4 Weird drinks people loved in 1776 | How to Drink

Let's unpack some of America's most popular myths while I make early American cocktails. Our founding fathers sure knew how to have a good time.
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00:00 - Mythbusters HTD style
00:44 - Flip
05:28 - Tasting Notes
05:55 - Thanksgiving Myths
08:12 - Rattle Skull
09:45 - Tasting Notes
10:51 - King George Myths
14:39 - Philadelphia Fish House Punch
20:16 - Tasting Notes
21:22 - Ben Franklin Misquotes
23:37 - Stone Fence and Ethan Allen
28:01 - Tasting Notes
31:30 - Thanks for sticking around
Flip:
In a bowl whisk together
1.5 oz. or 45 ml. Jamaican Rum (Smith and Cross)
Large bar spoon or two of brown sugar
1 oz. or 30 ml. water
1 whole egg
In a large mug
Pour dark brown ale
Heat up your toddy iron
Dunk toddy iron into beer and add rum mixture as it heats
Roll with another mug to mix
Rattle Skull:
Built in large mug
1 Mug of Porter
1.5 oz. or 45 ml. Jamaican Rum (Smith and Cross)
.75 oz. or 22 ml. Lime Juice
A barspoon of brown sugar
Stir
Top with fresh nutmeg
Philadelphia Fish House Punch (reduced recipe)
Start by making a pot of black tea
In Punch Bowl
.5 cup oleo sacrum
1 cup of black tea
2 oz. or 60 ml. Lemon Juice
4 oz. or 120 ml. Rum (Appleton Estate)
4 oz. or 120 ml. Rum (Smith and Cross)
4 oz. or 120 ml. Cognac (Hennessy)
1 oz. or 30 ml. Peach Brandy (Orchard)
Add ice and stir
Stone Fence:
2 oz. or 60 ml. Bourbon (Weller 107)
Top off with cider
Garnish with mint
Add a few dashes of Angostura Bitters (optional)
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[@zacharryscott]

Greg is only a few steps away from accidentally re-inventing Drunk History and I am here for it

[@ibeghosten7504]

More like a few stumbles😄

[@oso712]

That would be awesome. I was thinking the same thing.

[@banthaexplosion]

Great comment.

[@michaelvick2872]

I recently bought a book called drunk about how alcohol started civilization (the first group of people to live together seem to have gathered around a distillery based on the structures found inside the old buildings)

[@kimberlym5988]

@@michaelvick2872 Sounds about right. Really, back then the only real source of anything clean to drink would just about have to be brewed. Or boiled. And brewed stuff is a lot more tasty. :)

[@verdatum]

Blacksmith here. Heating your tool to glowing will constantly form new scale. To avoid this, clean the scale with hydrochloric acid, rinse it, season with a food safe oil, just like a cast iron skillet, and then avoid overheating it. If you need more heat, don't make it hotter, instead use a bigger iron, or use more than one. Traditional wrought iron might not have this issue as much, but, only historic blacksmiths use that stuff, as it is no longer made by steel mills. Wrought iron has layers of silica that can protect the hot iron from oxidizing into scale as easily.

[@albatross-6520]

Your a great bartender Greg 👍 you also a terrible historian

[@FLY1NF1SH]

neat!

[@jasonrhome710]

Neat! Having vague chemistry class memories of the Add Acid rule to avoid spatter and chemical burns, what would be the best way to rinse that off at home, or would the residue on the rod be low enough quantity to not worry about that?

[@jacefairis1289]

@@albatross-6520 his history seemed fine to me lol - the Great American Myth is just that, a myth

[@McbrideStudios]

Could just have a file or a wire brush and descale it every time too couldn't he?

[@kendrickwood7174]

It seems like every time a historical recipe on KZbin uses nutmeg the spirit of John Townsend is invoked. I love it

[@roymarshall_]

Its like cayenne with Chef John

[@jimhirl2194]

And when anyone says hard tack Max Miller does a click clack

[@MegaKat]

You mean James Townsend?

[@censusgary]

It’s only natural.

[@CyrusL]

honestly

[@synitare3171]

If you just did entire episodes where you make a drink or two then go on about history for 20 minutes, I'd watch them.

[@synitare3171]

@@CorvinTheSwasian Yeah, but that guy isn't nearly as entertaining.

[@twalters8]

Not his version of history.

[@fcon2123]

@@CorvinTheSwasian Haha, I was just thinking that this guy needs to do a crossover with Max Miller.

[@FaultAndDakranon]

@@synitare3171 Max Miller is entertaining. His humour is a lot drier though, so I can see where your preference for our guy here might come from.

[@SubieDooWhereRU]

Wait till you find out about Drunk History! Seriously though, it’s worth checking out and has full recreations with actors and comedians and stuff. Also, I second Tasting History with Max Miller. Awesome channel.

[@bdecampc]

Ethan Allen not being just the name of a furniture store is almost as big a twist to me as Meredith not being Greg’s wife

[@felonyx5123]

In Vermont every third thing is named after Ethan Allen or one of his relatives, so having gone to college there I'm very familiar with the guy.

