally comes over here
drinks that taste good together always are worth while.
checking in from 🇨🇦 we do not have strong zero or -196, highly wish we did but we do have our own canadian brewed goodies. cheers mate
Yeah, I've since realised -196 isn't as global as I thought it was :( Thanks for the info!
no sweat. honestly we probably have something in a similar nature but canadian made because that tends to be the norm around here. We had white claw copy cats before we even had white claws. great vid btw@@nbduckman
Almost 2k in two weeks. Congrats!
Great to hear from a mate living down in Adelaide about the shipping here and if its worth it, I will be 100% buying Grog for my 18th, great video man and this was a great review
I like me ale but as soon as this comes to England, I'll have to cop a crate.
the thing you called a Smelly Thing for the car, here in the US we call that an Air Freshener. I love most things peach.
it’s also called an air freshener in australia ☠️
As a fellow adelaide man, I approve of Bowden brewing, nothing beats coopers tho
Grog is just what we have in Finland called "long drinks"
too bad the company never went global
so excited if it comes to the states!
bro your alcohol prices surprised the shit out of me. that’s nuts. i stopped at the gas station on the way home and got two 16 oz cans for a less than 5 dollars.
On the next episode of Cold Ones Podcast-
Guy Who Reviewed Grog
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Underrated channel
Got two boxes of grog and both had the air freshener opened too
As an Aussie, the Hard Solo does also taste like a regular Solo so I can almost see why they want to ban it 😂 that stuff is so easy to drink.
Wait wth, I never got sent a thankyou card when I brought the mix pack when it first came out
As another Aussie I must try this
I like how the Japanese for Grog looks like the English word Grog upside down
love your vids man! epic review!
that’s crazy that it costs that much for alcohol and that’s reasonable. in the US you can get a pack like this for about $20 USD or less depending on the brand
They use Australian dollars. This was around 20 usd
Nah frfr i got a shock when you said Keysborough, legit a 10 minute drive from my house and i didn't think the factory would be that close to me, id expect maybe the other side of the city tbh
At 4:34 it doesn't mean expire/used by. it's best before . i only point out cause i've notice people think bb means got to use it before that date. lucky me i get free red rock deli chips every year lol I love the review from fellow man from Hindley St lol
red rock deli chips are so expensive but so worth it
Yea ay they are but they are just too yummy lol.@@melvindoo2396
I think some of the controversy around hard solo was that it would appeal to underage drinkers which is fucking hilarious because nothing is further away from appealing to underage drinkers than 10 standards for $50 , when it is exactly just solo and vodka which obviously you can already purchase on their own.
Cant wait till it comes to the UK it seems really good and would absolutely be worth getting
I can't wait for this to hit American shelves!
as a fellow person from adelaide i have never seen yeet juice in my life lmfao
same lmfao
waiting for the NZ release cause omg these sound amazing!!!
Still not out outside of aus and nz
Awesome to hear that it’s good very excited for America orders
Hey from New Zealand trying my first one now the grape one it's great
'not too alchoholic'
what exactly do you mean by that? Its 6% and 'goes down easy'
I had the choice between this video or the new VFX artists react...
I made the right choice, great review, very much want to try both but grape is the one 🍇 hard grape fanta may get me drinking alcohol again...
Grog is puple grape flavour, concord grapes... artificial concord grape anyway 😅
-196°C is based on white grapes aka the gross grapes aha
Spectacular review! Can't wait for the NZ launch and more of those air fresheners
0:37 Damn no love for Tassie? Love the review mate.
Grog is my go to for vodka mixes, Although the price is the real kicker, As the guy said for craft brews its pretty cheap but for 8 cans I can't justify $54 when I can grab a 30 pack of VB cans for $63. Then again grog tastes like max and chads very essence was ringed out of their souls and VB tastes like goat piss.
Mate ngl if u make more vids like this, u will blow up. Anyways congrats on the view count
2:28 another things is how on earth are kids going to accidentally purchase an age restricted drink? The second it gets scanned you've got red alerts saying ID the customer, or if it were in a bar the you don't serve yourself the barman does! Trying to ban a silly lemon drink as if there aren't structures already in place to stop this? Why is based off the fact that there's a non-alcoholic version? Did they think about banning WKD cocktails because of the silly fun colours?
I think the reality is that if a parent keeps them in the refrigerator and their child grabs a solo, theres a chance they could be consuming an alcoholic drink without even realising. I dont think this is an unreasonable idea, its not really an overreaction, and it could be solved by changing the name to distinguish it wholeheartedly
Thx for this m8. Im in the US and was so curious how their drinks were.
6:28 in fairness, that's only 4 flavours a year. Realistically, they could make 4 random flavours a year. I mean, they have straberry and grape so far. Heres 4 for the next year; pineapple, lemon, mango, apple.
Hell, heres next year: cherry, rasberry, peach, watermelon.
Then, if they begin to run out, just start combinations. At around 8 individual flavours. You'll be able to get what ? 28 combinations of just two of them. Then a triple flavour adds tonnes of opportunities, so 4 a year for the next decade, if it's successful, is easily achieveable
I have those exact same glasses. probably got em from the same shop in adelaide too ahah
if you started reviewing hard seltzers from around the globe, I’d watch every one
Grogg is very popular in sweden, not grog but grogg. Even tho it really is the same, vodka and soda. the good old 90/10 grogg hits hard when you dont expect it to be that strong xD
I think they should make a new mixed pack rather than just one new flavour, even if it takes longer than even 6 months
No way Australia has a fucking YEET drink
That's the first time I'm hearing that our sub-brick "intellectuals" in parliament want to ban a drink that you can only buy if you're over 18. What don't they want to ban?
the hard solo is fucking dangerous i love them there’s little to no alcoholic taste in them there so good and refreshing they’ll be so good in the summer, i’m excited to try these out too!
11:15 can you send the glass thru the screen I need to drive thank you 😊
Just a correction at 2:20 im pretty sure Solo is lemon squash vs just lemon
ABSOLUTELY LOSING IT OVER THE YEET DRINK💀😭😂😂😂
why did youtube recommend me this video i did watch it all
A cursed Halloween flavour would be cool. Either pumpkin or Vegemite
Solo can design is outstanding. Shame i can't get that where i am.
in southern US you can't find any soju, shochu or any mix with the soda
I can't believe they put the Critical Roll character in an alcoholic because