How To Mix Every Whiskey Cocktail | Method Mastery | Epicurious

Grab your strainers and swizzle sticks - cocktail class is back in session! Professional bartender Karl Franz Williams, founder of 67 Orange Street, Anchor Spa, and Uncle Waithley’s Vincy Brew, shows us how to make over 20 of his favorite whiskey cocktails - step by step. Watch as he stirs, strains, shakes, and garnishes his way down the list, offering up both classics and lesser known entries for expanding your whiskey cocktail horizons.
Director and Coordinating Producer: Tommy Werner
Director of Photography: Kevin Dynia
Editor: Boris Khaykin
Host and Expert: Karl Franz Williams
Sr. Culinary Director: Kelly Janke
Coordinating Producer: Tyre Nobles
Culinary Producer: Mallary Santucci
Culinary Associate Producer: Katrina Zito
Line Producer: Jen McGinity
Associate Producer: Sam Ghee
Production Manager: Janine Dispensa
Production Coordinator: Elizabeth Hymes
Camera Operators: Erron Francis, Miguel Zamora
Audio: Rachel Suffian
Production Assistant: Nikki Ligos
Research Director: Ryan Harrington
Copy and Recipe Editor: Vivian Jao
Post Production Supervisor: Andrea Farr
Post Production Coordinator: Scout Alter
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araujo
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
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0:00 Introduction
0:30 About Bourbon
0:48 Old Fashioned
2:11 Mint Julep
3:30 Whiskey Sour
4:46 New York Sour
5:22 Stone Sour
6:04 Paper Plane
6:49 Gold Rush
7:33 Brown Derby
8:24 Boulevardier
9:10 New York Flip
10:15 About Rye
10:36 Manhattan
11:29 Brooklyn
12:27 Sazerac
13:50 Improved Whiskey Cocktail
14:33 Monte Carlo
15:05 Vieux Carré
16:33 Algonquin
17:15 About Scotch
17:50 Penecillin
18:58 Blood and Sand
19:41 Rob Roy
21:04 Rusty Nail
21:42 About Irish Whiskey
22:17 Irish Coffee
23:33 Tipperary
24:40 Conclusion
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[@tobiasexarchopoulos721]

Please make this into a series! I’d like to know every Tequila, Vodka, Gin, and Rum cocktails.

[@toolongforyoutoread6]

Epicurious did a video on how to mix every cocktail a few years ago. I would like more in depth ones but that is a good place to start.

[@iphonexplus8099]

Don’t forget brandy/cognac

[@user-xs5bl9dy6d]

@@iphonexplus8099 You mean like Hennessey?

[@takeda8134]

@@user-xs5bl9dy6d yes

[@mariush]

@@toolongforyoutoread6 check out the educated barfly if you want really good in depth videos about cocktails and technique

[@diinalens]

My man really went in for a sip for every single cocktail fully knowing he had 30 ahead of him, and came out the other end barely tipsy. Respect!

[@chiragnk602]

Him slowly getting drunk and losing his serious look made it totally worth watching even though I don't drink.

[@WyndStryke]

I was just about to post the same thing Compare the first segment with the final one 😆

[@qwertiepie]

Yeah he begins to fall apart at the boulevardier..hehe

[@yahkar]

right around 8:44 is when he starts to mellow out in his comfort zone

[@mini696]

No he isn't.

[@NuggetMaven]

I thought he started mellowing out while making the Brooklyn. 😂

[@ChaplainPhantasm]

Is there any chance Karl and Jeff (The other guy from an older cocktail video) might do an episode together? Imagine how awesome would that be.

[@aashepherd8585]

Yess i need

[@iancuspinera1160]

Jeff is now a writter and he’s doing a show actually

[@ChaplainPhantasm]

@@iancuspinera1160 That is actually pretty cool! Good for him, moving up in the world

[@jeffdavis3897]

Can we have Karl back for another video? He is an absolute delight!

[@gaidanabyann.3033]

Everybody's talking about Karl, but noone remembers Jeff from the last cocktail episode

[@JP-iq5pg]

I do, and wasn't sure if Jeff recommended Karl to takeover for this one.