[@lynniecarson]

Meredith isn’t Greg’s wife????

[@fastgecko5799]

@@lynniecarson No she's actually married to a woman, who is actually also Greg's editor lol

[@lynniecarson]

Great knowledge! Thank you! As a woman married to a woman I heart Meredith even more now 😍

[@redwhale2556]

WHAT MEREDITH ISNT GREG'S WIFE

[@dreamingwolf8382]

your Townsend envy is showing again Gregg...

[@sketcharmslong6289]

I thought the same immediately

[@howtodrink]

I mean, am I wrong though?

[@dreamingwolf8382]

@@howtodrink amazing episode as always sir, your powdered wig is the envy of all.

[@JJMUG]

@@howtodrink crossover when?

[@michaelritchie7699]

wrong no, reductionist yes!

[@danbourlotos5188]

A couple years ago, a dear friend of mine went against his usual proclivities for anti-social behavior and decided he wanted a party for his birthday. The caveat was that, as a history major, he had prepared a list of food and drink items from recipes he had found in various texts he had read over the course of the year. One of these, was a flip recipe from the 1780's. My wife, who loathes history lectures as much as many people loath skinning their knees, asked me what to expect from this entire shindig. I replied, "It is (friend's) birthday. We are going to try all these things, they are going to suck, and then we are never going to have them again." I forged the pokers for the occasion, and we got to the flip for the evening: Molasses, rum, spruce extract (which is a glorious addition to cocktails), brown ale and egg whites. We all took our first sip and every single one of us went from dubious, to incredulous, to impressed in the span of a second and a half. It was delicious. So delicious that it has become a birthday staple. Moral of the story: The things poor people consumed in antiquity are not always bland, boring or bad.

[@thatstranger6114]

I think the real moral of the story is you should have more faith in your friends and not be so quick to judge their interests and ideas.

[@theeddorian]

They weren't really that poor either. They had jobs that paid enough to hit the pubs in the evenings. The food was mostly pretty simple. Franklin ate a lot of bread and cheese with his beer.

[@mrcrunchies8688]

That's awesome and all but definitely not a way to treat a friend fr

[@aidanfarnan4683]

Can we get some respect for Greg for actually going into King Phillip's war, one of the most important and overlook conflicts in North American history? You and Atun-shei films are the only youtubers I’ve ever heard mention it.

[@dawne6419]

Tasting History mentioned it as well although not in a lot of detail.

[@koshersalt3233]

Lions Lead by Donkeys is also covering King Phillips War rn, but they’re a podcast

[@kathyastrom1315]

@@koshersalt3233 I’ll have to check that out! My 9th and 10th great grandfathers Charles Frost and Richard Waldron co-led a military action in 1677 that was really dishonorable to the local tribesmen, and they were both targeted for long-term retribution as a result. Waldron was killed in a raid on Dover, NH 12 years later, and Frost was killed in an ambush 20 years later.

[@Valerie-em7qp]

Also critical to the Salem witch panic, I recently learned.

[@mushroom13cfh]

Why should i care?

[@agamemnom]

originally all stouts were porters, here in the UK porters came first and the stronger ones might be called 'extra stout porters' and then over time shortened to just stouts and eventually replaced the name for the most part until the last few decades when craft brewing brought back the name porter from near death and now stout/porter is used interchangeably. Its more accurate to say that the word stout was originally used to describe the strength of a drink rather than to indicate the type of a drink so the word stout appeared first but it was a describer of strength.

[@howtodrink]

great info! thanks!

[@agamemnom]

@@OneLoneMan a whole country never deserves to be bashed, its usually one individual running the show that ought to be getting the bashing ;)

[@polerin]

Also, I will absolutely note that porters in the US are lighter than most of what are sold as actual stouts here. You would absolutely taste a different seen that founders porter and a left hand milk stout, much less something like an imperial stout

[@lorie76yt]

@@OneLoneMan You’re the one who’s focussing on bashing America - facts are facts, history is history, it has nothing to do with you, (or any Americans actually since the Puritans were British) and you’re not responsible for the past, but you feeling personally attacked and insisting that even mentioning the past is somehow unpatriotic is making yourself into a victim. The whole world is a negative place at various times over history, you’re not special and it doesn’t change history to deny it, it just makes you into a thin skinned whiny-boots :)

[@siobhanelysia8852]

@OneLoneMan Cope

[@Drake844221]

You left out the part about how "the friendly native Squanto" was from the tribe that had previously lived in the location where Plymouth was built - pretty much built on the remains of his tribe, which Massasoit had basically eradicated. "Squanto" had even been sold off into slavery in Europe, and the farming technique he taught them was actually a Dutch technique (if I remember correctly). Also, "Squanto" - or Tisquantum as he actually called himself, wasn't his given name. It was a name that he had chosen for himself, which has a meaning that is more... along the lines of "Wrath of God," which is one heck of a way to have yourself introduced to the man who wiped out your tribe! Fun times! One of the things that gets left out or massively diminished in a lot of the European accounts of early contact with Native Americans is a sense of agency and personal interest on the part of the natives. They're way too often treated as being idle and childlike, when in reality, they were making some very deliberate and conscious decisions, even if those decisions wound up being catastrophically counterproductive when it came to dealing with the Europeans.

