Rili Tar Drink | Ashens

[@aaronthurston9210]

So mixing Rili and gin, does that make a Gin and Tarmac

[@conorcullen5803]

i cant stop laughing

[@Skull_E_Duggery]

you win the day my friend

[@kareniwantmykids7256]

this is so old

[@benmarchessault7289]

That is exactly what I was going to comment

[@Unlocktube]

No, it's just one for the road.

[@ryanscott9279]

It's s tar soda *drinks* IT TASTES OF TAR

[@CopiousDoinksLLC]

Basically the "I don't know what I expected" meme in real life

[@codythefox7612]

you know a beverage is awesome if ashens immediately yells "OH GOD" as soon as he sips.

[@decnet100]

Don't know if anyone mentioned it already, but I guess the reason why the Finns might like to drink something tar-flavored is that they use birch tar as a scent in the sauna - and with the intensity of those steamy scents you inhale in the sauna it's only one step away from having it as a cold drink anyway.

[@yeoltelly]

I love the smell and taste of tar. I'm Finnish though. Fun fact: we used to be a major exporter of tar back in the days of wooden ships. And one of our main customers was England.

[@Nollis]

We Finns love our tar, we even have a saying: "if sauna, vodka and tar won't help, the disease is fatal".

[@CursedGioGio]

Nollis is that why rally finland is on dirt?

[@Retr0Whiskey]

Ngl, I thought this was made up for a joke. Then I looked it up and, was thoroughly bemused and amused by what I found.

[@ChefExcellence007]

'An Excellent beverage'

[@nicksmith522]

An Excellent comment

[@theendermudkip2537]

"An Excellent Reply"

[@theendermudkip2537]

"An Excellent Reply"

[@Dranex11]

+The Ender Mudkip "An Excellent Double Post"

[@nicksmith522]

+Dranex11 "An Excellent mocking comment"

[@Onlythebesttracks]

Not even kidding. When i am bored and cant find a movie or music to listen to i stick on an ashens playlist and listen to the crap going on. I always end up feeling hungry....Ashens should be a shrink he would make so much money just saying "And how does that make you feel" for the full hour.

[@KorboQ]

He is a shrink. He's a psychologist.

[@M0r3B4c0n]

Ashens as a PhD in psychology

[@Onlythebesttracks]

It all makes sense now....He should make another movie...Call it Tiny Ashens, his life as a depressed therapist that is sick of hearing patients problems....Tiny...shrink...It would work on so many levels.

[@personthing3118]

He should make money telling the companys what's wrong about their products. Oh, wait, EVERYTHING IS WRONG!!!

[@alesin1992]

Justin Proctor I don't understand how it's possible to get bored during your free time.

[@pierauspitz]

Flavoured with pine tar (not asphalt, don't worry), hence the smokey "Frankfurt-ish" flavor :)

[@michaellinzer3715]

Pine Tar? You mean the same stuff you glue wooden ships together with? WTF

[@pierauspitz]

Well... Glued together, not really. "Painted with" might be more accurate. In Finland, where it was massively produced, it still holds an important place in the people psyche... After all, it's a substance that has/had 1001 uses: from paint to mosquito-repellent, cure-all medicine and flavoring agent (from sauna scent to candies, boose and soda) etc etc... Actually, once diluted, it has quite a musky, smokey smell that is pretty enjoyable (but I guess it's an acquired taste). :)

[@michaellinzer3715]

Omg, someone on tyoutube knows something... IT"S A MERICLE

[@JuddPlays]

Michael Linzer ...yes, a mericle.

[@ChickenPika]

As someone who really enjoys gin, I can tell you that smelling like hand sanitizer is a feature of pretty much all of it, good stuff included.

[@rockerseven]

1:54 "When have you ever licked a road?" Reminds me of the Four Yorkshiremen sketch from Monty Python lol

[@Verlisify]

its like they were surprised it tasted like tar

[@TheEarthCreature]

I think it was just more of one of those things where they assumed that it MUST be better than it sounded, and in fact wasn't.

