The 'Wild West' was invented by Hollywood | How to Drink

St. Denis Sazerac:
Rinse glass with Absinthe - St. George's Absinthe Verde
Add demerara sugar cube to glass
2 dashes of bitters - Bogarts Bitters from the bitter truth
2 oz. -or- 60 ml. Cognac - Pierre Ferrand 1840
Add ice to mixing glass and stir
Strain into chilled glass
Garnish with a twist of lemon

Greg's Sazerac:
2 barspoons of simple syrup
2 dashes of Peychaud's Bitters
2 oz. -or- 60 ml. Old Forester Rye
Crack ice into mixing glass
Rinse glass with Absinthe - St. George's Absinthe Verde
Strain drink into glass
Garnish with a twist of lemon

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[bertskinner]

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[Iceclaw]

"There's no tequila in the game. Why is there no tequila?"

Because Mexico got cut from the game.

[comradehanson]

Alternative title: Greg declares war on New Orleans

[BryanBagehi]

People regularly forget just how much people used to drink, historically.

[Cheyne_TetraMFG]

Greg tearing down old West myths and I’m just here like

“Trust! The! Plan!!”

[katien.]

The fact we need to accept is that Greg is unironically just pulling this fit off. I feel like I’m about to get swindled out of my oil rich plot of land.

[mightystu]

A thing to note, is that while many towns had strict gun control, much of the frontier wasn't in towns, and people did (as you alluded) a lot of bad shit outside of city limits. In much the same way most lynching happened outside city limits, fighting and heavy gun carrying/use was much more prevalent outside of towns. Posting signs to check guns at your city limits lets you know that lots of people would be showing up to town packing heat, and so they needed to have a law about it.

[Carreidas]

Greg, best video so far. You sure didn't go all yelly-belly but served spoonful of sass in all directions. Thank you for the bitters.

[davidwilson]

So you're telling me wake-up juice is the most accurate portrayal of drinks in the early west?

[HellsCowBoy]

Greg, motioning to pedestal: and here’s where I’d put my list of drinks from RDR2...IF I HAD ANY

[TheRatyzuma]

After recently reading Imbibe! (on your recommendation of course), and being decently impressed by the complexity and broad selection of cocktails back in the day, this video more than anything has just demonstrated to me how long ago 1862 actually was and how groundbreakingly innovative the golden age of cockails actually was for it's time.

[llewellyn]

This is the reason I love your channel. Not only do you show us how to make drinks but your passion and knowledge about how certain time periods actually were is extremely interesting.

[alexguymon]

Love the vid! Btw, Ian on Forgotten Weapons is releasing a book soon on Warlord China pistols and as a stretch goal, is including a section on cocktails appropriate to the period and region. Potential for cooperation?

[jacktingey]

You are correct with the origin of the word buckaroo as being vacquero! I did research for a college professor about cowboys, and they go back to Indigenous cattle drivers as far back as the 1600s. Around here in the Great Basin, buckaroos describe cowboys, but the term came from Spanish-, then Mexican-employed cattlemen. I LOVE your historical episodes.
Keep it up, Greg!

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"Ok, this one is slightly political"

That one caption got me 🤣

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Even in the most remote desert towns, it got cold enough in the winter for pads and lakes to freeze. People would often cut the ice and store them in really cold caves in the mountains. 5th or 6th generation Nevadan here, I don't have historical proof, but thats what I was always told my family did. I even know the name of the mountain they stored ice in!