[@SigandGibbs]

Yup! The Wompanoags wanted mutual protection, as Greg said. It was an alliance not made from ignorance (though at one point Massasoit asked Plymouth colony if they could send the Flu to their enemies in Narragansett, not knowing quite how it worked). The Wompanoag were a confederation, and not everyone agreed with the move to help Plymouth, after seeing what happened with colonies in the south. Hence one of the reasons for King Philips war.

[@smgibb]

IIRC, the pilgrims also wrote about how the empty fields they found in Massachusetts (due to disease wiping out a huge portion of the native population) was clearly divine providence.

[@SigandGibbs]

@@smgibb it's really ironic, isn't it? One of the reasons the natives were so receptive of the pilgrims was because enemy tribes in Rhode Island had completely escaped the plague that annihilated the Massachusetts population, they needed men and guns and they needed it now. I feel like that whole part of history is really complex and interesting and not quite so one sided as it's presented. King Philips war was a brutal and awful knock down drag out war. But what turned it into tragedy is what the colonists did to their former allies after the war was over. Unforgivable and horrific extermination of a culture.

[@RoachDoggJr106]

I’d just like to remind people that Squanto was freed from slavery by a catholic monk/priest who took him back home

[@adamwelch4336]

It wasn't all bad the tribes and pligrams had peace for 50 years

[@CrazyCousin404]

Greg: You don't actually know the real story of Thanksgiving. me: Yeah, I probably don't Greg: *proceeds to tell the exact same story my parents taught me*

[@howtodrink]

Damn! Lucky you!

[@hectorsmommy1717]

To make it even more confusing, there is Thanksgiving, and there are "days of thanksgiving" which were days set aside to give thanks for a victory in "war", originally a victory over the British then later a massacre of the First Nations.

[@RonnieEverette]

In Florida your parents would be accused of teaching critical race theory 😂😂😂

[@userequaltoNull]

​@@hectorsmommy1717 that must be a Canadian thing, because "first nations" is only used in Canada.

[@hectorsmommy1717]

@@userequaltoNull No it isn't. It is becoming more and more the preferred term in the US if you don't know the actual tribe someone belongs to.

[@scharocks]

“He’ll save children, but not the British children.” Lol. This is the first vid of yours that I’ve ever watched, and not only did I thoroughly enjoy it, but I was also was delighted by the Brad Neely reference! Thanks for the fun!

[@Odintorr]

As a history major, big fan of this episode buddy, nice to see you getting back to your roots

[@brinewind8732]

As just a plain ol' history fan, and of alcoholic merriment, this is the best episode I've seen.

[@nblankensh]

We've got a drunken royalist over here spitting facts!

[@podpolia]

You might want to read up on the histories of the things he talked about. He thoroughly distorted a lot of it.

[@jonyboy666]

You know it's a good episode when Greg is hammered by the end. XD Edit: Right after I posted this Greg himself informed me in the video that this was a fantastic video. We agree.

[@VelaiciaCreator]

Seems to me he was Hammered not long into the punch bowl. Shame we couldn't see the volume dip lower and lower.

[@Wrencher_86]

I concur, it *IS* a good episode.

[@jonathanhassell818]

HTD Masterpiece here. Literally all of my favorite things in one epi: history, phenomenal recipes, and drunk Greg. What more could you ask for?

[@kbrock9146]

Yes. Loved this. Would love more.

[@LouforYous]

Bless you for bringing me back to senior year with the Washington song. I used to randomly sing, “ he saves the children but not the British children” and people would be horrified around me!

[@funfairordnance]

Omg, that’s so funny. I can imagine the shock and horror. XD

[@MoKiShea]

This is the type of HTD episodes I miss. Your story telling of the history behind a drink is always amazing.

[@MoKiShea]

Also love that you made a flip with an actual hot toddy iron!! I was fascinated by this when I read about it in Liquid Intelligence

[@SwitchFeathers]

I love that after drinking Rattleskull, Greg goes ahead and shows us how it earned its name.

[@_soothsayer_]

Considering it's called Philadelphia fish house punch and the ladle is shaped like a clam shell, I can definitely see them using clam shells to scoop it into glasses back then

[@edigurusinghe8341]

Oh how I've missed drunken history Greg. These are my favourite episodes by far.

[@azazelthedark1]

Hey Greg, every time you heat the iron to red hot it will produce more scale. Scale is created by metal being oxidized which it does so readily when it is hot. I'd suggest investing in a wire brush and brushing the toddy iron after heating it to avoid the metal flakes. - From, a dude who did blacksmithing in highschool.

[@howtodrink]

So did I! But I sucked at it

[@MyHeadHz]

@@howtodrink Stop working with established titles, look up their scam. Very disappointed that you'd promote their lies, knowingly or not. I get that that sponsorship dough is tempting, and you need to keep the lights on, but vet your promotions more carefully.

[@wingracer1614]

@@MyHeadHz Everything like that is a scam. Anyone that believes it already owns a plot on the moon.

