7 Vintage 7UP Cocktails from 1964

[@TitianBelle]

When I was about 5 and growing up back in the 70s, my grandfather always made ‘highballs’, which was just alcohol (usually brandy or whiskey), 7-up and ice. He always made me one too (7-up and ice). We would drink our highballs together at the kitchen counter. Sometimes grandma would have one too.

[@jimmyb1559]

@@TitianBelle What a great memory. 👍

[@DariaAmato-wz2xg]

7up + grenadine = Shirley temple. There was 7up + green coloring was a Davey Crockett they were kids cocktails

[@nancy9478]

​@@DariaAmato-wz2xgmy parents would let us have these on occasions like weddings.

[@danielleS257]

@@DariaAmato-wz2xg 7up has a limited run Shirley Temple currently. I just bought some this afternoon. Haven’t cracked one yet but hoping it’s not just Cherry 7up but it has to be close.

[@DariaAmato-wz2xg]

@danielleS257 cherry 7up not the same.

[@fondasarff9701]

We 7-up lovers need this booklet to be reprinted!!!

[@klguzik]

My mom used to dump a bag of frozen strawberries, with white rum into a blender, then pour it into a glass with 7-Up. She called it a Hillbilly daiquiri. Now I might have to go back and give it a try!

[@battiekoda]

That sounds hella good! ❤😂

[@julianortiz4151]

@@klguzik I gotta try that.

[@lisaspikes4291]

Yum!

[@Corrne44]

That sounds really good, I'm gonna have to try lol

[@billchief397]

Omg that sounds easy and divine. I will have to try myself.

[@julianortiz4151]

My grandfather always had 7-Up on hand for his mixers. I wouldn’t say he used it exclusively, but it was always there along with ginger ale and cola. I saw him use it plenty of times, though I saw him take his drinks neat more often than in a mixer. He turned 95 last Sunday, on the 10th. 🥃

[@Ceractucus]

Congrats for him! Mix him a drink, he deserves it!

[@cat_momma]

I'll have what he's having!

[@jimmyb1559]

@@julianortiz4151 A toast to your grandpa! 95! Bless him.

[@chiaralistica]

Happy Birthday, Grandfather!!! 🎉

[@jandasalovich6469]

Dang nice!

[@morticia981]

This is why I'm a 7up lover to this day. All the adults were having cocktails, and if I was good, I'd get some mixer soda, which was always 7up or Squirt. I'm 58 now😊

[@jimmyb1559]

When I was a kid in the 60’s I knew company was coming - that meant Aunts Uncles and cousins, when mom would pick up individual quarts of 7-Up, 50/50, Squirt, and GingerAle to have on hand for mixed drinks. The kids had some 7-Up with a maraschino cherry. Wow. Good times!

[@carenfarmer4794]

The white soda!

[@morticia981]

@@jimmyb1559 An almost Shirley Temple! 60s kid, too. Just came back from the store with some 7up. It's just like you said! Those three sodas are it for me. (Canada Dry ginger ale specifically, Squirt, 7up, why am I unable to tolerate any other sodas?)🤣

[@elizabethallen4353]

50/50! That was so good!

[@julieshelley-fd5kp]

Oh, the memories! Life so simple back then! Thank you for the memories....Merry Christmas

[@darrinroberts335]

I'm five minutes in and it seems like you're having a really good time here. Bonus for a booklet of recipes I've never seen or heard of before. Best cocktail channel out there.

[@makeanddrink]

Gotta find the good times where we can

[@streetpi1010]

Such a fun episode w/ a historical booklet. The green 7up bottle is so iconic & lush.

[@moretoknowshow1887]

My old landlord owned the 7-up bottling building turned lofts here in Dallas, he had the place decorated with all of these recipes from their vintage ads.

[@JosieB2017]

In 1941 my father had his first alcoholic drink, a slow gin fizz made with 7 Up at a bar. He was 13 years old and went with his two older brothers who were 15&16. That bar is still open but back then it was a casino now it’s a very popular supper club in northern Minnesota.

