These are some of the worst drinks I’ve ever had, and they’re your ideas… | How to Drink

[@howtodrink]

I had a blast doing this live, and if this is fun for you all, I'd love to shoot more episodes like this. Lemme know! Follow me on twitch here: Twitch: bit.ly/2VsOi3d Get in the discord here: Patreon: bit.ly/H2DPatreon Curiada: bit.ly/shopspiritsatcuriada H2D2: bit.ly/YTH2D2 twitter: bit.ly/H2DTwit instagram: bit.ly/H2dIG Blog: bit.ly/H2DBlog Gear: amzn.to/2LeQCbW Ruin a drink with one word: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZW4i6SVerepZ9Esi=PUmYM4BpHhN3L1mG Ruin MORE drinks with one word: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZXPm32cjbJmeNEsi=N0eiV5TqooJDQdhO The WORST drinks I ever made: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4vVoHWaf8aEjJIsi=aqSdaVjylzmX3DJM

[@GeezNutz]

Sorry I missed it. I'm definitely down for more live recordings.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your content 😊😊

[@kylen9954]

Hey Greg, A black tai (Mai Tai)

[@Voreten]

Please do! I keep missing the streams, but this seems fun as hell! It's a cocktail improv show+

[@LexYeen]

The Mom Collins works because any mom worth the title has _undoubtedly_ witnessed far grosser things in her life.

[@gamezharks]

Serving the Risky Sour in anything but a red solo cup feels like the wrong container.

[@Parapsychotic89]

Man has a point.

[@mackinawsensei3541]

There’s something very comedic about watching Greg picking alcohols off-camera. It’s like he opens some kind of magical box.

[@howtodrink]

Was worried that was gonna flop

[@adderous]

​@@howtodrink It's a great sight gag. Probably easy to overdo, but great in these funnier episodes.

[@egodeathwish]

he's drawing them from hammeredspace

[@hannahross9256]

Greg's Grogs on the go, with his alcoholic bag of holding!

[@____________838]

Reminds me a lot of Sesame Street. Somehow.

[@mirsh2541]

As a German, I'll never stop being amused how clever marketing turned Jägermeister into a party drink for college jocks in the US when it originally was something your grandma would drink as digestive after Sunday dinner here.

[@bellablue5285]

I'll admit I didn't pick it up from marketing, I like the kinda liquorice flavor, and a shot of it works better than cough syrup at night. I do find it funny that it's more a grandma drink, though I guess I can see that too 😅

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

Honestly, I feel like it suits that role better, it feels classier than most of the stuff drunk frat boys chug...

[@Fyrwulf]

We don't really have a culture of using digestifs in the US and you'd be looked at like you were a drunk if you said you did use alcohol to help digest food. So, they had to find something to do to get sales in America.

[@NinjaGidget]

That is flippin' hilarious! If only them frat boys knew...

[@adamgill618]

Funny to think about a grandma drinking Jäegermeister lol.

[@peterjuncker8488]

I like how the other cocktail channels are like reading a cocktail book, and Greg is Greg.

[@howtodrink]

I started out there and became………. More

[@dharusiokay9426]

Greg concentrated. Creme of...oh No.

[@segaspamer64]

I mean we come for the greg and his sexy dad bod overalls and that damn fine mustache. ​@@howtodrink

[@6gabster]

And we love you all the better for it! ​@@howtodrink

[@imightbebiased9311]

I think the zany episodes should be performed by Gerg, of the rival store Gerg's Groggs.

[@GeezNutz]

That Mom Collins needed to be lengthened with a White Claw, a.k.a "Mom Water"

[@redmist6131]

You got to add some wine as well

[@AMPProf]

Karen loves a party

[@imightbebiased9311]

I want to see someone make a drinkable version of this, because I need a good taunt drink to order people when I offer to buy a round and they tell me to just get 'em whatever. "I got you a Mom Collins!" "A what?!"

[@jozak78]

​@@imightbebiased9311so...peach vodka, sours, and lemon white claw

[@thegreatcanadianlumberjack5307]

@@redmist6131 Sparkling wine would be great addition in place of Seltzer.

[@Lord_Azrekahl]

When he dropped the shaker, I was sure the drink was floored. It really illustrates the amount of suction that's created as the drink is cooled.

[@Necroes]

The Old Car is my recommendation. You get to ruin two drinks in one; An old fashioned and a side car. I'd say just make both drinks and shake them together in an old soup can.

[@ShotgunArtist]

I feel like a "Risky sour" is made with tequila, as most of the times I've seen parties go south tequila is the pivot point for the chaos.

