Sabering every bottle I can | How to Drink

Impress everyone at your New Years Eve party by sabering open a bottle like some Napoleonic Hussar of yore! Happy New Year!
Happy New Year Everyone! Today I'm teaching you the proper technique to saber open bottles of champagne, and I talk a bit about the history of the practice. I also play a game I call "Will it Saber?" in which I attempt to saber with various objects around my bar. It gets pretty creative, and I get through a lot of bottles. Several cases of them actually. I also get cut up. It's a good one and it's how I'm closing out 2019! And by the way, THANK YOU all so much for making 2019 the BEST YEAR EVER For How to Drink! This episode is dedicated to you.
If you decide to try this, please be extremely careful. The bottle top flies off with incredible force and will destroy, maim, injure, or kill anything in its path. I'm not joking. Additionally as you'll see here, it's really not so safe for the person doing the sabering either.
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[@thomashambly3718]

I was just watching your wake up juice video when I got this notification

[@historicalaccuracy15]

You stole my first 😭

[@germx1488]

I know it would detract from your macho look but I suggest protective eyewear whenever 'splosions are happing. Another great video and happy new year to you, your family and the crew as well.

[@Ridwah]

Man, Barfly doesn’t sell sabers?!

[@michelguevara151]

Meilleurs Voeux, Barkeep! Veuve-Cliquot [Clee-cowe] it means 'the Poppy Widow' a reference to war widows.

[@michaelclancy3824]

I like how this starts as “Figuring out how to Sabre champagne” and quickly devolves into “Area man assaults champagne bottles with various houseware”

[@nissenilsson9158]

I believe it evolves

[@skippingsmile1898]

it isn't champagne

[@grantflippin7808]

@@skippingsmile1898 The us does not recognize french regulation

[@danielhall6578]

Im surprised he didnt buy a saber and saber with a saber

[@PrimericanIdol]

Florida Man is the new Area Man.

[@thecharlieramirez]

I feel like I'm watching a Rick and Morty interdimensional cable bit.

[@diegochavez6322]

Same

[@MegaAreosmith]

The Charlie Ramirez 😂😂😂😂😭

[@Bl4ckD0g]

Well it probably is, given that it is Interdimensional and all.

[@John-X]

The Charlie Ramirez that is 100% gonna become 2020's New Year's Baby Meme.

[@ObiTrev]

Not really.

[@thatwasinteresting3319]

I always come to watch Greg for bar range safety tips: 1 Treat all bottles as if loaded 2 Keep finger off the bottle till ready to saber 3 Always keep bottle pointed in a safe direction 4 Always keep the bartender unloaded till ready to use 5 Eye and ear protection must be worn at all times- -------- He gets a demerit for not following that last one. Drink responsibly everyone in 2020

[@johnconnah4569]

Ahahahahhaha few of us are friend :(

[@mathewstumpf3744]

@@johnconnah4569 And now none of us are...

[@JK-vp2ux]

“Will it saber?” Tries everything, EXCEPT A SABER!

[@elgenfranord1651]

But a knife is close

[@ericguo3312]

A sabre will sabre, no need to try it.

[@ronaldtitty3654]

He shoulda saber a bottle with a bottle

[@xander1052]

@@ronaldtitty3654 he did, twice.

[@ronaldtitty3654]

@@xander1052 like a sparkling wine bottle with a sparkling wine bottle

[@calenspoering5641]

i enjoy how it progressively gets more half assed as they just struggle to find more things to saber with, and Greg just sounds tired and exasperated towards the end with the ridiculous things being handed to him

[@JustaYeomanBowman]

Just perfectly sabered open a bottle... Alone, in my kitchen, and then spent half an hour mopping it up

[@chunkybacon5724]

How do u saber an open bottleeeeee

[@lEGOBOT2565]

if it's perfect, it wouldn't have made a mess

[@JustaYeomanBowman]

@@lEGOBOT2565 Do you have any idea how drunk I was when I made that comment?

[@lEGOBOT2565]

@@JustaYeomanBowman either none at all or extremely

[@ozymandias3456]

How do you spend half an hour on that?

