You won't drink these anymore | How to Drink

00:00 - Try something new
00:27 - Paloma from Zac Overman
05:40 - Improved Whiskey Cocktail
07:43 - Thank you Factor!
09:54 - Let's make this drink
15:13 - Queen's Park Swizzle
21:39 - Cuba Libre
25:13 - Caipirinha
30:25 - Dark and Stormy
34:20 - That's all for now

Paloma:
Build in shaker
1 oz. or 30 ml. Grapefruit Oleo Saccharum
1 oz. or 30 ml. Lime Juice
.75 oz. or 22 ml. Fresh Grapefruit Juice
Pinch of salt
.25 oz. or 8 ml. Campari
2 oz. or 60 ml. Tequila
Add ice and shake
Strain into a glass over ice
Top with soda water
Garnish with a mint sprig

Improved Whiskey Cocktail:
Built in mixing glass
.25 oz. or 8 ml. Simple Syrup
.25 oz. or 8 ml. Maraschino Liqueur
2 dashes of Angostura bitters
2 oz. or 60 ml. Rye Whiskey
Add ice and stir
Spritz absinthe into your glass
Strain into glass over ice
Garnish with a twist of lemon

Queen's Park Swizzle:
Build in glass
Add 8-10 mint leaves
.75 oz. or 22 ml. Simple Syrup
1 oz. or 30 ml. Lime Juice
Angostura bitters to taste (2-10)
2 oz. or 60 ml. Rum
Add crushed or shaved ice
Swizzle
Top with crushed ice
Garnish with sprig of mint and a few dashes of Angostura bitters

Cuba Libre:
Build in the glass
Add ice
.75 oz. or 22ml. Lime Juice
2 dashes of Angostura Bitters
2 oz. or 60 ml. Rum
Stir
Top with Coca-cola
Garnish with wheel of lime

Caipirinha:
Build in shaker
Cut a lime into quarters and add to shaker
3.5 spoons of granulated sugar
2 oz. or 60 ml. Cachaça
Muddle
Crack ice into tin and shake
Open pour into glass

Dark and Stormy:
Build in glass
1 oz. or 30 ml. Lime Juice
2 oz. or 60 ml. Dark Rum
Crack ice into glass
Top with Ginger Beer
Stir

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[howtodrink]

I want to do more episodes like this, drop your favorite "upgrade" drinks in the comments!
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[benmccoy]

As fun as the cursed cocktails/Greg torture drinks are, I always love seeing drinks you actually like on the show! The passion for the art is so much clearer whenever you’re not holding back tears from drinking those awful drinks.

[KignofDiggins]

Hey, just wanted to acknowledge that the opening statements spliced with the HTD musical open worked really well and kept the pace up. Speedrunning informative alcohol content.

[LostDemonic]

More of these episodes please. It gives me more ideas for what to try at a bar rather than just picking through a menu for something with a base spirit that I like in it.

[Trapperx]

I love grains of sugar in my drink.
The whole point of using a straw with Caipirinhas is sucking up the little sugar grains and lime pulp to have something to chew on with every sip.

[HalfATaco]

As soon as I discovered a Mezcal Paloma, it has been my go-to drink any time of the year. I think half of the beauty is in the simplicity of the original recipe, but I'd be dumb not to try this re-imagination with Mezcal instead. Thanks Greg!

[demonicbunnypo]

Idea: since we are getting into the colder months, this would be a good time for creamy cocktails. I know fall is when I want a thick, creamy drink that will sit heavy. Contrasts against the lighter, more refreshing cocktails of spring/summer. In the fall/winter, I want either a meal in a glass, or something warming.

[absinthetic]

After watching so many episodes of Greg torturing himself with other people’s drink orders, it’s nice to see him truly enjoying the drinks he made.

[marveludus]

A Caipirinha was actually the very first cocktail I ever made myself! (I'm not counting pouring vodka into a half empty juice bottle as a cocktail)
I was taught how to make an alcohol free Caipirinha at school when I was maybe 13 years old, so as soon as I was of age I made the alcoholic version. 10/10 definitely one of my favorites!

[Radio_Active]

Wonderful episode Greg, this is exactly the type of episode that first turned me on to your channel. I love how you make it look so simple, how passionate you are about the drinks, and your reactions to the tasting. The meme episodes are great but you turned me on to mixology just by making delicious looking drinks that I felt like I could make at home. Cheers to more like this, keep up the good work!

[DarkandWeird]

I drink maybe twice a year. I watch your videos constantly because you are just pure entertainment. The way you describe drunks is so filled with nuance and fun. Just a great show. So stoked youtube sent me this way!

[gwaulah]

Hey, I know this comment won’t reach too far but hopefully you see it. I just wanted to hopefully reach someone at the HTD team to say thank you. Watching this channel taught me more than I ever deserved to know about mixology, and since becoming a fan I’ve started getting creative and making drinks. I never found something that I really felt good at anything before, but now I have several of my own personal drinks I’ve made that I’m incredibly proud of, and I couldn’t have done it without Greg and the HTD team. Great episode, as always, and thank you so much for sharing your passion with everyone! Here’s to many more in our futures! 🥂

[scottmcdougall]

Hey Greg. Had an Elderflower Sherbet on a beautiful sunny May day in Scotland. The drink seemed to embody everything great about that nice spring day. Combine and shake the following with some crushed ice in a shaker (sorry, I've only got the metric measurements): 50ml gin; 25ml Elderflower liqueur; 100ml cloudy apple juice; 25ml lemonade. Pour over crushed ice in a hurricane glass. Add lemon slice and mint garnish. I'm not sure what this would be an upgrade for but it sure was tasty!

[lufmesquita]

Absolute stellar episode
Shout out to your further understanding of the culture surrounding the caipirinha, you'd fit in nicely at a sunday feijoada with your local roda de samba

Edit:
My go to dark and stormy gets much improved with a few dashes of ango

[kitsunefox]

Anyone else find the sound so satisfying when he shakes the shaker?

[FhtagnCthulhu]

What a perfect episode. To be honest I didn't really 'get' the title till I clicked, but this is up there for the best of H2D for me

[BloodMoonGo]

Yes a longer episode! Also the editing was on point and fun, would like to see more like this

[ACgameshub]

Absolutely loved this. Looking forward to future adaptations.

Followed along with over half and now my legs don't function. Work tomorrow is going to be a right laugh.

[Topher]

My go to for a quick Paloma is tequila and a grapefruit Spindrift. It’s not overly sweet at all, and it keeps that grapefruit flavor really well. Obviously not super sophisticated, but it’s a great go to in the summer for a drink on the porch!

[poweredbycoffee]

A joy of an episode. I love the shift back towards older video openers where you have some voice-over mingled with the opening clips, feels very...familiar in a good way. Good luck and godspeed, everyone.