[@HeroSwe]

@@MyHeadHz What's the scam if you don't mind me asking?

[@MyHeadHz]

@@HeroSwe Established Titles is a Hong Kong based company that sells "plots" that may or may not be legally recognized, and may be sold to multiple people at once. Their marketing also claims that you can be titled as a lord/lady if you are a landowner, but this is false. All you own is a 50 dollar certificate at the end of your transaction.

[@Paintballdude336]

Oh my god that Brad Neely reference was perfect. Six stories tall, made of radiation. He saves children, but not the British children

[@howtodrink]

I sent him a DM asking if I could just use the video but he hasn't gotten back to me :(

[@joeschmidt2220]

Two on the vine!!

[@nomorenames7323]

China, Illinois was a masterpiece of a show. Wish it was still on. Neely is a legend.

[@diehounderdoggenalt]

He once held an opponent's wife's hand. In a jar of acid. At a party.

[@northstarjakobs]

just yesterday I showed that video to a friend who had apparently never seen it. It's pretty much always on loop in the back of my head

[@Zephsan]

Might be late to this chief. but Established Titles was found out to be a scam from a company in Hong Kong that doesn't even have records of planting trees or donating to planting trees. I'd look into it. Happy Holidays

[@jamesblakeley4329]

On top of that, the whole Scottish Lord/Lady thing is bullshit

[@Birchwood1976]

Love the Townsends reference. We all know how he loves his nutmeg.😆

[@crabbbbbity]

I really enjoyed the format of this video with the history worked in. I would love to see more in depth history on this channel.

[@howtodrink]

thanks! We'll see how this one performs though....

[@rainmaker709]

@@howtodrink If this does well, you could look at Max Miller's channel, Tasting History. He does food (mostly) in this format and does very well. Could crib some ideas from it.

[@bsteven885]

@@howtodrink, I agree with Rainmaker that a collaboration with Tasting History would be PERFECT! (Max also has done a few cocktails on his channel, but you BOTH could make it even BETTER with either just drinks or combining food & drink in one episode.)

[@ViktoriousDead]

The original group of pilgrims that you mentioned here actually kept the peace with the specific tribe of the Wampanoag long after other Europeans were actually at war with them, it was the next generation that came up that finally moved on to violence. Kinda neat there’s also a Wampanoag language reclamation project which is pretty awesome.

[@chadkreutzer1552]

Somebody else here watches Tasting History. ;)

[@ViktoriousDead]

@@chadkreutzer1552 not where I originally heard about that but yes! I’m glad he covered that as well!

[@TheNodrokov]

Also metacomet's second in command at the time was an old man who'd lived through the period of peace with the pilgrims and likely even attended the first Thanksgiving. When the Europeans caught up with him after king Philip's death, he surrendered peacefully and invited them to have a meal with him -- a decision possibly born out of his memories of peace and mutual cooperation with the settlers. This friendly gesture was to no avail though, and he would be hanged shortly after.

[@FutureBoyEXE]

I apologize for not staying on topic, but I have to bring something to your attention. I know you don't do video game drinks that often, but there is one game you have to check out if you're looking for new ideas. It's called "Deep Rock Galactic", and there is a literal bar in the main hub area you play in. So, if you like the dwarves of middle earth, the actual mining part of Minecraft, and Starship Troopers, then you need to check it out. *Rock and Stone, Barkeep*

[@seanwilson1922]

I believe porter was originally the more generic name for dark beer styles in England and stout was the name applied to the stronger varieties of porter but now they're somewhat interchangeable

[@Shenordak]

Porter is a lot more bitter than stout though?

[@jasonremy1627]

Honestly, best episode I've seen in months. I was growing tired of the "Watch Greg drink shitty drinks" schtick. It's okay once in a while, but I want more of this kind of content. We deserve it, and Greg absolutely deserves it, for the crap we've had to put up with lately.

[@mattia_carciola]

Yeah, it's funny maybe 2-3 times a year, in between actual mini-seasons or as a break when he doesn't have many ideas

[@vaguely_boring]

It's always nice to see Greg's second mom looking out for him and keeping him from waking up in the bathtub

[@OUTIOUS]

The Seven Years’ War was actually like the fourth ‘world war’. There have mass, global conflicts fought on multiple fronts since Rome (more if you count the Late Bronze Age Collapse as a war). Then there’s the Nine Years’, Austrian Succession, Spanish Succession, etc. it really depends on what you consider ‘world war’.

[@matthewmcdonald1812]

I dont know how its defined but id say if 10 or more of the top 100 most populated countries are involved in what can reasonably be considered the same war then its a world war

[@trequor]

I think you have to fight in multiple oceans and on multiple continents to be considered a "world" war. The Seven Years War fulfills this criteria, as do the succession wars you listed. Roman conflicts do not, however

[@lokisgodhi]

Johnny Appleseed went around planting orchards of apples in order to secure farming land grants for himself.

[@DaveJoria]

Which makes sense; he was anti-grafting AND a teetotaler, so he gained no real benefit from his crabapple trees.

[@bkwrrm]

I needed this tonight! Work was rough and while I don't drink on work nights, watching you *make* drinks is almost as good.