[@igorpasqualini5041]

Greg: *explains allthe rules for doing it right* Also Greg: *breaks every rule after getting mad*

[@jv4218]

Me: *sees snowflakes falling outside.* My antique champagne bottle collection: *Symphony of breaking glass.*

[@kyokuslaps2411]

Lol

[@maltphilistine923]

Days since Greg's last bar related injury : Zero

[@theheftygamer]

Let's see if he can make it it to 365 for the next round of "will it saber"

[@bighara]

"This was... ill conceived." Masterful understatement, sir.

[@michelguevara151]

16.34 minutes in, "hmm, this is *starting* to get dangerous" :-D

[@marka4891]

AKA Will random crap from around the house open a bottle of champagne? Also, "I resolve to make better decisions in 2020!" and 2020 is all like, "That's okay, I'll make the bad ones for you!"

[@jeffpiper4374]

A technique endorsed by the college-aged children of Emergency Room Doctors everywhere.

[@ClaytonMathisPitt]

Greg: This was...ill conceived. ...my barware was provided by... Barfly: Nah, Greg, we good.

[@howtodrink]

Lol

[@AIBustos]

Just watched 18 min of a man breaking glass... andI loved it

[@brady376YT]

"this is becoming dangerous" "becoming"

[@ryancarter2959]

Did I just spend nearly 20 minutes of my life watching Greg try to slice open bottles with every day objects. Yes. Yes I did. Do I have any regrets? Nope. None whatsoever

[@conked944]

“Never point it at anything you don’t intend to destroy” wise words to live by

[@pressm4n]

Somebody knows their fire arms rules well, lol.

[@grahamlopez6202]

My mother said this when she got me my first rifle lol

[@sisbrawny]

5:25 What we think we'll look like. 7:00 What we'll actually look like in front of 50 people staring at us.

[@fabiank.2604]

Hey, this is extemely late and probably uninteresting for almost everyone, but here goes: Objects that 'will saber' should have 2 key qualities. Rigidity and concentration of force. In other words, they should flex as little as possible and have an edge of some kind. These qualities can compensate for each other to some degree but you want both for best effect. The key is to have immediate and high energy transfer between your striking object (whatever it is) and the point of impact (neck of the bottle). Glass is very brittle but very durable. This means that to crack it you have to concentrate as much force as possible on as small as possible an area, in as little time as possible. That's why 'glassbreakers' are designed the way they are. Long story short: Rigid object, edge, 'sabered bottle'.

[@AsleepOrDeadXoXo]

"I'm starting to get a little bit nervous about this" - *still doesn't put on safety glasses or gloves*

[@CraftyChicken91]

Really defeats the cool factor of sabering if you have proper PPE.

[@joshuakingsley2104]

Napoleon: "Dude, you know what's wrong with drinks today?" Me: "ummmm..." Napoleon: "Needs more swords. Broken glass is an acceptable risk." Me: "Is everything OK at home?"

[@isaacschmitt4803]

Yup, now lets go invade Russia! What could go wrong?

[@ArchArturo]

@@isaacschmitt4803 What, winter? Bah, we will arrive at the nick of time!

[@mrclueuin]

Well Josephine been giving me a little gyp, a lil trouble but otherwise things are fine. Why ya asking? She say sumting? Bon Anniversary, mon Ami! 🍸

[@appa609]

Couldn’t find a saber to saber? Sad times

[@howtodrink]

I’m saberless it seems.

[@GundamReviver]

I'm feeling there is a pervy anime joke in there

[@BubbyoftheMountain]

@@GundamReviver saberface

[@Vespuchian]

@@GundamReviver I fully expect one of the innumerable Fate franchise fans to use the audio from this to make a parody video.

[@MrAcuta73]

@@howtodrink No saber, but I do have a WWI bayonet...probably work well enough and still have a "cool" factor. (short sword-sized)

[@DeliPlays]

I feel like he drank every bottle he opened. That's why we got comedy gold like "a creditcaaaaaard, will it SABER?!" 😂

[@aidanfarnan4683]

"This credit card is canceled! Will it saber?" How to Drink's accountant. "Why is the card canceled?" *looks over at the giant pile of un-drunk Prosecco.* "No Idea, none."

[@_Brohan]

Underrated comment lol

[@Ian_Bungy]

"It's dull you twit, it'll hurt more!"

[@grevari1772]

One of my favorite movie quotes. I was so glad someone else used it.