[@michellefarrell4493]

Jameson was a stand-in for Seagrams. My ex-husband was a bartender and taught me how to make a lot of different drinks. 7&7 was one of my first drinks I learned how to make.

[@SoCalRvca]

Still a favorite!

[@richarddavis8863]

I don't even really like to drink but this was really fun to watch. The vintage booklet art, the cocktail music and your 70's looking shirt really made this seem like a period piece. High quality video hope to see your channel grow!

[@lisaspikes4291]

I had a mojito once that was made with 7-up instead of seltzer. It was very good!

[@mf-qi8gn]

Gin and 7up has always been a favorite... add a little sweet and sour and you get an adult lemonade! Adding the peach liquor sounds refreshing!

[@patriciaaturner289]

I’m 73. We used 7 up as a mixer all the time because Sprite was too sweet.

[@Roxy-ch4gv]

I am curious aboutbusing Starry in some of these. Its a little more lime forward

[@lillydee5978]

My mom's favorite cocktail growing up was Sloe Gin Fizz made with 7-UP. I think she used the soda in lieu of club soda and simple syrup and put in extra cherry juice. It was delicious.

[@benandrovich112]

I love seeing your genuine surprise on each of the drinks you liked, great one dude!

[@anderander5662]

I love those mcm illustrations

[@photografia]

My JAW DROPPED when I saw the FIzz work!!!! 😲Great technique!

[@makeanddrink]

It works. It's not the same as a 6 min shake but it works

[@mmtx73]

Same, I don't know that I've seen a proper one made outside of NOLA, so to see it work with freaking 7Up blew me away.

[@kellywalker9827]

My Grandma made us 7UP and Hawaiian Punch 😋

[@UncIeA]

Awesome to hear most of the drinks were great! I reallllly love the artwork on that booklet though. It’s fantastic. Thanks for sharing!

[@tammanyfields3583]

Rum & 7 has always been my go to.

[@jessevan7652]

In my drinking days , mine was a 7 and 7 ! Haha 🤣 😂 😄that was 7up with segren 7 whiskey and a cherries 🍒 yummy !

[@llcoolmartine]

My favourite 7up cocktail is the "Lynchburg lemonade" 1 ½ oz Jack Daniels Single Barrel (yes the higher proof good stuff) 1 oz Cointreau 1/2 oz lemon or lime juice 1/2 oz Simple syrup Shake w Ice Top w 4 oz 7up or Sprite

[@ubermo1182]

Top with 7UP or 7UP..,..🙏

[@sickofcrap8992]

Lynchburg Lemonade is really good! 😋

[@chiaralistica]

Reminds me of visiting the area and staying at Hotel Roanoke. What a place and that guy made a good cocktail!

[@markhatley-k6s]

OK. I’m really digging the classic blender for the slushy! What a fun episode, Thank you!!

[@whyattn]

This one was a blast to watch. Great job as always keep up the great work! Cheers!

[@comeoncarebear]

Growing up in the 50 I remember mom and dad using 7 up in there Black velvet.

[@capnzilog]

Oh, if you could only get honest-to-god original flavor 7-Up in a glass bottle today...

[@kpp4492]

C'mon 7up, where's that corporate sponsorship money for a channel this good?

[@flinch622]

They can't: the old bottling gear was sold to Mexico. You see.. like most drinks, putting it in plastic or aluminum just wrecks it. You ever experienced the hospitality error of fools putting decent $75/bottle champagne in plastic drinkware? It immediately downgrades to $10 fare with no hope of recovery. I *loved* 7up when it was bottled - my grandmother always kept some on hand. Now? It rates as ok.

[@makeanddrink]

They were joking

[@amuseher]

Probably already sponsored.

[@nicolasnegrete3226]

Amaizing cocktails i need more of them!

[@DannySettle-yi2ef]

Respect and Love ❤️ Thank's for the information 🙏 Bless you and Congratulations ❤

[@nancymoreno9955]

Black Velvet and 7Up "yum"!!

[@madamogee9041]

Just like a 7/7. Seagrams 7 and 7 up.

[@shelleypedersen580]

Crown and 7-up with a twist of lime is my favorite go to drink!