[@jaycorbin]

From what I have heard, Rum was so popular in early America because the Carolinas were a popular place for sugarcane plantations to grow the sugarcane and turn into molasses, which in turn would become rum and be sold.

[@whatzittooya9012]

Not to mention how there was a lot of trade with the British colonies in the Caribbean, where a shitload of rum was produced.

[@jaycorbin]

@@whatzittooya9012 Yep. What is now called Haiti used to be a slave state that was run by the British to essentially be just one massive Rum factory. Rum trade in the late 1600s-early 1700s was incredibly profitable for the British, and made the Caribbean the home of the pirates later on for that exact reason. The trader ships running rum from Haiti back to England had minimal defenses and the rum in them made a HEFTY profit on the black market.

[@krono5el]

yup, rum is basically the blood of the native American slaves : P

[@Harrisonpope]

No one talking about the AMZING BradNeely reference?!?! Always love the weird youtube cross-overs that you don't expect, AND a fun history lesson to boot

[@nex8984]

Hey Greg, Not sure if you have heard but Established Titles is a shady company if not a scam. The plots they sell are "souvenir plots" which mean you do not actually own the land. Scott Shafer made a video going deeper into the company and what they actually do.

[@SexAndViolence8]

It's a scam if they lie. They didn't lie, ever. People are just stupid.

[@HailKosm]

Not a scam, Established titles made no claims that they were granting you a lordship or making you any type of royalty with any authority, it is a novelty gift that you pay for to say that you are a lord, lady or laird. You technically can already assign yourself any meaningless title, its clearly stated on the website and the fine print this does not grant you a title anymore special than Mr. and Ms/Mrs. Its no different than buying a star from NASA, this does not officially rename the star in any scientific sense it just adds a common name to the star as a cute/cool gift. The fact that people genuinely seem to believe that paying to plant a tree in the scottish highlands would make them have royal authority is absolutely mind boggling. And Yes you can legally put lord as a title on any legal paperwork where it allows it. In the US, you don't put prefix titles on your ID/DL or passport, but you could put it on your wedding certificate if you so choose. Were the ads kind of cringe, yeah I'd agree that the ads were kinda cringe but they weren't ever lying or misleading, its just people heard lordship and immediately thought it made them royalty without reading fine print and you can't blame others for your own ignorance.

[@Misanthropolis]

LegalEagle did a better and more educated video. It IS a scam.

[@HailKosm]

@@Misanthropolis Scam is a harsh term because it implies that a crime has been committed. If they are a scam then all of those companies that let you name a star or planet are scams in the same logic. The key point here is that it is a novelty gift, they made no claims that this makes you royalty or a scottish clansman. Its no different than someone declaring that there home lot has seceded from the US and they are an independent nation. You can declare that you are something does not mean you have any legal power to that declaration. The only thing that established titles is truly guilty of is being very unclear about what it is that they were actually offering. Its like you can always give yourself a title if you so choose, but its not like the title carries any weight behind it. Some people have doctoral degrees from online non-accredited institutions just so they can call themselves Doctor. I feel like the lordship and ladyship aspect is more or less in this same vein. It does not give you any objective royal power just as buying a star to name it does not mean that star is called that name scientifically or you hold the right of ownership of that star.

[@jacktingey7886]

From a historical perspective, there is a lot to dismantle involving the ahistorical and harmful myths of Thanksgiving. Greg is doing his part, one cocktail at a time! Also, Greg, if you see this, it would be a really fun video to explore applejack, with a detailed history, existing cocktails, and cocktails that you create and adapt.

[@Mrjohndoe280]

The myths involving Thanksgiving are not harmful. Only an incredibly plush and weak part of our society would consider it such. It may be wrong, but people getting their panties in a virtue signaling bunch should not be considered victims of something harmful.

[@jacktingey7886]

@@Mrjohndoe280 Here's an argument for why it is harmful: people are taught that the Native Americans and Puritans shared food together and lived in peace and prosperity. Fast forward to today, and many Native Americans are poor and underprivileged. Relying on the myth of Thanksgiving, the hundreds of years of history since then, including war, massacres, broken treaties, forced integration, food dependency, loss of voting rights, etc. are ignored as factors into why this is the case, and politicians claim that the Native Americans are not actually marginalized. A bullshit myth adds to the public perception of a rosy, benign version of American history that is untrue. Also, that term virtue signaling has no meaning. I might as well say that you are virtue signaling by needlessly and publicly showing how "anti-woke" you are.

[@conormurphy4328]

@@jacktingey7886 so I can say you’re virtue signalling by calling out their supposed virtue signalling?

[@jacktingey7886]

@@conormurphy4328 Sure. And you’re virtue signaling by calling me out on virtue signaling. See why it’s meaningless?

[@conormurphy4328]

@@jacktingey7886 depends on your intent. Your intent was to make the person look a fool to others. My intent was to make you look a fool to yourself.