[@yokikokudou]

FINALLY, I'M LOOKING FOR A JEFF SOLOMON COMMENT!!! LIKE WHAT HAPPEN⁉️⁉️⁉️ I was surprised it was not Jeff... like yeah this carl was ok, but I missed Jeff relaxed humor. I mean carl was like a bartender you order cocktail, ask you question then give you the drink & move on...Jeff would be like you sit on the bar he'll smile & sell you a drink, give a joke with the drink & sell you a different drink & the loop goes on!!! I don't know Jeff's like robin Williams or will Smith dropping comment & funny opinion on cocktails!!! 😂😆🤪😜🤣 (I hope he didn't hit someone)

[@opulence_prime]

Because it rude

[@birdb0i327]

Miss him

[@jayspeers8653]

I listen to that to call asleep

[@unclewaithleysbeveragecompany]

Thanks to everyone for watching! Hoping you all get to try Karl's Ginger Beer:)

[@nobumassiah]

yes

[@Mannywallace]

Tried it in a few cocktails at Tales last year. 🙌🏿

[@taiwandxt6493]

Let me tell you something, the two cocktail videos got me into a deep dark rabbithole into the history and the art of mixology. It's just so fascinating how much lore a profession which at the surface seems so insignificant has and how much tie in it has with much of the historical events which we are taught in school, and how much it can tie in with how our society has shifted over the decades and continues to.

[@SlowedBloom9188]

We need Karl and Jeff to collab together for a video!

[@UtiliTerran]

This dude is an encyclopedia.

[@Icefaster]

I wanted to do my homework but my brain wants to watch this

[@lilfaust]

I don't drink Whiskey, but Karl was so engaging and informative..I couldn't stop watching.

[@brianpak]

need more of this with other types of cocktails

[@TeenagePrince72]

did u watch the first one?

[@-Reagan]

I’d love to see a series on drinks featuring Karl!! I’m subscribing for more y’all, don’t let me down!

[@NRF787]

I'm so happy you guys are doing more cocktail videos! Please continue this series!

[@keilanihong6237]

I love the small bits of history of the drinks as he makes them!!

[@handofchaos5735]

man I don't drink alcohol, but for some reason this is really satisfying edit: wow thanks for the likes and the scam bot

[@cocos8903]

I only drink one night in every few months or so.

[@lyricwilberg]

LOVE THIS!! Thanks for the history bits too! We DEF need vodka, gin and tequila tho 🙌🏾

[@jonathanthomas8736]

Got a Sazerac at the Absinthe House in Nawlins in '94. Barkeep put a tot of Pastis in the glass and sent it spinning a good 8' in the air before dashing it out and decanting the drink into it. I purely love you tossed the glass

[@bernardorodrigues7048]

Can we take a second to appreciate the style of this gentleman

[@bcbdrums]

the mixing cocktails video was already my favorite on this channel and i was just watching it again for perhaps the tenth time and so hoping you'd do another like it, and then this one showed up! absolutely excellent, please do more drink-mixing videos!

[@junie1482]

I wish I found this channel a week ago!! This would have helped me study for my WSET level 2 spirits exam. This is great and so informative!

[@mollyrm]

Getting ready to take mine in a couple of weeks!

[@junie1482]

@@mollyrm Oh nice!! Goodluck to you! I found out this morning that I passed mine! :)

[@mollyrm]

@@junie1482 congrats!!!

[@hebe4703]

Congrats@@junie1482 and good luck to you, Molly.

[@peacefulbread]

@@mollyrm how did you do???

[@galghoul3042]

What happened to Jeff? :( Now I need an episode with both Karl's more serious demeanor with Jeff's suave charm

[@christinaify]

@8:12 I love the mist of oils he gets out of the orange rind. So satisfying.

[@siobhanherbstritt6063]

Karl is a great teacher to follow up Jeff! Bravo Karl! I love whiskey, and I just started dipping my toes into mixology!

