7 Vintage 7UP Cocktails from 1964

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@klguzik]

My mom used to dump a bag of frozen strawberries, 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.

[@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. 🥃

[@streetpi1010]

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

[@benandrovich112]

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

[@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!

[@whyattn]

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

[@markhatley-k6s]

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

[@nicolasnegrete3226]

Amaizing cocktails i need more of them!

[@tothefinlandstation]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@durarara911]

I can't believe that that mint frappe is good

[@makeanddrink]

Believe!

[@durarara911]

@makeanddrink Amen 😂

[@patriciaaturner289]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@blindlemonlipschitz912]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@BNGamesYT]

My dad is a man of the 70s and his drink of choice was a 7&7, which was the first drink I ever ordered as an adult. I really dont like it.

[@makeanddrink]

Oh that's right. I totally forgot about the 7&7. I do remember drinking those when I was in my early 20s

[@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?

[@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

[@PostNukeProductions]

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

[@yername31]

hmmmm Saturday 9am can I start drinking ……….

[@GeeWhizbang]

Have I been miss pronouncing a Rah-Mos gin fizz this whole time?!?!

[@makeanddrink]

Yes. Yes you have.

[@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

[@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.

[@introvertswag6494]

This makes me wonder how 7Up would work in a Mojito, maybe remove some of the lime juice to compensate for the lemon-lime of the soda? Or maybe you want the fresh juice for that acidic punch?

[@briansarginger8961]

I feel like I've had a 7-Up mojito and it was fine, if fairly sweet.

[@dennman37]

I've had Mojitos made with Sprite and everytime it happened I felt cheated because I was drinking a rum Sprite with too little mint😢 Maybe it could work when made by somebody who actually cares

[@genericusername5909]

Can’t be made in the EU anymore because there’s artificial sweetener in 7up (and Sprite) now and we don’t get a choice in a nanny continent

[@makeanddrink]

You can still buy 7 Up in Europe.

[@cam2724]

I wonder what the grog concentrate would be like with 7-up instead of coke?

[@makeanddrink]

I think the grog concentrate has too much else going on. I've made it with cream soda and it still mainly comes through as allspice.

[@jesseaharris]

Did you not put any ice in the Ramos gin fizz?

[@makeanddrink]

Ice in the shaker or mixer, but no ice when serving a fizz

[@jesseaharris]

@ so when you pour the seven up in, is that just foam rising up over the rim?

[@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.

[@brentdnowicki]

There are so many things I want to comment on, because this episode is amazeballs. Questions and comments in the replies below.

[@brentdnowicki]

1. Have you tried shaking a RGF with the spring from a Hawthorne strainer for about a minute or so?

[@brentdnowicki]

2. I enjoy an Old Tom Gin in the RGF, it brings out nuances of the other ingredients and harmonizes them. London Dry is good as well, the other ingredients can soften the boldness of the juniper and introduce new comers to gin. For scientific research I've take it upon myself to create the Baja Blast Off( It contains tequila or experimental spirit with the addition of blue curaçao and Mountain Dew Baja Blast into the RGF format.) because somebody's gotta take one for the team.

[@brentdnowicki]

3. The Jamaican/Sugar Cane Mule is a superior choice to the Dark & Stormy™.

[@brentdnowicki]

4. The whiskey with lemon juice and 7up, seems like an early Lynchburg Lemonade recipe or someone pointing at three things in a room. Bitters can improve it, it's similar to a buck or a mule.

[@brentdnowicki]

5. Does the Cherry 7up and Creme de Menthe work well together?

[@AphonicRoar]

But the Dark n Stormy has lime juice

[@makeanddrink]

It’s does not. That would make it not a dark n stormy.

[@AphonicRoar]

@ really?! I didn’t know that. Every recipe I’ve seen used lime juice. I guess it’s just become common place

[@makeanddrink]

@AphonicRoar legally it’s ginger beer and goslings. People add like because that’s makes it better.

[@johnolmos8670]

No Aqua Velva?

[@admiralstiffplank]

What about I use Sprite instead?

[@patriciaaturner289]

Sprite is too sweet.

[@makeanddrink]

Nope

[@admiralstiffplank]

@@makeanddrink ah I figured.

[@boyfromoz7]

Wonder if its as good if you use 7-Up from the US and not Mexico?

[@makeanddrink]

It will probably taste 100% the same