Johnny Silverhand from Cyberpunk 2077 | How to Drink

Get ready to jack in you netrunners and cyberspace cowboys, we're going to Nightcity and making a drink from the new Cyberpunk 2077 game.

Cyberpunk 2077 is coming this fall from CDProjekt Red and R. Talsorian Games which projects the timeline of the beloved classic Pen & Paper RPG to the year 2077. So far everything I've seen about this game has me very excited and I do not usually get very hyped up about a new game release. The trailers and in game footage look positively fantastic! In one popular chunk of game footage that's been released we see our ally Jackie ordering "Two tequila old fashioned's with a splash of cerveza", the bartender refers to this as a "Johnny Silverhand". It's named for the long established NPC Rockerboy who first appears in the 1988 Cyberpunk 2020 release, and is now being performed by Keanu Reeves. A number of you have asked me for my take on this drink and I got my bottles out and got to work on it, and here it is. I'm pretty damn pleased with this one, I'd be lying if I told you that every drink I made on this show was 100% spot of perfect, but I really don't think there's a thing I'd change here.

Johnny Silverhand
Prepare a glass by rimming it with chipotle powder and set aside
In mixing glass combine
.25 - .5 oz. -or- 8 - 15 ml. simple syrup
1 dash Angostura Bitters
1 Dash orange Bitters ( I used Regan's)
2 oz. -or- 60 ml. Tequila ( I use La Gritona)
Stir over ice and strain into the prepare glass
Using the back of a barspoon float approx. 3 oz of Agave Maria beer from the Last Abbey
Enjoy!

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DO NOT COMMENT GAME SPOILERS!
Alright you Netrunners and Rockerboys, here's the data you need:

[PhantomSavage]

I will not rest until I see a video of Keanu Reeves drinking this.

Make it official.

[Changeling-hnhn]

Drink idea: The poison. The poison for Kuzco. The poison chosen specifically to kill Kuzco. Kuzco’s poison.

[lukecooper]

have people tweeted this to cdpr, they may improve the glass model and make it this lol

[RiceIsBliss]

to be honest, johnny himself orders it "topped" with beer so i think this version is much more accurate

[samarawood]

"If I made this less sweet, it would be too harsh" I think is a perfect descriptor for cyberpunk as a genre.

[eSDK]

the fact that this video made the CDPR team change the appearance of the johnny silverhand cocktail is amazing.

[jeremybuxman]

Ah, Cyberpunk 2020. Such good times.
12-year old me: "I think I'm going to play a Japanese cyber-ninja!"
Random roll mechanics: "You're a 5' tall Jamaican Fixer."

[kingle]

now do the drink everyone wants to see "The Jackie Welles"

[jack_rabbit]

do a jackie welles. vodka on the rocks, lime juice, and ginger beer... with a splash of love.

[TheCrimsonFckr]

Not kidding about how good this is.

Just made myself one of these, and holy hell is this a smooth ass drink.

Johnny must be hammered 24/7.

[Rohnon]

"Cyberpunk is just so over the top"
And that from a man, who did a 40k Drink!

[aklc]

The mad lads have done it! Patrick Mills (quest designer at CDPR for Cyberpunk 2077) recently tweeted that he has changed the drink's in-game appearance to match Greg's creation. Rejoice!

[jimhavoc]

There was a time when a story that started "I put on my mask and went to the liquor store . . ." would have a much different outcome.

[EchoByrnes]

I feel like the Johnny Silverhand cocktail started with Johnny drinking a Tequila old fashioned with a chilli garnish one day, then one of his bandmates stumbled and spilled some Cervesa in it, and being the animal he is, he took a sip and thought "not bad" and started ordering them

[MrJourneykyle]

This is Greg and HTD in absolute prime form. You don't just say it comes from a cyberpunk game, you *go into it* and talk about the genre. You don't just make the drink, you *go into* the thought process, the ingredients, everything. This is an entire affair centered around an innovative cocktail. You really do use the game simply as a jumping-off point to explore your own new material, and that's what I look forward to every time I watch. That, and watching the text overlay take low-key pot shots at Greg.

[jayzdayz]

Don't mind me. Just got this recommended to me 5 months later and 3 days after playing Cyberpunk 2077.

[DubiousKing]

The rules of Cyberpunk: Style over Substance, Attitude is Everything, Live on the Edge, Break the Rules

[cekojuna]

Knowing Johnny Silverhand.
He'd drink on the powder, taking all of it with him, drink the whole thing one go and request for another.

[Ghrizlok]

After edge runners, I’d love to see you make a David Martinez! Going to need one after the show!