[@gingerfoxx1476]

I love the little history lessons interspersed throughout the episode. Sets the scene nicely for the mixed drinks. I imagine Meredith was more than a bit alarmed by the end of the episode as Greg accentuates his commentary by waving a large kitchen knife like a pointer. 🤣

[@TheNotoriousWSG]

As a former history major I really enjoy this more long-form content with interesting stories and facts interspersed. You often talk about the history of a drink, which is fantastic, but getting the extra perspective about the time period when the drink was created or enjoyed really elevated this one for me. Made Rattle Skull this evening. Went too heavy on the lime and used pre grated nutmeg. It was good, but will be better next time around.

[@16randomcharacters]

There's a takedown video on Established Titles... They are kinda a scam, associated with Deal Dash, Kamikoto knives, and a bunch of others.

[@MrDustiinw_T.elegram789]

🚀Let’s Talk. I have a surprise for you !!!

[@markgresch9944]

4:03 - That is a massive understatement. That's Trappist beer and likely is bottle conditioned with yeast at the bottom of it, which is likely why you are getting the carbonation. You're basically using beer champagne for mixing instead of sparkling wine, but hey the way you like it is the way to drink it.

[@nomorenames7323]

Chimay blue is bottle conditioned. Your supposition is correct. The heating and rolling will pull a lot of that CO2 out of solution and turn it into bubbles and foam that dissipate, though, so it being so carbonated shouldn’t be too much a problem.

[@plektosgaming]

Much of the beer that would have been made back then would have been cask conditioned since there was no refrigeration invented yet. So it's actually a very correct choice. The reason you put the iron in it is exactly because it has carbonation - to pull the carbonation out and make it foamy. Plus it looks cool. :)

[@mattia_carciola]

Damn, you just made me realise that a standard 330ml of Chimay Blue costs like 3€ here in Italy. Up there in the States it must be some damn premium beer! (also it's a nice one, I haven't drank Chimay in a while and it was the red one, but it's very good to be large scale manifactured)

[@xyzpdq1122]

Oh yeah, in the US, Chimay is one of the most expensive beers that isn’t what I’d call “rare”. (That is, you can find it at well-stocked stores in nicer areas.)

[@SirLemming]

I died a little inside when he used Chimay for that...

[@Brett710]

horticulturalist here: grafting doesn't prevent apples from being eaten, it just limits the varieties being produced to those already matured vs grown by seed; which takes 10x as long as taking a branch from a larger, already mature tree with fruit and attaching it to an established rootstalk. By growing everything by seed, it allows only the strongest varieties to survive vs one variety that could get taken out by a pathogen very quickly. this is why the Gros Michel banana mostly died out and the variety today is completely different.

[@garyhendrick4391]

You graft on to apple trees to be sure you get a specific variety of apple. Because if, for example, you plant a Bramley apple seed, you won't get a Bramley apple tree. You have the root stock, and you graft from a known variety of tree to it. You can have several varieties growing on one tree.

[@2red2black]

Wait isn’t established titles that sketchy organization that refuses to share how much and where all the money they raise goes? I think there’s been a bunch of videos popping up about them lately calling them out

[@lynniecarson]

Hello from Glasgow! This episode is back to HTD's best.....I love when you go into the history of drinks and more and show your good old liberal colours, it's magic! The pre-code films episode was also brilliant. More of this please. Slainte (ps how about a Scottish/Rabbie Burns theme for the new year?)

[@lorrainemunoa791]

Ooh yeah Burns Night Episode?

[@Daveyjokes]

I love this channel, Greg getting drunk and telling real history is just the thing to bring me into the Christmas spirit

[@Hriedmarrj]

To reiterate that other people may have posted, please do not and condemn if you can Established Titles. They are a scam. Do not do further business.

[@nosambawhcs3664]

The Porter vs Stout difference comes down mostly to malted vs unmalted barley. Porters are made with malted barley and Stouts are made with un-malted roasted barley.

[@TheBrotherSyne]

These are my absolute favorite type of HTD episodes! More history and classics!

[@RhettShull]

This is probably my favorite episode of HTD to date, I learned so much about my own country. Thanks Greg!

[@whatzittooya9012]

@♜p¡nned by How To Drink BEGONE, GREGBOT

[@thomas6558]

Hey man I dig your KZbin channel, you’re a sick guitar player and I never thought I’d find you on anything not guitar related.

[@mateuszminsky5619]

i remember a flip recipe that I read years ago. it went more like "put everything in the mug, then put in the red-hot poker, serve on a tray"

[@ethansams883]

That is funny, I have several English friends and they all say PG Tips is considered the absolute worst when it comes to tea. It's like what Malibu "rum" is to rum but for tea.

[@FairlySadPanda]

I love the historical sidebars between the drink showcases. Such a comfy chatty show. Because drinking should be a conversation, not a solo affair.

[@alydamarincovich5704]

Itd be interesting for you to do a knockout round of the best American ciders because the Pacific Northwest has some stunning ciders, like I can only find one or two non-local ciders in my local grocery store, and I think itd be interesting to hear your thoughts on them.

[@JuiceBrick]

I'm from Ontario (Canada) which is also a cider hotbed. I'd be interested in seeing USA's Best, because when it comes to American ciders I mostly think of Angry Orchard.