[@maralisil]

My dad's favorite mixer back in the day. We always had 7 Up in the kitchen. I would drink the partial bottles and eat some maraschino cherries! Always a sweet tooth! 😁

[@kristys6640]

I live in an older home and started embracing some nostalgia with food and dishes. Thanks for sharing! Did you know Dr. Pepper used to be served hot around the holidays? (I am not sure I will bring that one back!).

[@chiaralistica]

I bought a 1970 built home in 1997. Came with a bar cart, which had really fallen out of favour by then. I didn't toss it, but kept it going. Now I see them for sale, so I guess they're back! Reminds me of grandma's house on a Sunday.

[@rjeso]

I know this is a channel about alcohol, but I have a 7-Up mocktail that I love that's basically an elevated Shirley Temple. I call it a Sunshine Sour: - 7-Up (or any lemon-lime soda) - sour mixer - grenadine - bitters - lime wedge for garnish (and a little extra acidity beyond the sour mixer) Measure everything with your heart; I love mine with more bitters than I think most people would enjoy. Definitely serve over ice, though!

[@paulalascola6714]

You go ahead lol

[@ILuvRum]

Very cool. Great technique with the fizz. I can't wait to try that. Back in the day, 60's-70s, 7up was every bit as popular a mixer as Coke, maybe even more so. My dad's standby was Jim Beam and 7up. When you think about it, it is just effervescent citrus flavored simple syrup.

[@sickofcrap8992]

7 and 7.

[@DanlowMusic]

I use Sprite to make a Shizzle Twist. Its Raspberry vodka, a splash of Malibu, cranberry juice and a little Sprite. (You could totally do 7 up)

[@roygbivcreations5929]

Thanks for sharing🎉

[@kitchentroll5868]

If my 25 years of working in hotel and restaurant bars taught me anything, it was this: When in doubt, use 7-Up as the base mixer.

[@davidstough302]

Back when 7up tasted good

[@johnvrabec9747]

Yeah, its pretty bad now. I know they changed the recipe when Sprite got big. Sucks. My Mom would give us room temperature 7Up when our little tummies were upset lol

[@amesstoday]

Great information

[@onemercilessming1342]

We had 7-up and Ginger Ale. My preference was for Manischiewicz Concord Grape or Blackberry wine over ice with 7-up.

[@chiaralistica]

My grandmother always gave us a little Manischiewitz because it was a little sweet and we liked that.

[@annabrahamson4320]

My family mixed Mogan David grape wine with 7up in the 60s, tasty.

[@sickofcrap8992]

It still tasted good in the late 70s/early 80s.

[@rev.leonidasw.smiley6300]

Great program, I like your hard and honest reviews.

[@makeanddrink]

Thanks!

[@scottrichards3587]

I believe the drink was popularized in the 50s. My fathers go to in the 60s was a simple 7+7, 7up and Seagrams 7 with a slice of lime. RIP Kenneth❤

[@veronicakalma5138]

That last one looked so neat!

[@minipandora22]

Fun video 🍹

[@thatdudebro]

this is an awesome and interesting video. gained a sub.

[@tothefinlandstation]

Should've said "let's see if the velvet glove fits".

[@kaybrown4010]

Back in the day the ad read “7-Up - You like it, it likes you!”

[@lisaspikes4291]

Yes, some of us did know that 7-up is a great mixer. I don’t keep a full bar, but when I want a drink, my go to is some kind of juice, some kind of alcohol, and 7-up (sometimes Sprite or Sierra Mist or whatever lemon lime soda is available.) It may not be artistic or professional, but it tastes good and does the job!

[@ryank.5960]

This video made 7-up mine…to love

[@JS-bd5kf]

7-up and Squirt great mixers

[@diceportz7107]

And Sprite is not the same!!! 7UP has its own unique flavor.

[@rashaunjones1027]

This looks fun to make

[@ultimatemaitai]

Wow, what a revelation! I was focusing on Hurricanes and Mai Tais in NOLA last month, the only Ramos Gin Fizz I ordered was only okay.