[@MsTerkup]

Huh, might be 6 months ago, but this is not where I expected to see a Verlisify comment. Awesome video taste man. :p

[@AnayXYZChannel]

Omg i keep seeing you everywhere I go on yt I love your channel

[@MintleafCakes]

holy shit you watch ashens?? yesssssssssss

[@OhFrittata]

Leave, furry.

[@Snakatorium]

THE GOOSE. I SEE IT. IT'S THERE. IT'S ALWAYS THERE. WATCHING. WAITING.................. SOON...........

[@kanedamikami7771]

Snakatorium IMAGINE THE GOOSE going off randomly on its own in the middle of the night..... Ladidadidadido

[@LasOrveloz]

Tar is a very finnish thing, in history it was the most important export we had, even more so than wood. Heh, one could say the British Empire was built with finnish tar. We have Tar flavoured sweets and drinks, and I find them quite lovely. It just seems weird to foreingers. Basicly tar is just slowly roasted wood (kinda, its bit more complicated than that)

[@robertgreen5123]

They love this shit here in Finland. Terva (tar) goes into their candy, chewing gum, ice cream. You can't escape it! Finnish quisine is excellent though!

[@strobat4039]

good enough for chef excellence?

[@robertgreen5123]

oh i don't know, doesn't he only deal in bag-based products?

[@strobat4039]

all new stay fresh tar bags

[@robertgreen5123]

Man, I need to get my shit together and market that stuff.

[@strobat4039]

NO only chef excellence may market anything to do with bags

[@grimTales1]

"When have you ever licked a road?" We used to get up at 1am every day, clean road wi' tongue....

[@dman4468]

Now this Rili is a good video!

[@paulabraham2550]

In Brazil we have a spirit by the name of "Conhaque de Alcatrão" - literally "Tar Cognac" and it is, indeed, made with tar. It may sound awful, but it's actually very nice.

[@slime-time]

THE GOOSE

[@TimesChu]

T H E G O O S E

[@Deltobbi]

THE GOOSE

[@TheWildZangoose]

T H E G O O S E

[@morelhunter3966]

Armadillo.

[@JR-gl1nx]

It is strange seeing Ashens presenting from the right of the screen, usually when he has a guest on they are always on the right with Ashens hands on the left. It looks a little like Ashens is talking while his guest replicates the relevant gestures. Does another video exist where he is on the right and his guest on the left?

[@chronospammer2073]

Alex R I'm not sure actually.

[@OxbowisaMstie]

Every 'Ten Items In Ten Minutes' video until now. Well, except the first one, although that is a debatable point.

[@gui18bif]

We're losing our minds

[@TheHutchy01]

That Ghostbusters video with Gannon.

[@Poulpeh]

THE GOOSE IS HERE. ME LIKE.

[@DarciousMaluki]

stuart's wall switches: ' . ' .__. .__.

[@Just_lift_anyone]

I went to Finland a few years ago and had tar flavoured Ice Cream, it was lovely. Finland has amazing food :)

[@TheLarryburns84]

Rollin down the street Smokin indo Sippin on gin And tar

[@lizzy2236]

+John Burns laaaid back

[@coltenmeyer2775]

With my mind on my tarmac and tarmac on my mind..

[@anonymoususer4937]

"It smells like DP!" Ok, that's an olfactory trigger I wasn't expecting.

[@demonetizeddemonetisedinmy1890]

What a rili good review

[@Boredclub2ndgen]

Play the drinking game. Every time Ashens says the word "literally" take a drink of your beer and you will be buzzed in 30 seconds.

[@wolfyboy]

taste of tar, burnt frankfurter, and burnt, aftertaste of road, and a smell of burnt frankfurter... a EXCELLENT bouquet!

[@zerogravy7446]

To this day I miss Rili. I loved it.

[@eugenespeed]

Ta for reviewing this!

[@Gefrce]

Someone send Ashens some terva leijona and salmiakki! Seeing him try Swedish "must" and sockerdricka would be awesome as well.

[@AsymptoteInverse]

I thought it was coal tar, and I kept thinking "Isn't that massively toxic?" Then I realized there's birch tar. I am an idiot.