[@King_of_ferrets]

I FEEL INTENSELY VALIDATED. A fireball sour is something that I've been convinced of for years. I've had a lot of people look at me like I'm crazy, but everyone I've convinced to try it has found it surprisingly good. (I might have to try it with the Jager now, though.)

[@tr7zw]

I was watching the video and had to get going making one before watching more. Damn it tastes good

[@AMPProf]

[@RobKaiser_SQuest]

Honestly I hate whiskey sours and I hate fireball, but to imagine the two together actually sounds decent.

[@BlakeTheGamblingHero]

heres a dark idea for one of these, i am gonna call it a Chernobyl Vice. a miami vice that uses parrot bay pineapple rum, and replacing all fruit juices with fruit flavored vodkas. so a strawberry vodka and a pineapple vodka. a cocktail so strong, so pungent, its like stepping into the red zone.

[@supdoc134]

Absolutely trying this ☢️

[@anondimwit]

@@supdoc134did you survive

[@danielhamilton5495]

The Improved Midori Cocktail is the color of a 1970s glass ashtray kept on the table of a Wisconsin supper club. It’s no surprise it isn’t any good.

[@streamingforzach9798]

1:07 - post shoot close-up I don't think I could get that much lemon juice to miss the jigger if I tried.

[@howtodrink]

These are all shot at the same time, no post-shoot anything

[@Markus__B]

When a lemon holds 3oz but you only need 1oz

[@Dogrin]

@@howtodrinkWhatever happens happens it's in god's hands

[@flutterymuffins]

I never knew I needed Greg to say Mommy Milkers out loud, chat is a terrible influence 😂

[@thepennywhistler]

Genuinely almost took me out when I heard it 😂

[@rowan_jalso]

Just casually dropping the Phlegethon reference 😂. I remember being flabbergasted when Greg mentioned Dadaism for the fireball Bloody Mary, but now this?! Greg is a well read man!

[@carissamace]

Same, I was literally thinking, "Oh, he's gonna mention the Styx even when Phlegethon is the river of fire." But then he just goes out there and says it.

[@AvianaKnochel]

He did an entire episode on drinks based on the videogame Hades which takes place in all three parts of the realm, including the Phlegethon, so I'm not surprised

[@KontarAlt]

Greg progressively goes more off the rails as time goes on and im not complaining

[@bob917209]

I think we need to see an Impaired Whiskey Cocktail

[@AMPProf]

sooo Dad on sundaywtf

[@The5lacker]

Hot Dog Water

[@AMPProf]

@@The5lacker oo and chocolate Star fish

[@yusufbanna]

Watching tipsy Greg is always fun.watching hammered Greg making impromptu cocktails is like watching an abstract expressionist painter painting with his gut

[@mackk7723]

My brain thinks of a Mom Collins as a traditional Tom Collins but with a floater of red wine haha

[@danmcmaster2346]

It wasn't an Improved Midori cocktail, it was an Im-Proofed Midori 😂😂 I'll see myself out

[@noiserocknincompoop]

I humbly submit the Hoboken in place of the Manhattan

[@terminus2010]

If thats the case we'll need a Harlem, Brooklyn and a Bronx.

[@Fyrmer]

@@terminus2010 Harlem is Gin, Maraschino and Pineapple Juice. Brooklyn is Rye, Sweet Vermouth, Amer and Maraschino. Bronx is Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth and Orange Juice. What we need is a Staten Island.

[@negative6442]

No we don't ​@@Fyrmer

[@BertoD103]

@@Fyrmerthe Staten Island is just pills and cheap whiskey

[@Fyrmer]

Jersey Turnpike is the contents of the bar rag and the bar mat wrung into a dirty glass.

[@TheLordFool]

oh of course you use Black Button's Bourbon Cream AFTER they let me go. I worked there, loved it, restructuring in the company, all that jazz, but yeah. that bourbon cream does NOT like to be added to much, it'll just keep curdling. we used to make a fireside cocoa with it (1.5 oz bourbon cream + 1/2 oz peppermint syrup + hot chocolate + you can make a whipped cream with the bourbon cream that we put on top). they make a good product.