[@TheTinManTJ]

This was a great episode, and then in came one of my favorite quotes from Robin Hood. Epic.

[@6point5]

Also a fav movie quote.

[@pressm4n]

He cut off the quote. I have not heard it in years!

[@aaronmcminn1397]

I absolutely lost it when you said, "I DID IT WITH MY MIND!!" luckily I'm the only one in my office today! Happy new year! Looking forward to what you have planned in 2020!

[@nicolassagrillo1442]

Just before that "Happens to a lot of guys!"

[@tabormoro958]

Well 2020 didn’t go great

[@7r3v0r]

'Looking forward to what you have planned in 2020'

[@Edward-Not-Elric]

4:56

[@ctphipps97]

@@tabormoro958 Neither did 2021 really lmao

[@AlasdairGR]

I have waited so long for someone on KZbin to reference “Why a spoon, cousin?”

[@Trichocereus1]

If you cannot open a bottle of beer with a boiled sausage you are not thirsty.

[@saintmuerte13]

That's a thing?

[@dseeburger]

"Will. It. Saber?" Let's talk about that!

[@angelique_cs]

I knew I couldn't be the only one who thought it 😄

[@howtodrink]

Ooo clue me in? What’s the inside joke?

[@zaheershahsaudi7655]

GMM

[@patrickhamilton8307]

@@howtodrink good mythical morning does food episodes like will it taco. They take random foods to see if it's good as a taco. They open the episode with Will it taco? Let's talk about that.

[@michelguevara151]

@@howtodrink , I applaud your embracing our more sporting culture, mon barkeep. next year, real sabres!

[@thesagepilgrim4441]

This is exactly the type of fizzy, chaotic energy I need going into the New Year. And bonus women in wine history! Bless, Greg and fam. May your New Year be bright, bubbly, and beautiful in its bounty.

[@howtodrink]

Happy new year!

[@michelguevara151]

unfortunately , the name la Veuve - Cliquot means 'the Poppy Widow'. a reference to war widows.

[@TLGProduktions]

She sounded like a cool person to hang out with!

[@fdossantos]

2020 was indeed very chaotic

[@Crazt]

I feel like this is the perfect video for the holiday season. Like the time around Christmas and New Years, work still wants you to come in, but there isn't a reason. So you just screw around to kill time and maybe accidentally be productive.

[@animalmother556x45]

......my man talking about range discipline with a bottle of champ. Respect, sir

[@thelastmountaineer]

Next year stack a tower of glasses and pour champagne like a water fall!

[@scootscoot2k]

If you start this video at 23:42:17 on NYE night, Greg Will say happy new year on as the clock strikes 12! Happy New year to you and yours Greg. Hope you don't spend the entire night making drinks.

[@MoistHaggis]

Every time he says “will it saber” takes me back to early Rhett and Link

[@UKCerberus]

12 bottles of procecco, drinks root beer. This is why we subscribed people!!

[@jakobmorningstar]

The way you explained the physics of this, and more specifically when you said “very quickly propagate”, you sounded like Doc Brown explaining time travel to Marty lol

[@howtodrink]

I have never received higher praise, thank you!

[@jakobmorningstar]

How To Drink thank you for the awesome content and Happy New Year!

[@saber1epee0]

And/or Rick to Morty

[@Draukagrissah]

How dare you cut off the best line in that movie! The way Rickman intones "it'll *hurt* more" is one of the most evil but also petulant phrases I've heard in film. Best Robin Hood movie. Happy New Year Greg! Everyone have a great 2020!

[@henrys3138]

This didn't age well.

[@ChristianMadsen87]

I watched this video on new years eve and 23:59 I drunkenly sabred my cheap bottle of bubbly wine, perfectly.

[@joex-mn4we]

I thought he’d use another bottle of Presecco to Saber

[@howtodrink]

I don’t remember why I didn’t.

[@ScabbyMcKniel]

I've done it before! Just make sure the second is empty. It'll save on hospital bills

[@williamf5745]

@@howtodrink Fear. The answer you're looking for is fear.

[@Yawyna124]

@@ScabbyMcKniel Oof, yeah, one bottle exploding on top of the other isn't ideal.

[@samafunk4now]

"I mean, in fairness, the flowers probably softened it up some" - LOL!