[@plektosgaming]

The issue is that most American cider is made from the same apples that you eat and not from varieties that are for cider (small, tart little things by comparison, almost all wiped out during prohibition). The end result is low ABV one-note "crisp" type ciders that don't really taste like the original stuff and more like apple flavored sparking wine. So a few ones from the U.K. and Canada should be thrown in as well.

[@nevadanate4957]

@@mars7612 That's true about pretty much everything alcohol though, unless you're obsessed with wine terroir.

[@SigandGibbs]

@@plektosgaming not in New England and New York! :)

[@gormster]

Greg: “That’s weird, this Chimay foamed up and went everywhere and it wasn’t shook up at all” Me: “you’re really not gonna open that Chimay over a sink? That’s brave” They’re well known for it. Refermented in the bottle with famously unpredictable and hyperactive Belgian yeast.

[@JustWannaPicForName]

This is my favorite type of HTD episode! I love the history.

[@mikelaarman5670]

One of your best episodes. Your historical shows are wonderful.

[@Groovebot3k]

Greg is the living embodiment of the Three Drinks Later meme and I am always here for it.

[@artonion420]

“I swear I won’t get all political” *an entire bowl of punch later* “y’know that quote is actually an argument FOR heavily taxing the rich”

[@ashkitt7719]

@@artonion420 I'm okay with whatever Owns the Chuds tbh. Though not all rich people are bad. Bill Gates and George Soros for example. They trigger the Chuds so I'm okay with not taxing them.

[@xander1052]

Just going to say, Belgian Ale is inherently going to be very overflow-friendly, it's usually twice the carbonation of a British Ale to lighten the Body of what is usually a good 8% beer. British Beer on the other hand goes for the creamy body from Cask conditioning and so a sub 4% British Bitter can challenge beers double their ABV in the area of Body.

[@john-paul3271]

Also, it’s got yeast in it. It’s not injected with carbonated air like other beers. Completely different animal. Seeing him pick the Chamey, I was like ouch. I think something like Bad Elf would have been perfect. Not too overwhelming to distinguish the flavors, but still festive.

[@midshipman8654]

I agree about the king being misrepresented, but it seemed like a lot of the period (pre war) gripes that americans had were specifically leveled towards parliament and them not having a place in it despite being english and often times being just as wealthy and influential as the people that did. In fact I remember a lot of writings being very respectful of king George himself and very much directing their ire towards parliament. I think the anti king george ism was partially through philosophical-political beliefs of the institutions like those in Thomas Paine’s Common sense, the polarity from the actual institutional separation, then later mythologicalization.

[@Athrix94]

Thanks Greg for your show!! You guys are awesome. Keep doin what you're doing!! You've helped shape me into the home bar tender I am today!

[@plexidotorg216]

Absolutely love the drink history in HTD, this is gonna be my dream

[@randomsimracer4891]

As a Vermonter I felt physical pain when you talked about not knowing Ethan Allen was a person 😂😢😢

[@trentt4618]

I unknowingly made the stonefence while out fishing in the cold. I didn't have any alcoholic cider but I had homemade spiced cider and that hot on the water kept me warm

[@dreamingwolf8382]

That random aside usage of a Jersey accent is the stuff of nightmares, and I love it so much lol. An entire episode in that accent would be so amazing.

[@zamboslambo5243]

Ah now this is a fun one, sometimes I enjoy the story behind a drink more than the liquid itself

[@r0bertfrank]

your breakdown on high/low vs decibel level is really on point, thanks for raising awareness about freq vs level cause that shit drives me nuts when people use them interchangeably

[@879PC]

At this point I want to try all the variations of the stone fence side by side, Bourbon, Rye, Rum, and Brandy with the same cider.

[@robertmoravek6047]

The musical accompaniment of this is even more exquisite than usual! Also great stories/facts!

[@danielgalil5020]

Great video. I plan on making flip this winter. Hope you, your wife and your kids have a fantastic thanksgiving with lots of turkey and stuffing.

[@howtodrink]

Thank you! And you too!

[@CaitieLou]

I don't know where you got the music for this episode, but it's SO jaunty and fun! I actually had to rewind a few times because I was so distracted by the music lol. Also love the little history breaks. History with historic drinks, makes a very fun video to watch :3

[@lucybugg101]

Brad Neely reference made me way happier than it should have, I haven't thought about the George Washington song in a hot minute

[@steveille1428]

I know the stone fence as a "Johnny jump up" and drink them regularly. It's fun to explore combinations of whiskey and cider. Also bitters is a 100% necessary addition

[@joshyoder9126]

Greg best episode in a while, if not ever. Love the history and getting hammered. You should partner with the drunk history guys.

[@SabreAce33]

This episode was fantastic! History and fine potations are a winning combination!

[@NikeaTiber]

While Americans were taxed much less than the english in britain, they were not represented in parliament and you fail to take the differences in annual income between Americans and the english into account.