[@Kumimono]

Interestingly enough, other than tar-base shampoo, which supposedly prevents dandruff, never really liked tar-based stuff. Except, tar-icecream. The best ice-cream I've ever had. Just, melts in the mouth. Well. All ice cream does that. Very good. Waiting for a salmiak-tasting episode. :)

[@DarthPerkins]

I just realised I didn't actually know what tar was, so I looked it up- a dark, thick flammable liquid distilled from wood or coal, consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons, resins, alcohols, and other compounds. It is used in road-making and for coating and preserving timber. Why would anyone want to flavour things with this?

[@kkipper44]

People who smoke and like smoking?

[@HalstenSnowborn]

Because, Finnish.

[@SuzanneHomemaker]

Lee Perkins you have a lot of time on your hands to know this.

[@TheRenoReviews]

I love it when Ashens goes OH GOD! after consuming something

[@RainbowHoneyBears]

*cooks frankfurter over a burning tyre* so thats what it tastes like...

[@reizayin]

*Tire

[@connormawe01]

lampadein the word tire (USA spelling) spelled differently in different places, like color (USA) and colour (UK, and other places too... I think... I'm just an ignorant American, so cut me some slack for not knowing).

[@lizzy2236]

+lampadein *tyre

[@reizayin]

Seriously?! I thought tire wouldn't change spellings, depending on the country...

[@kattinen]

I've lived in Finland my whole life and this was the first time I even heard about Rili

[@someone6590]

Same here! But, I searched it and found this video.

[@Kepe]

I love that stuff, it's a shame I haven't seen it in any of my local shops lately.

[@joshdean9105]

Its like licking a road- stuart ashens

[@Orkel2]

Drinking this now. It's delicious.

[@punkrocker1377]

I was completely unaware that tar was... a flavor...

[@Spike-Prime]

I WANT THAT MULARI ACTION FIGURE!!!

[@Gigidag77]

Always wanted to try this. But it has been discontinued over a year ago. ;(

[@Lousidity]

...I like the way tar smells. Where can I get this?

[@scsswyatt]

Mikalhvi finland

[@Calvert212]

samocamo123 I live in Finland and I have never seen this.

[@scsswyatt]

tumppi paasovaara I don't live in Finland, but I have a friend that lives in Finland and can confirm Rili Tar Drink can be found in Finland.

[@ryonasammio7375]

tumppi paasovaara K-Citymarkets do sell it

[@Lousidity]

+samocamo123 Tell him I'll reimburse him via paypal for the cost of the stuff and shipping if he'll get me some and send it to me in the U.S. to try.

[@Livingreciever]

Who elses eyes got fixated on the plug sockets, making you feel like these two are represented by them?

[@oobndroobw]

It's a liquid cigarette.

[@179jfkla]

No, that would be Jack Daniels

[@faelnor]

In this particular case, it's a thick black/brownish oil that oozes out of wood (generally pine) when heated properly without burning. It is rich in organic compounds including hydrocarbons, hence its similarity with all kinds of petrol compounds.

[@tropicalbutters2817]

THE GOOSE.

[@BraveLittleSpark]

THE GOOSE.

[@Kipa12312]

With the SodaStream and this, Ashens and his friend Ryan are now immune to most poisons.

[@Charjune]

How did you even get that bottle? I live in Finland and have NEVER seen that bottle ANYWHERE in my whereabouts. Maybe I should just go into bigger cities like Oulu, Tampere or Helsinki. Apparently Vaasa doesn't have it. Not what I know of.

[@Charjune]

Fiftheenthterror Update: I was lucky finding it in Prisma near Vaasa. Bless! And I LIKED IT! Really good soda! (Well I do fancy tar flavor.)

[@Villenkanava]

no totahan nyt on kaikkialla (ainakin etelässä)

[@HabboTank09]

+burdokarhu Sama oulussa. ihan vitun kaikkial

[@jmazing97]

"How have you tasted a road?! Really?! Ashen: we were very bored..." LOL

[@bronzedivision]

The Londo action figure from Babylon 5 makes the video. :)

[@smileygirl123ish]

I thought Snape had joined My Chemical Romance 😂

[@CloudyObsession]

Was that Tesco Value Gin you mixed with that? X3

[@Jack-yz5ws]

And how do you know what roads taste like?...