[@TaQa04]

When Greg already feels drunk before the first drink is made, you know it's going to be good

[@aaronupward]

Loved the shot of the lemon being juiced where 2% of the juice gets in the jigger lol 😂 Another good Greg video 👍🏻

[@ArcticFox-vn6vj]

the clot toddy, a hot toddy with clotted cream. alternatively a hot clawdy, a hot toddy lengthened with white claw

[@ringsystemmusic]

I feel like the target audience for the hot clawdy

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

HERE WE GO AGAIN

[@ScottKorin]

*if you're blindfoldes, which you might be if you're having fun with a mom... 😮 ... Colillins 😂"

[@SeanStrife]

I feel like the idea of a Gold Fashioned could work... if you just go with a base spirit and replace the simple of Goldschlager.

[@Noobfortress]

Don't have the stuff on hand to try it, but I feel like making that with a normal whisky would make basically a better(?) Fireball old fashioned, which just might work

[@Halligan45]

"It tastes the way male cat piss smells." Jiminy Crickets! You have a way with words!! That's some eye watering genius right there! I'll be darned if I didn't enjoy this episode greatly!! This was a great one!! I love and prefer the instructionals and the histories and the themed drinks and the fun/new ideas and the educationals/explorations, but these are really fun when they pop up every once in a while!

[@adorimable9690]

Oh man that burning umbrella in the thumbnail is soooo funny

[@howtodrink]

The need to keep coming up with new ways to convey “bad, broken, gross, ruined, messed up, or otherwise bent” cocktails is taxing. So thank you!

[@AMPProf]

@@howtodrink 🤢🤢🤢

[@AMPProf]

lolz

[@jonrice9509]

I think the improved midori cocktail was close to genius- I propose lengthening with a white rum, tiki bitters, and a lime twist. But it may lack in bass. I think midori’s problem is how much treble there is means that when it features in a cocktail as the main spirit, you have to find every bass note you can to counter it.

[@kaiserhundkek2531]

Which is why my first instinct regarding the midori was to reduce the amount put into it in the first place. 1 ounce should do wonders, though the white rum would also work well.

[@jokeassasin7733]

Your risky sour should've replaced the sugar with a mountain dew syrup reduction. As a side note, i wonder how much corn starch would be needed to stop the lemon from curdling the creme liquor. I know its used in cooking with wine in creme sauces to stop it from curdling.

[@The5lacker]

I feel like there's also an issue of activation via heat with that. A better bet might be just... straining out the milk fats? Cheese cloth maybe?

[@adams3627]

This episode made Greg seem more like a mad alchemist than the episodes where he was actually making potions

[@hickorybakedbeans]

Man Greg, that Improved Midori reminds me of the drink i workshopped at home. 1.5 oz Midori, 1.5 oz Triple sec, .5 oz lemon juice, .5 oz Spirytus (polish alcohol 96%abv). Shake over ice. Hard pour, and lengthen with 7-up. It comes out neon green and is not half bad. We nicknamed it the Midori Meltdown

[@brandonp7503]

I'm going to need that effect added to any video in which Greg mentions "⚡JAGERMEISTER!!!⚡"

[@RealSeanithan]

Well, for drinks that one might associate with moms, I can't give inspiration by giving my mom's favorite drink, as she doesn't drink, but my wife is a mom, and I can tell you her favorite drink: Jameson, neat.

[@dm208060]

Mom Collins (after adding the Bourbon Creme) looks more like a "Pit Toilet" if you've ever had the privilege of looking into one early in the morning. Plop-Plop!

[@AMPProf]

MAKES senses. It reminds me of clubing in 2013

[@snorpenbass4196]

"This is a Mom Collins!" Me: "WHY."

[@unvoicedapollo3318]

As soon as greg chose jager, i was thinking "huh...I wouldn't be surprised if the anise actually helped the cinnamon".

[@jbmcb]

I'm sorry you keep making these terrible cocktail videos, but they are incredibly entertaining. We've got passionfruit syrup on order to try a ding-a-ling :) Also, if there is a Total Wine near you, you should try their Pergote Amaro, which I think is their house brand. It's interesting.

[@howtodrink]

I'm entertaining? You watched and interacted with it? What are you sorry about?! I'll make these things all the time if people want to see them

[@jbmcb]

​@@howtodrink Sorry, I wasn't clear. Your cocktail videos are awesome. Your (terrible cocktail) videos are fantastic. I'm sorry in that it looks excruciating. People like watching others discomfort, though. I'm not counting myself out of that lot.

[@caspianberggren4195]

I feel like a Mom Collins should have sparkling rose in it, but otherwise, great job!

[@alexg.2430]

Mom collins could also have cream soda instead of the bourbon cream + seltzer to still keep the peaches/cream theme.

[@Stark-Raving]

Equal parts Fireball, Jäger, and Rumple Minze was the way my friends and I started every party and night out.