[@moucookie1570]

Okay are you having fun over there or something? I've watched the thumbnail on this change at least 4 times in the last hour and the title change twice and it's getting confusing when trying to share it with my friends lol 🤣 Great episode! Edit: And as I submit this the title changed again. Gotta love life in the algorithm, and no wonder I can never find anything on KZbin anymore lol

[@bellablue5285]

I didn't notice that until your comment, I wonder which versions of the titles I managed to catch

[@austinwilburn1772]

Hey if you want to help get those iron flakes off, heat it up really hot and carefully dip it in oil. Since you’re using it for cooking, use cooking oil. Do that a few times and that should help.

[@reddrahvett623]

Absolutely love American history, and it's nice to learn more while also learning how to make pretty simple yet enjoyable drinks.

[@BobbleWorld]

I want a GMM and HTD cross over now.

[@ItBePatYo]

Lets talk about that?

[@falkon1t]

One of the main reasons I watch, to learn about booze AND history. Great episode Greg. Keep it up

[@dmstable]

Love to see the the gradiant of drunk on Greg as he goes from "Wow great drink" to "DAMN FINE DRINK **Waves Knife around drunkenly** " Might want to batch the Drink Making part before the drinking and review starts for the heavy alcohol days ... you know for safety lol. Also shout out to Meredith! It can be a tuff job dealing with someone who is drunk person even when they are kind.

[@SugaryStarzie]

One drink from this time period and a lil before was grog. Drank often by sailors and pirates. It was rather simple, Jamaican rum that had was watered down a little due to rationing, a little brown sugar, and lime for extra flavor Id honestly love to try it

[@howtodrink]

I did an episode on it

[@andrewcox4166]

I know this vid is a bit older but I wanted to chime in that I love the historical tangents. I’ve actually repeated parts of your pre-code movie video to general interest! Though I prefer having the drinks “mixed” into the lesson plan. Anyway, great channel and thanks for doing what you do!

[@ErikDavisHeim]

Great episode! The Brad Neely Washington text got me

[@durechene]

Belgian viewer here. I was pleasantly surprised of seeing Chimay bleu featured in this episode xD. Our beers are well known to be super frosty so maybe not best for a cocktail😅. Always a pleasure to watch ! (If only curiada had the funds to deliver to Europe )

[@ericmills9839]

Frothy?

[@danielmorlan1558]

Excellent video, Greg!!! One of my favorites!

[@christianstrasmann2877]

There were multiple types of flip. There are cold and hot flips. Some you can add heavy whipping cream as well.

[@physwiz]

Please do more history centric episodes like this!

[@ForeverWog]

Lewis Black has a good standup bit about how our politicians are so angry these days because they don’t get sloshed together anymore.

[@howtodrink]

Sounds right actualky

[@38bass]

As an intermittent viewer from Canada, I heartily attest that this is my most favourite episode from your channel thus far. 🤘🏼

[@redcedarsky]

25:45 more than you know, in September 1787 near the end of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia there was a party with the Founding Fathers in City Tavern, the local hot spot at the time and there is a documented bar tab which has on it: 54 bottles of Madeira 60 bottles of Claret 8 bottles of Whiskey 22 bottles of Porter 8 bottles of Hard Cider 12 of Beer and 7 bowls of Punch There were only 55 attendees which would be two bottles of wine, several shots and a few cups of punch and beer for every guest.

[@mmtx73]

The stone fence has been a cool weather standby of mine for years. The recipe I was introduced to uses the bourbon, standard non-alcoholic cider (NOT apple juice, they're completely different!), a carbonated hard cider, and angostura bitters. Really easy to make and pretty damn good. I agree that historically speaking you're probably correct that it was just hard cider in the drink but I like the use of both.

[@piperwalton]

So is the porter in the rattle skull supposed to be cold, or room temperature? EDIT: Also, FWIW, this is my favorite kind of HTD episode. Some drink recipes, some history, and just a little bit too drunk Greg. Hope it gets the views it deserves!

[@MrOverkillBill]

I think darker beers as best slightly chilled, not ice cold. Unless it's in the middle of summer. As an Australian, I was brought up on the myth of the "Poms drink warm beer". I have since had British friends inform me that they were often had room temp beers, however when it's traditionally cold most of the time, leaving your beers on the back porch is more an issue in winter. Unless you want frozen beers.

[@revan7383]

This video is making me want to rewatch all of Knowing Better's videos... All of his vidoes on the early Americas are great

[@alexanderjaques]

I love this channel - it is so much more fun to see him enjoy the drinks, give us a history lesson and smile rather than pain gurning through car crash coctailageddon horrors. Not sure what the mash up of Mukbang and alcoporn should be, but that's what I get as an expat watching these from Saudi Arabia. Keep it up please.

[@isaaclevitt9829]

CHIMAY! BELGIAN BEER! FINALLY GET IN! I've been waiting forever for Greg to try Belgian Trappist beer!

[@ccggenius]

Ok, I was NOT expecting a colonial scorpion bowl. I'd also like to add that that last drink COMPLETELY re-contextualizes the phrase "strong fences make good neighbors".

[@daniel6678]

this is one of the best videos on the entirety of youtube. i am in love

[@HolyPancakesBatman72]

one of the best htd episodes, still so fun on the rewatch!