[@krisgil122]

after learning how to slice every fruit, how to fillet every fish, how to chop every vegetable, how to crack every nut, how to mix every cocktail, how to open every shellfish, how to make every coffee, how to use every japanese knife, how to make every pasta, how to frost every cake, how to cut every cheese, how to butcher every bird, how to shape every bread, how to eat every insect, how to grind every spice, how to slice every meat, how to use every utensil, and how to make every sushi, i'm proud to learn how to mix every whiskey cocktail!

[@ENZ2103]

Finally, someone explained why you start with the cheapest ingredients

[@TheGreatWall22]

Should be pretty straight forward no? Can't you Google search and it's first result?

[@tannergrinzel1835]

@@TheGreatWall22 most recipes say to do because if you put your spirit in first your being wasteful if your making a mistake

[@jonathanthomas8736]

In the Brooklyn, of you're in a state with sane alcohol laws, Torani Amer is the same product. Based on my research into substitutions, 3 parts Amaro Ramazotti, 1 part Aperol, and 2 dashes Orange bitters per oz comes close.

[@wongjefx980]

Love a good cocktail drink, and this guy knows how to make them. They go down easy but hit hard..... I stick to straight - neat pours after one cocktail. This guy is the real deal, no crappy shelf bar mix.

[@EvelynL.1112]

YAY COCKTAILS! I love cocktails! 🥃

[@gemmyvy]

I need Karl and Jeff from the every cocktail do a video together q

[@jonathanthomas8736]

I want to comment before I finish, first because I appreciate your suggesting a Boulevardier as a canvas to experiment with (DC bartender name of Rose taught me to add a barspoon of Benedictine), but mostly because I'm past bedtime and may not finish. Amigo, I truly appreciate your approach. If you have a channel of your own, I would follow. Been tracking woman and Asian bartenders, but would equally like to track Black bartenders of historical significance, so thank for that bit on Stone sours. Keep up the good work, keep the faith, and be well.

[@iancryar6431]

I once drank 9 coffee and Bailey’s. I had an English class the next day at 8. I made the class but early morning before I thought it to be a good idea to type (yes a typewriter) on water color paper. My teacher looked at my paper then at my hungover face and said never again. I got an A on the paper (which I still have)

[@jrt1776]

Good to see them all together like this. Ice is the most important part of any cocktail

[@omideixis]

i hate to compare them, but i think it’s funny how jeff would push the drink towards the camera like he was bartending and karl takes a sip XD

[@m.a.g.g.o]

Fantastic video-gonna have to make some of these! It made me giggle a bit to hear him call the Carthusian monks “Chartreusian monks.” 😆

[@allysoncygan5110]

I love whiskey cocktails so this was a fun watch! I tend to favor a Manhattan so this is giving me some ideas of things to try!

[@celina9266]

Never drank alcohol but still watched everything 😂😂😂

[@cocktailclub-loungemusic]

Good stuff. Being on the Bourbon Trail, I love a good cocktail. I like a good drink with relaxing cocktail music.

[@jiujuntang1762]

I don't drink so it's pure viewing pleasure watching this.

[@cloudforest4087]

this was extremely informative and fun to watch. Thanks.

[@CowboyCookhouse]

Actually very useful. I love this channel and I need to know this eventually

[@jonathanthomas8736]

Aight.. You've inspired me to make a Rob Roy my nightcap. Dewars, Lillet Rouge, Laphroaig mist, lemon peel. Let's see how that works...

[@jonathanthomas8736]

Alas, the atomizer was dry. As non threatening as a nigh straight Scotch can be, though. Most refreshing.

[@sarahsargent9439]

Love this series! Please do this same thing with Gin! 🙏🏻

[@t-saucy1942]

Dope to see a black bartender. Very insightful.

[@nmionline9003]

I had five whiskey sours at a friend’s wedding years ago. I don’t recall too much after that. 😂

[@user-xs5bl9dy6d]

Yep they creep up on you. If I have six Old Fashioned" I wake up at the other side of town 😂

[@eveakane6563]

I thought the original video got taken down or something, then I read the specification of *Whiskey* cocktails. Now we need all other kinds of cocktails as well, make the biggest video archive of alcohol mixing.