[@TallDarknGruesome]

for the Mom Collins I would of thought of a using a sweet "Mom" liqueur for the sweet - like amaretto.

[@tobythewhale]

I lost it at "Midori is a sweet round melon.." *editor* You don't say

[@MadFriarAvelyn]

At the risk of playing the game wrong, I invoke the dread cocktail that is a favorite amongst my friend group: the spaghetti-o bloody mary.

[@brandongreene3213]

I love that you make sure to explain some of these for the people who don't know what some of these things are. Accessibility is important!

[@robikkupegasus7039]

Chaos Lord Greg is amazing, he's truly delightful to behold! xD

[@SemperVerenda]

The Malort-ipolitan really should be called 'the Second City'

[@Parapsychotic89]

14:51, that gold fashioned turned him into a werewolf for a second, i swear!

[@vyersleciel]

Gonna be a fun one, thanks Greg

[@Cagematic]

Jesus christ, greg... Jager AND fireball for the first drink??? This is why we love you, bro.

[@brandonstroud5148]

Gold Fashioned 2 oz whiskey 1/2 oz goldschlager 3 dashes Hella aromatic bitters Orange twist Enjoy!

[@FlashPointStream]

Once again I suggest: The GREEN RUSSIAN!! Replace the Vodka with Absinthe!

[@Youcanbuildmodels]

You have inspired me to try a lot of new things in my home bar, some have failed horribly, but some have been awesome! Thank you for the great content, even if you have to suffer it sometimes.

[@nnnnnn4504]

I actually had "Risky Sour" when I went to a bar and asked the bartender for a cocktail on Fireball, he suggested a Whiskey Sour and after thinking for a second I decided "Fuck it we ball", he made it without Jager but damn it was good, from that point on it's my favorite "surprise cocktail" I make for people, they usually love it too

[@drengillespie]

I asked for “the most vile thing you can imagine” at a bar. I ended up with: Aperol, Frangelico, and Absolut raspberry, and something else. It tasted like a chocolate orange and I loved it

[@FABGOTH27]

I have notes on the “improved” midori cocktail, as someone who know a LITERALLY NOTHING about mixology or even alcohol a ton and doesn’t drink but is facilitated by breaking down elements of flavors to see what’s in it. What if you did citrus bitters instead of chocolate and maybe club soda and maybe something with a more peanutty flavor profile to help proof it up and some salt… (that’s if you wanna actually maybe make it good) I’m curious if the edits make it good

[@sgtleobella]

OH SHIT HERE WE GO AGAIN

[@walkman0553]

Ikkkk

[@DecafKauffee]

A couple months back a guest of mine ordered a hot and dirty martini - with Jim Beam. I had to confirm they didn’t meant gin, and the bartender made me ask a second time. 😂

[@jovi-raver9643]

Yeah... I'm ready to see the dumpster fire these drinks will be.

[@sciurusvulgari3687]

He seemed drunk from 0:01 so I knew it'd be a fun episode

[@AMPProf]

[@noahhabbershaw8177]

He filmed 2 episodes in one shoot and this was the second episode. He' 4 or 5 drinks in 😂​@@sciurusvulgari3687

[@Twilit777]

Truly a testament to the phrase "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing."

[@AronFigaro]

I feel like this one was a lot tamer, but it was still fun. I look forward to more daring bad ideas coming onto the show in a future episode. I'm curious about the Pain Maker, and I still think the Pesto Sour is god tier. Also, how about we ruin an Irish Car Bomb and make it an Irish Car Party? If you're from the isles you know what this means.

[@justinserrano523]

Abstinence on the beach was criminally under appreciated! I was rolling!

[@genericuser984]

once again we gather to watch Greg create horrid alchemical concoctions and proceed to drink them

[@ThePzwilson]

I love how you have such refined intuition, as a mixologist, that you seem to instinctively make drinks good even if they have absolutely no right to be.

[@datastorm17]

I loved the editing on this! Totally stoked for another one like this

[@firbolg]

I don't drink alcohol anymore because of my PTSD medication but it's still a lot of fun to watch you come up with these creations!

[@patricklippert8345]

I like Midori with botanicals. Gin, sambucca, things that add more complexity to the melon flavor.

[@piperwalton]

The great part about the "nightmare cocktails" episodes is the inevitable one or two where Greg ends up saying "wait... This is fantastic???"

[@redmanish]

Why does drunk Greg making faces look just like the alien guy from Men in Black though

[@paladonis]

Aw man. Wish I would have seen you going live. Would have been fun to check out. Hope I catch the next one cause it seems like fun!