[@scoundrel6957]

I feel like at the end he’s just grabbing everything he sees

[@ZacchaeusNifong]

Everyone's out partying, and I'm at home with a cigar and some Laphroaig 10 all because of this KZbin Channel. Darn you!!!

[@potatochip2070]

Thats a party all by itself, why would you complain about it?

[@ZacchaeusNifong]

@@potatochip2070 lol true

[@peacekeeper210]

Now he's just turning into Good Mythical Morning.

[@brycevo]

Happy Roaring 20s, Greg and all the How To Drink family!

[@brycevo]

I love you guys and the part at 4:57

[@jillkoczent2803]

I love how someone is handing you additional items with tongs, maintaining their 6ft social distance before it was cool!

[@chaodck]

I really don't know why I watched this whole video. In the end it felt like a sunken cost. I invested so much in watching I could not stop. Terrific work Greg!

[@_leencuisine]

This video gives me a interdimensional cable TV show vibe. Happy 2020 Greg!

[@lxxwj]

lmao i can only imagine the amount of broken glass on the floor

[@brycejeffcoat9768]

"happens to lots of guys!" LMAO

[@vyrv6719]

“This is Ginger…” I’ve never felt such ‘Fuck you meredith’ energy. 😂❤️

[@comesahorseman]

OK, this notification came through, and my first thought was "oh, God, he's gonna hurt himself...". ;) Yes, folks, please use the *spine* of the knife, not the sharp edge. You're welcome.

[@MrBenfranz]

Watching Greg go at it, I'm reminded of Alton Brown's sage wisdom, "If you fail to sabre the first time, it ain't gonna work any subsequent time." (Hot Ones Season 5, Ep 15) Except apparently it did. Huh...

[@AdamFloro]

I think he said that to be lazy lol

[@fiercedeity7786]

I feel like maybe that was in the context of using a knife. Like if you’ve got a cold bottle, you know how to do it, and it doesn’t work with a good, heavy knife on the first time, probably not gonna happen.

[@DarkDay2012]

I feel like perfecting sabering with a champagne flute would be a great party trick cuz after you saber it you can immediately pour a glass for the nearest person that you want to impress

[@Entolom]

This was an excellent episode! We appreciate the noble sacrifice of a small nick to the wrist and a slightly lacerated thumb in producing this hilarious content. I hope you and the production crew proceeded to drink all the prosecco to ring in the new year, even if you made the video months in advance. Also, here's to hoping that you give up on that resolution soon into the new year. Some of your best videos are the ones that probably weren't the most advisable.

[@twpvw5]

I was half expecting impromptu tasting notes on the root beer, missed opportunity.

[@MiguelSantos-lu8uj]

Happens to a lot of guys

[@smertonosnyibratni]

I remember being at a party as a newer drinker and no one had a bottle opener, but some guy had a pocket knife. We'd been trying to open beer bottles with it but after waiting a significant time for everyone to fiddle with the knife, I yanked it out of the guys hand and sabered my cider. As the kind of quiet guy there, I got some good looks as my friend dropped his jaw "Did you just saber a cider bottle with a pocket knife!?" I feel like I became something of a hero that night.

[@danielmorlan1558]

When the years become an enhanced shitshow fun, entertaining videos come ominous. lol I laugh when I think after two tragedies in my life in 2015 that the years HAVE to be better after that. Always love your content, Greg. You'd be a hell of a guy to talk to from time to time. I mean this with all my heart, I hope you and yours are doing well, and keeping healthy.

[@dirk_gently]

I learned that you can saber with a butter knife when i watched James May and Oz Clark's Drink to Britain show. But, now i know not to use a juicer. Thank you!

[@michaelroth6975]

I'll definitely be popping my top this new years eve

[@ehodovic]

I don’t even really drink, but I really enjoy watching your videos. Your whole channel gives off a warm and charming vibe.

[@alexanderlinares162]

i like you man, crazy, funny, and everything you do has as main ingredient: LOVE. Keep it up!!

[@Anaguma79]

Even classier AF. This has been a good week.

[@De4thf4ng]

Bottle Nr. 93: "Let's try a feather!"

[@howtodrink]

My goal when I dreamed this episode up was to do it by flicking my finger but it quickly became apparent that that was not going to happen.