[@thesophoclean]

Hey, French person here. Your pronounciation for the "Vieux Carré" is not that bad actually. =) But if you want to make it sound more french, you could insist more on the 'i' in vieux, and separate more the word in two syllabus (vi-eux). Very nice video by the way, I learned a lot of thing, and I think I'll adapt some of those cocktails at home. ^^

[@AmberU]

I learned a lot Ill have to expand my palate when it comes to spirits!

[@user-xs5bl9dy6d]

As someone whose first alcoholic drink was the Old Fashioned" how this guy is doing it is pretty solid. Imo the OF" isn't a complex cocktail to make,it just takes effort especially at the end with the orange peel. But once done right,it's a fantastic drink!

[@EDCKnives2020]

I've just learned so much!

[@rickywilson5225]

I always make my old fashioned using lagavulin 16, a scotch whisky so not as traditional as bourbon but so much smoother

[@word42069]

I don’t know if an Islay Scotch would make an old fashioned “smoother” even a 16yo… but sounds interesting!

[@jae6xr]

This is so useful omg ty!!

[@k.s.7267]

I don't even drink and I loved listening to his expertise.

[@Captainalexstars94er]

This Video is Amazing, i love Cocktail All day 🍹🍸

[@johnolmos8670]

Whenever someone wants a spirit forward drink that’s in the style of an Old Fashioned I always make them a Monte Carlo. It’s never failed to impress

[@PattyChies]

I guess Im in love! Such cool dude!

[@TheGarynorman]

Brown Derby is my favorite, so delicious!

[@tannergrinzel1835]

It’s like a greyhound but with whiskey instead of vodka

[@darkforge15]

I don't drink and I never plan to, but I just like watching people make cocktails.

[@nirajy]

Karl must have been completely steamed by the end of filming this

[@gbast2341]

Luv how he gets more lit after each drink, jealous

[@pookalobster3]

He's beautiful and nice to listen to!!! Bring him back!!

[@adithyaanoop1147]

We Need a vodka/tequila version of this

[@winscho2014]

Great episode

[@HD-wl5cz]

IS JEFF BACK

[@yokikokudou]

I'm also waiting for a reply for that!!!

[@sekkutubuddin4042]

Excellent sir

[@user-no9bc3qs9q]

Some things in the video are not super "traditional", such as the old fashioned being stirred and not built, but I hope this goes to show that you don't necessarily need to be "right" in every way when enjoying cocktails. Stir your old fashioned. Maybe try your martini actually 'shaken and not stirred'. If there is a way that deviates from the original method and it tastes good, then thats another right way to do it.

[@katran_2393]

Good point, but isn't it necessary to double his bitters quantity because he is using a japanese dasher? The other dashers (i.e. the small angostura bottle) are dropping much more bitters ...

[@user-xs5bl9dy6d]

@@katran_2393 Eh he's like 80-90% on the mark. At least he didn't just pour everything in like a slob and forget the orange peel that adds the fragrance and adds to the flavor.

[@Junglehunter677]

1 thing my guy, if youre shaking a drink with an egg white, always do a dry shake first before you ice it down

[@pacoloco4life]

keep up the great content

[@jhollis1121]

saved the best for last! Irish whiskey will always be my favorite. Tullamore D.E.W. !

[@kitcoffey7194]

i don't even drink but was mesmerized

[@ashwathpadur1286]

there are so many ways this concept can be expanded!!!!! instead of just the commentary you can invite a guest. Doesn't have to be a popular personality or anything. You can bring the grandpa from checking the kitchen gadgets or just some random person.(Most preferably someone with a unique taste to them or just old people. They usually have so much to say) If you are concerned that the video might end up being too long, you can prepare a set of questions to ask them like how they really got into doing what they are doing, how their parents reacted to them doing this job initially (like being a bar tender is usually not something a parent might think their kid might end up doing) when they first discovered their passion etc:- by asking questions in between, this video can become a bit more personal. If you do end up implementing it, I just want you to tell the grandpa from testing kitchen gadgets that i love him sooooooooooo much and given him a little bonus for this idea. Thank You

[@yahkar]

Great Video @Karl Franz ! I was Educated, Slightly Inebriated, and Entertained😂

[@elijahnash4573]

nothing beats the original video

[@eskimogolfer]

so good

[@SonaliDeMuse]

Wooow. He really knows his alchohol... 👍👍

[@vladdyog]

Very cool! 👍

[@vladdyog]

Indeed! 🤝

[@Mira-qs3bj]

Magic of Making - Coulis Kofisi

[@fiqifirmansyah8251]

I find that being a Bartender is a facinating job

[@user-xs5bl9dy6d]

It's not a thankless profession,since you're responsible for making sure everyone's having a fun time.