[@JF95]

loved that discussion in front of the Londo figurine

[@JasonBrower]

I have it on ice cream like a root bear float.

[@AnotherRandomHobo]

Tar tastes awesome. We also have tar flavoured liquorice in Finland and it's the best thing ever!

[@vause310]

Suomi mainittu!

[@gertjunas7230]

+Hessu Torille?

[@vause310]

+Gert Junas Toki

[@mspenrice]

The rightmost two say "Dishwasher" and "Extractor Fan", so one presumes the relevant devices are hardwired through them rather than connected to 13A sockets (or possibly, like my standalone oven, they're remote switches for a concealed 13A). The left on is most likely for the cooker, and is different because it will be somewhat higher current, probably 30A or so, and definitely hardwired.

[@twitchytails]

why does he keep The Goose on his counter

[@casualsock112]

everyone needs love

[@TASprocudtions454]

It scares the demons away

[@TomtheS_AI]

They pave roads, and cover the roofs of building with it.

[@Matthewmodeller229]

Get handcuffed then have someone pour on you all the horrors you have reviewed.

[@Bimon1234567]

Kinky.

[@chronospammer2073]

.ykniK

[@Wemius61]

Now, see, that's an entirely different channel altogether...

[@mcluigi117]

It's really thick black sticky stuff that they use mainly to cover up cracks on the road. It smells like burning rubber.

[@LKNL13]

But is it worse than root beer?

[@DGneoseeker1]

I've been wondering that myself. Root beer is horrible. I can't understand why Americans like it. I always used to think it would be something like ginger beer... but no...

[@LKNL13]

I know haha I got some in Tesco and it was disgusting, never going to drink it again

[@DGneoseeker1]

***** I found myself buying several varieties of it one after the other due to sheer disbelief that it could really be INTENDED to taste that shitty.

[@goofboy413]

Hey, root beer is awesome.

[@LKNL13]

Dude, you on crack? Root beer is disgusting

[@ItsMonkeyNews]

At one time.. There was 'eating rug' and now there's "licking road"! You heard it here first, kids!

[@AisukurimuYusukurimu]

Here in the States we have a nasty beverage like that called carbonated diarrhea, I mean Moxie

[@ThatWolfWithShades]

What about Bacon soda?

[@Desmaad]

I thought it tasted of allspice.

[@snownd675]

I'm familiar with Moxie

[@Desmaad]

I tried Moxie, and I kinda like it. It tasted of allspice to me.

[@Rhiorrha]

Desmaad Sure you don't mean Old Spice?

[@WASasquatch]

Love the Babylon 5 action figure. Nostalgia.

[@NotAGoodUsername360]

Next do President's Choice "The Decadent" Chocolate-Flavoured Soft Drink. It is as horrible as it sounds

[@MisterKisk]

It's not meant to be had on it's own. It's for making ice cream sodas, and surprisingly it's actually good at that.

[@NotAGoodUsername360]

Oh, not The Decadent. Believe me. Its just as bad. They are just as bad at making chocolate soda as they are at making chocolate chip cookies.

[@Caldera01]

It has nothing to do with rocks at all. It's produced from pine woods and their roots. It's also a byproduct from distilling oil, but generally the tar used in foods is from wood. And yes, tar is used for building ships, roadworks and all sorts of stuff. No wonder it got really popular with vikings and people that lived around that area and time. :)

[@KhReKK09]

It's not tar tar, as in asphalt. But it is tar from a kind of tree. But who knows, Finland is full of surprises and spurdö spärde :-DDD

[@NoozeCat]

I've had some of that stuff and I liked it, in small portions.

[@OblivionAnimations]

gin and tarnic

[@AFnord]

I don't know why they would make a soft-drink of it, but there is a sort of tar-candy that they have in Finland that tastes really good. Highly recommend that one. Would not exactly consider it refreshing though.

[@xXxsmartypantzxXx]

Tar flavoured drink? Rili? (See what i did there? Heh.)

[@Russluke100]

They made the same joke in the video.