[@makeanddrink]

Because it didn't have the flavor you favor

[@ultimatemaitai]

@@makeanddrink That's true

[@michellefarrell4493]

The only 7UP cocktail I know of is 7&7 (7Up soda and Seagrams 7 gin.

[@OldMysticOne]

Seagram’s 7 was whisky. I used to snag it from my parent liquor cabinet back in my high school days 50 years ago. 7&7 was my first alcoholic beverage and the reason I never drank much as an adult 🤣🤣

[@riverbilly64]

I loved New Year’s Eve 1977. My parents and their friends sat around playing cards and drinking 7&7s. My sibs and neighbor kids were young teens and we loved sneaking them. 😂

[@michellefarrell4493]

@theresat6656 thanks for clearing that up for me. My uncles used to have alot of parties at the house and he used to give me a sip of his to taste.

[@Teri_Beary]

7&7 was my Mom and Dad's drink. I recently went to a bar and asked for one and the waitress was so apologetic that they didn't have the whiskey. The bartender came over himself and said he had to meet someone still asking for a 7&7 - lol (I'm in my late 50's). I told him it was my parents' favorite drink and just wondered if Seagram's was still around. My regular go to is Jameson's and 7-Up.🥃

[@BDUBZ49]

Growing up in the 70s and 80s, the grown-ups always had 7Up or Ginger Ale behind the bar for cocktails. Seven and Seven's man!! I actually have a set-- well 3 of 4, of the upside-down Coke style "Uncola" glasses with the 7up logo on them!

[@SandiMacDougall]

You finally got one that intested me. The Frappe. Vodka. I may try this. This was very interesting seeing all these old drinks. I grew up making Shirley Temples at the bar my grandpa had in his living room. And 7up was a must ingredient. Any other lemon lime type soda would not be as good as Y up. Thanks for sharing.

[@rgrdesigns]

In the 60's my grandparents came over to play cards with my folks. I remember them having 7Up mixed with lime vodka. Another drink was whiskey mixed with Squirt, a grapefruit flavored soda.

[@robstockton2463]

Squirt was big in the Midwest in the 60s/70s. My cousins back east drank a ton of it when they visited us, because they couldn’t get it in New Jersey. My aunt and uncle liked it for a mixer, too - we always loaded up the trunk with Squirt when we drove out to visit them.

[@laurabeane8862]

7up was the right amount of sweet for mixing drinks. Sprite and some bargain brands can throw off the flavor, and the extra sugar makes for worse hangovers

[@ericepperson8409]

The book itself is pretty cool looking. Think I’ll grab a pack of 7-Up this weekend to give a couple of these a try. Would love to know the Origin of the Pride of St Louis. I grew up there and have never seen it. And I can tell you folks from St Louis are very proud of their unique food and drinks. And figured Id look it up real quick before finishing the comment. Just learned something new about my old home town. 7 Up was originally made there.

[@PockyFiend]

Once, I ran out of decent tonic water, so I substituted 7up to mix with my gin. Man, it really made a difference!

[@edmundosbaldeston7351]

I kept hearing “pizza core” instead of “peach liqueur”

[@bubbaearle7826]

Me too! Glad I'm not the only crazy one in here 😂

[@hennessyblues4576]

In case anyone didn’t know, 7up was created in St Louis by Charles Leiper Grigg.

[@williamwhite2113]

My dad used to make gin and 7Up when I was a kid and he would let me drink one too. Was tasty too.

[@interlockingTC]

The spirit ratios are interesting. A few are a 1/4 oz over a traditional 2 oz measure. Perhaps to up the proof to balance the sweetness of the 7-up?

[@viviancollick1721]

The velvet Glove is basically an Evans Williams Peach and Ginger Ale....super fresh and so yummy.🍹

[@marykayesugerman6843]

I’m a vodka girl myself. Give me a Cosmo and I’m happy. Nowadays I call it a Cranberry Martini.

[@wilgerdes3240]

growing up in the '70's & '80's, seems like the 7 & 7 was the goto cocktail for many...