[@liv-yg6tj]

Bring the guy the did every drink back for the next ep!!

[@station428]

I would love if Jeff came back for the next cocktail video!

[@TheStraycat74]

18:16 Eye-Lah not Is-Lay.

[@thatdudebro]

i love cocktails. it's the best example of "if it ain't broke, dont fix it"

[@IBRA1996Xx]

Great video! Definitely have a new cocktails to try. Islay is pronounced “eye-lah” not “is-lay”

[@biegaliusz4439]

Return of the king

[@pacificcoastpiper3949]

The gold rush is my favourite cocktail aside the Manhattan

[@ristyawanpratama4160]

You should make the guides for noodles, tea, rice grains, and rice cooking. It is the important ingredients for most asian cuisines

[@saraa5527]

oh nice

[@AMVH2012]

Nice to see the Old Fashioned done right. So many places I’ve gone to use Fireball, which I don’t think is right.

[@karl_alan]

Ew. I would definitely send that back...never had one with anything but actual whiskey

[@bobsaul4568]

What?? Fireball??😂

[@user-xs5bl9dy6d]

You need to specify what to use then. Because even though the cocktail needs bourbon. There are so many brands,if you say nothing then the bartender will just go a step lower and use Fireball" which everybody knows that's a sweetened whiskey.

[@user-xs5bl9dy6d]

@@karl_alan Ok but an Old Fashioned" is made using bourbon. Whiskey isn't wrong but it lacks that spiciness that bourbon has by default.

[@karl_alan]

@@user-xs5bl9dy6d but fireball isn't whiskey. It's a liquer. According to the body that governs alcohol in the US, it can't even be called whiskey legally because of all the flavorings and sugar added, so they have to call it a distilled spirit specialty. Legally, whiskey can only contain grains and water, and needs to be at least 40 proof. Fireball is neither. And it's not even bourbon based before they add all the flavorings and water it down. An old fashioned is supposed to be bourbon based. And they can even use the bottom shelf, which is way cheaper than fireball, but it should be bourbon. Bourbon needs to be at least 51%corn, aged in new oak, enter the barrel at no more than 62.5% alcohol, and released at no less than 40% alcohol. None of that applies to flavored liqueurs

[@Naomi-medusa]

What rum was used in the julep? We need more of Karl🥰🥰🥰

[@mimistar1427]

Please can we have an episode highlighting rum cocktails 😟?

[@heathfiebert5454]

You are enjoyable to watch. Can you do a vid on the Don Lockwood?

[@ghostderazgriz]

15:05 It means Old Square (sounds historical) best approximation of how this is pronounced in lamen english phonetics is vee-uh ▪︎ cah-ray Google translate has a pretty decent pronunciation to get a better idea.

[@drax14QC]

I speak French and I agree

[@trianafiansyah3387]

similar to mix every cocktail video but i prefer jeff interaction but good video 👍 with nice additional drink 👍👍👍

[@user-xs5bl9dy6d]

For a while the Whiskey Sour" use to be another drink I use to order frequently,but where I live they made it a rule that they can't use raw eggs anymore. So I stopped ordering them.

[@djphxsuns2935]

I was under the impression that when using raw egg always do a dry shake. Is this the case? I noticed no dry shake on the whiskey sour.

[@user-xs5bl9dy6d]

He was going for that fluffier texture which you can't get with that dry shake.

[@taiwandxt6493]

The throw achieves the same purpose I think.

[@_worst]

oh mi old fashion🥰

[@eagillum]

I want to only make the drinks that won't spill over when I walk them to the table.

[@jonathanthomas8736]

Just ordered "The Ideal Bartender"

[@amaljoe367]

I don't drink, but this was interesting to watch 😂