[@natvanrooyen]

More Ryan his reactions are priceless

[@skullking2247]

they sound so posh 0_0

[@AndrevusWhitetail]

+Hector Colon because they're british

[@Wipeout325]

Really? Because from my perspective as an English person, the person on the left sounds the opposite of posh. I can't remember the word for that.

[@johnpershing5723]

Uncouth?

[@lapidottrash664]

+Wipeout325 I would suggest 'chav.'

[@jardane]

I love the little Londo Mollari figure on the right!

[@Pakanahymni]

I've seen that in Citymarket Sello in Leppävaara, Espoo.

[@benhos12]

one of the best ep ever

[@Akselmoi]

We also have candies that taste a bit like tar and salmiakki. They're delicious!

[@chrisa2735-h3z]

Is that cousin dan in the background?? It sounds exactly like him!!

[@sonters]

They jokingly call him "Cousin Dan" on Barshens, but his real name is Ryan. And yeah, it is him

[@Aramzii]

that rili drink is mostly found just in the city it originated from which is oulu so that might be the reason you havent seen it around

[@ozonesama]

Hmmm... I wonder... Ashen, have you ever tried any Fernet, like Fernet Branca? It's sour and tastes like old herbal based medecine, but it's really good if you pour just a little bit (1/16 of the glass more or less) in a glass of Tonic Water. In Central Europe it is quite a liked drink, and personaly I love it. If you are brave enough, you can also have some "on the rocks" ie. only the Fernet (1/8 of the glass) with 2 or 3 icecubes. :-) Oh, by the way, thank you so much for your amazing videos.

[@DGneoseeker1]

It is mass produced, yes, but some of it was supposed to be higher class properly brewed etc. Bundaberg root beer for example. Their ginger beer actually tastes like ginger. Their root beer still tastes like deep heat. What is it MEANT to taste like if it's the proper stuff?

[@madbstard1]

The Finns are mad about their tar stuff. I've had tar chocolate, tar sweets and scarily.....tar ice cream in Helsinki zoo. The sweets were horrible, the choc not too bad but surprisingly the ice cream was lovely. Worst I've ever tasted in Finland was Salmiakki (salted liquorice). You need to try it on camera!!!

[@ilarikinnunen8266]

Im from finland and ive tasted the ice cream too and its pretty good, not a fan of this drink but you can buy it from everywhere. Salmiakki is really good tho, id kill a person for some of that black goodness any day

[@mainmanbumfuzz8983]

oh man, i would love that Molari figurine :P

[@iPelaaja1]

I dont know if they still sell it, but i tasted some Salmiakki Mixer (just by itself), it was awesome. I really like the smell of tar and taste of tar things ive tasted, so if I see this I'll give it a try

[@oremastathepro]

Pineapple lumps are awesome when frozen :< I get them imported to Canada. I love some of NZ's Sweets.

[@Hezzu2000]

I think it's exclusively sold in Kärkkäinen.

[@FORCENSX]

This extras channel suddenly makes so much sense.

[@CaptchaNeon]

“When have you licked a road??” LMAO I’m so 💀

[@McCrappy3231]

"it tastes of excellence" - chef excellence

[@F0NIX]

Oh! Now I just have to get one bottle of that next time I'm in Finland :)

[@l--..--l-i3m]

I see it around. Big stores and whatnot. Prisma, Supermarket, places like that. Tasted it once, not really my thing. The tar was too strong, I like my sodas a bit sweeter, even though I do like tar, especially in Sauna scents and shampoos.

[@teejuoppo]

how did you get that in your hands in firts place? Fan sended? I love that drink, and in some parts of finland that drink is hard to find!

[@favoritemustard3542]

🎶Finland Finland Finland, a place where I'd quite like to be; Your drinks are so tarry, your treetops so tall🎶

[@bude]

Finland mentioned, we'll see you at the market!

[@ohnocherry]

OMG MY AD WAS FOR SODASTREAM! IT KNOWS

[@l--..--l-i3m]

Finland video with a Monty Python reference in the description? I can die happy now.

[@IcEye89]

Gin&Tonic is pretty good, bad thing is that both things look like water basically so I managed to forget the Tonic, which is quite a bad experience if you expect a nice Gin&Tonic and end up taking a rather large sip of straight up Gin.