[@maghteridon5555]

"Dark 'n' Stormy sucks" hahahaha XDD. It's not my favourite drink either, but here in Poland, it's a favourite of a great bartender.

[@mlpabq1]

Now I have to find the booklet

[@Ceractucus]

My tastes are simple, but I still like a 7&7 sometimes, though with better whiskey, or often a nice bourbon.

[@blindlemonlipschitz912]

When you went in with low expectations, and it actually worked lol

[@elkewheeler]

SoCo and diet 7up (aka Comfort Collins) is always a group favorite.

[@77Brainfreeze]

What a great idea for an episode. These look like great BBQ drinks. Two questions. How long did you mix this fizz for? What kind of blender is that, it's the coolest blender I have ever seen.

[@durarara911]

I can't believe that that mint frappe is good

[@makeanddrink]

Believe!

[@durarara911]

@makeanddrink Amen 😂

[@Jguthro]

Anyone know what font that books he adding are. Looks cool.

[@jerryfarmer5989]

Du Kypers peppermint shnaps and 7up. Strange but works.

[@vickdisco]

I just made the Planter's Punch but I didn't have any brandy, so I substituted with some rye whiskey. Tasted great. Now I'm wondering how it would taste with brandy.

[@Newbomb_Turks_Punch]

SoCo and 7 with a lemon and lime wedge. We call it the “Ode to Pearl”

[@leroykidd7457]

I am a 7-up drinker from the ‘70’s!!

[@anitaeric2]

I like a Dirty Shirley hiball. It's a 7 up Shirley Temple with a shot of vodka in it.

[@gnrnando88]

The last one is outrageous. Who would imagine that vodka and cherry seven-up would combine? It looks like a cocktail suggested by AI, lol.

[@Hollandsemum2]

A long shot is just that a shot made long with a mixer. Everyone has different levels of alcohol tolerance, and this would've been a simple way to extend the alcohol for less impact, especially in a day when most people were generally much thinner.

[@jcf3996]

Growing up in the 70's I would always see my uncle's drinking Seagram's 7 and 7-UP

[@patrickmcadams31]

7-u p is my go to. that ramos...w/ the cream...oh kay

[@heidiespinosa1419]

I miss vodka Collins and can’t get one anymore when I go out. I don’t see Collins mix anymore. How do I make one even at home now?

[@toddpleune]

"Could be an ounce . . . Could be tablespoons." . . . You could go really nuts and use 30 grams of lime!

[@makeanddrink]

30 grams of lime juice is 1 oz.

[@toddpleune]

​@@makeanddrink also. Great video!

[@toddpleune]

​@@makeanddrink so is 2 tablespoons. That's why it's funny.

[@chadfisher611]

There was a whole generation that drank 7-Up and whiskey as their preferred mixed drink at home

[@makeanddrink]

Never heard of them

[@justmejenny7986]

My mixed drink of choice is gin and 7up with lemon.

[@PostNukeProductions]

15:21 Hot buttered rum made with 7Up heated to boiling? That sounds equally interesting and disgusting.

[@robstockton2463]

My sister and I still have an annual 7up & bourbon in honor of our late mother, who loved that drink. It’s kind of nasty.

[@jmantwild9373]

An old school Drink for me was 7 and 7. That's seagram 7 and 7 up😅

[@noir1563]

Actually Squirt and Whiskey is better then 7up and whiskey. Love your channel just popped up.

[@devinphillips9704]

Yeah, you know, it's funny, you never see cocktails made with Sprite, do you? Or Mello Yello. Or Mountain Dew (good god, no, not Mountain Dew!). It's always 7up.

[@jimmieburleigh9549]

That's back in the day when 7up was preferred because sprite wasn't born or very young.

[@bobafett7079]

Would love to see a video on a drink from Trader Sam's called Sea Monsters Embrace I cant find a thing out there that taste like it

[@slimpunk]

Ah yes 3/8 oz of rum - wouldn’t want to go overboard with 1/2 oz now would we? 😂

[@makeanddrink]

In their defense they weren't trying to be too cute. Recipe called for 1/4 jigger of rum which = 3/8 oz