[@PurpleBox89]

Just wanted to say thank you for putting this video out, I attempted this for the first time ever last night and those who witnessed it were beyond impressed.

[@JimboDoomface]

This is brilliant, as a contrast, and the music near the end really makes it.

[@bturner1273]

"This bottle has become very dangerous" lol

[@firedragon2823]

i love the absolute manic energy in this episode

[@rattlesmcspookston8649]

his descent into madness is terrifying

[@TensaWolf]

I feel like this episode is the most fun Greg has had on the show. Just a guy messing around trying to saber as many bottles as he can lol

[@ChiokeAarhus]

Oh god I’m loving this. For a standard show (or special holiday show like this), how much do you drink beforehand?

[@TheH4V0C]

I dont think he pre-drinks; Just starts filming, a couple episodes in and he's good lol

[@sciencesyfy]

He films more then one episode a session and gets progressively drunker as he films, so if they were posted sequentially you could pretty much follow how much he'd drink every 5 episodes or so

[@jobo9629]

Watching this in late 2020 remembering how good we all had it

[@mertx84ify]

It's been a great year with you mate. I wish you and your family a happy 2020. Cheers.

[@annasophia1330]

Please make this a running series every New Year's! Or at least something in the same vein, the chaotic energy is exactly what we need to end the year with

[@alexandras3596]

"I did it with my *MIND* !!!" Lol hope you have a wonderful new year!! Wish you and your family all the best, lots of love and health!!

[@matthewclausing3856]

"The Jigger Sabers" is the name of my new funkadelic metal band.

[@impp18]

And we continue to watch Greg's decent into madness. Bravo

[@kelzbelz313]

That microplane did a grate job

[@Sloptopgettingdrop]

This man is drunk with power.

[@howtodrink]

MUAHAHAHA!

[@theultimatehunt]

Happy new years from Texas. Much love

[@Caveira138]

The whole time I was worried about him not wearing eye protection

[@James-ot2ej]

happy new years greg and the production team and everyone reading!!!

[@SanguineRoku]

Little disappointed you didn't use a champagne bottle to saber an champagne bottle, but other than that 10/10 video.

[@yako0000]

i love how you weren't scared at the beginning but by the end you were turning away and wincing.

[@TheDeekins]

glad Greg's doing all this stuff so I can just put this on for everyone rather than trying it myself

[@cam4894]

I feel like safety glasses should be worn when attempting to saber...

[@howtodrink]

I agree actually

[@saber1epee0]

Yeah... tiny glass shard on hand/arm is one thing, but glass in the eye is ugly.

[@jameswallace6227]

I’ve been sabering for three years and I’ve never had any issues with wayward shards, so no worries. If anything, you may want to consider wearing a glove on your bottle holding hand, just in case the entire thing blows. Other than that, make sure your bottle is cold and submerge it, neck down, in ice for 10 minutes before it’s show time! That’s Alton Brown’s personal wisdom, anyway!🍾🥂😆

[@FirstnameLastname-kn5sw]

@@jameswallace6227 This man will need a cornea operation within the next 2 years.

[@KYoss68]

Greg the type of guy to saber in the name of science 😁 Also: props for range discipline comment.

[@medi-state]

after a few episodes I've noticed you've got a neat little collection of timepieces!

[@hondo81]

one of the most underrated youtube channels right here

[@6point5]

Safety... glasses? Welcome to "doing crazy shit with Greg vol 2".

[@smwillia]

Willlll Itttt Saaaaaber?!?!?!?! "Will it Saber?!" sounds like a legitimate series a la "Will it Blend?"

[@alanmendes99]

loved this! happy new year for you too, sir

[@SixSixthSix]

How to get the authentic bar smell in just a couple steps!!! Happy new year man!

[@cheesemeister9610]

5:04 I did it with my MIND! *Greg, December 31 2019.* Quote if the Decade.

[@Anaguma79]

"This was ill-conceived."

[@thewastlander5139]

I love how you get more insane the more you try to figure out what will saber or not

[@bobbydigital715]

Haha, this was/is a fun episode. Good stuff feller

[@CocktailsConsoles]

5:00 - Proof positive that Greg is secretly been a Jedi this whole time