[@RaspK]

Jägermeister has wormwood, which is the major ingredient in vermouth and absinthe that gives them their most distinct flavour; its flavour is akin to that of anise, but it's really a different plant altogether. (It also has gentian, and those two contribute heavily to its bitterness; gentian is notably a major ingredient in a tonne of bitters.)

[@Cthululululu]

I think my favorite part of these kind of videos is when the drink that, for reasons I as a 'barely drinker' don't aftually understand, should by all rights be abominable turns out splendid.

[@pretzelthedude]

I dunno if I can be happy until I see him make a "Bong Island Iced Tea" like Sparklehands suggested in chat at the end 😂.

[@lunap7029]

Malort-apolitan. It will make you look like you're wearing an Edgar suit. Sugar water, anyone?

[@AMPProf]

C H I C A G O ChiiiCahhhgooooooooummmlolz

[@jacobwhipple7848]

I was sitting here thinking to myself "he's surely gonna bring up Jagermeister" then he didn't, but then he did!! 🎉

[@n3phelem549]

editor gone wild here! Love these wack sound and vfx. Totally fits the ocassion. And lets agree that the magical booze box is a thing now. Gregg going off camera and grabbing stuff is just great.

[@walkman0553]

SO EXCITED!! Cant wait to finish the video!

[@lubetester]

5:37 "Stop, You're spilling it!" (in corleone)

[@Gearhead221]

That first drink is the one good use of Fireball. We found it. Holy shit.

[@D-S-9]

For the first two… Egg whites? A risky sour without risking raw egg is a missed opportunity, and in the second having an emulsifier might let you shake the whole thing without curdling?

[@artsohc]

The Wrong Island Iced Tea was a missed opportunity Twitch audience.

[@lexslate2476]

Oooh! Next time try making a Screaming Argument! Or a Fuzzy Nostril! A Squirreldriver! A Disproved Whisky Cocktail!

[@howtodrink]

A Screaming Argument is perfect!

[@lexslate2476]

@@howtodrink Thank you, o wise internet mixologist.

[@shego1142]

I’m not done watching the video so idk if Greg revisits it but 8:08 “Mai Thai” I’m actually obsessed now with the idea of a Mai Thai, like maybe replacing the pineapple juice or the orange juice in a Mai Tai with Thai Iced Tea, idk it may be awful or it may be amazing lmao (I’m assuming it would have the sweetened condensed milk in it already but would probably be better without)

[@Pseudonym394]

Too time-consuming for a twitch suggestion, but a clarified (mommy) milk punch could make an interesting base for a collins.

[@jesh777]

Equal parts whiskey and graham’s tawny port, two dashes angostura, quarter part simple syrup. Pre-chilled, mixed without ice and served neat.

[@anperson9850]

Still waiting on the Fappletini, Mr. HTD

[@Deadly_Laser]

Eggs On The Beach - a Sex On The Beach but you drop a whole raw egg into it like it's a damn protein shake.

[@vividescence]

missed spongebob joke: Bold Brashioned

[@anselmenator]

A Mickey Fingolfinn. A Bloody Hell. A Gimli. A Brandy Crustacean. Last Worm.

[@dankenstein528]

Gold fashioned is an actual drink that Red Robin (chain restaurant) sells. Don't remember what is in it, though.

[@johnpemberton2231]

Have you considered doing an episode on how to develop your pallet? You could breakdown the science and art of it, talk about how you developed yours and the culture surrounding spirit tasting. Fun times for all!

[@SpencerDub]

It's very subtle, but I get the feeling Greg _might_ have had a few drinks before filming this episode.

[@ker7967]

Heh, I've been loving Fireball Whiskey Sours for years now... but with Jagermeister.... hmmm

[@freddypowell7292]

I like how greg keeps forgetting he already added bitters to the improved midori cocktail.

[@imightbebiased9311]

I feel like "Cosmalort" is the better portmanteau for that drink.

[@teucer915]

"bold fashioned" is the name of a canned cocktail made by Bold Rock (better known for their cider) and available here in Virginia. Trying to turn a short drink into a 12-oz can without saying "serves 3" or something was always going to be a mistake, but they do it as well as one could reasonably expect.

[@dragonbutt]

1:41 jesus christ that caught me off guard XD

[@Youcanbuildmodels]

worst 1 word change I can think of is.........................Irish Toilet Bomb

[@bellablue5285]

Please tell me that involves Bailey's (I have no idea what the non-cursed one is made of, just that it's good)

[@TheBourbonBunch]

1:06 this lemon wanted no part in this