@@howtodrink our of context question. Have you heard of Houndbery liquor? We make one at home, with home grown berries and use it to "make a cold go away faster" from time to time. I just wonder if it's a thing in other places
"Are there humans who truly have no internal monologue, or are they just so not self-aware that they don't realize that thinking about nothing is not the same thing as thinking nothing" is easily going down as my favorite HTD line ever
Hi Greg, im the creator of the Broken Glass cocktail, and im so glad you liked my drink (despite you not liking Islay's). Just to touch on your feedback, which is much appreciated btw, about it being "confused" as it's a sour you can't drink in 4-5 sipps. I can tell you from personal experiance as an Islay lover that that has never been a problem for me, so it's safe to say it's really a drink for people who already love smokey scotch. That being said, the fact I got a rum lover to like an Islay based cocktail I'll take as a huge W. Thank you so much for featuring me, kind regards from Frewell (a very happy norwegian)
I literally started jumping up and down when I heard “just the right bullets”. Black Rider is the best Tom waits album. And then a fuckin laphroaig drambuie cocktail. Bro I think we have things in common.
I've got an idea for a probably painful episode: - Prepare list of coctails with same number of ingredients - Draw the #1 and #2 cocktails from the pool - Slowly one by one replace each component (prefferable by random) of #1 so it becomes the #2 in the end - Rate each iteration
Just want to say that the afterparty series is welcome addition in my book. Feel like an extension of the HTD episodes with bonus content Love the conversations between Greg and Meredith!
@kaedotmoe that is just flagrantly wrong think of most guitar chords you play them with some of the notes multiple times (Also octave chords but theyre not really chords)
I like the idea, but it may also be a bit cruel to make Meredith try a bunch of drinks because she admitted it immediately gives her headaches. You'd have to see if she's up for it, I guess.
@@R.J._Lewis Probably have to film quick takes at the end of Afterparty episodes - film one drink at a time, edit them into a catch-up episode every fifth episode or so.
I died when I was 34 and they defibbed me back twice. I think about death almost every day now. No, I don't need a shrink. Greg makes me drinks instead.
Thinking about death doesn't have to be unhealthy. If it's in the way of like, can I make every day good enough that I'd be content if it was my last? That's stoicism in a nutshell.
@@linebeck1000 Yup. The hospital put my family in the little room with the stained glass windows & a priest. They also thought I was a goner. When I asked the Doc how long I was dead she said, "You don't want to know."
Speaking of Jethro Tull I once listened to all forty something minutes of Thick as a Brick while walking around a large field alone and it was... a journey to say the least
I have TaaB on my main playlist on spotify, and whenever it comes on, I'm just like, "OK, I guess this is what I'm doing for the next 40 minutes." It's the best example ever of a parody setting the standard for the genre it's parodying.
Meredith's being freaked out at eternity hits personally for me. I used to have to open my eyes when I was trying to go to sleep because the reference-less void of my eyes being closed made me feel like I was in a void that I always felt like was some form of eternity. Never ending, never changing because even if things change on a small basis, in comparison to the whole, it's insignificant...
Genuinely had no idea that 3:00A.M panic was a recognized thing. I’ve been dealing with that since I was like ten, so that’s actually comforting. Good to know that I’m not insane for having small bouts of intense existential dread on a semi-regular basis.
I have to say, as someone that'sb been watching HTD for a couple of years, I have absolutely loved the addition of Meredith as a regular part of the show 😊 The banter between her and Greg is effing delightful!
This was too relatable not to comment on. As a kid, I 100% had the same fear of never-ending as Meredith. As an aging adult, I now have a case of the "3 AMs".
So there was this question I saw recently about how finding a band who has done one or two great records is easy enough. The true challenge is finding one that has done beneath three to five consecutive great albums (depending on how hard you want to challenge yourself). I'd wager Jethro Tull is one of the few I can think of - Stand Up, Benefit, Aqualung, Thick as a Brick, and A Passion Play. Absolutely killer stuff, shame the late eighties and nineties were quite unkind. 😂
Depends on your worldview and beliefs. As a Christian orthodox that does his best to be a good one, I can't wait to die xD It's strange. I want more time in order to really fix myself. But I also wanna find piece/relax and learn if I really am good and , if not, what mistakes are the ones damning me the most xD If you don't believe in an afterlife, or if the afterlife you belive in is not one you'd like, and it's not feasible for you to chase... Then I could see how you'd reach an existential crisis at 25. I'm 24 myself. And afterlife brigns me Comfort. The belief that each hardship is just an other chance to chase/earn paradise. And that if God had forsaken me, then he wouldn't have been giving me so many obstacles for me to try and overcome.😅 Did I help? I get the feeling that I didn't
Lol, same. 24 and happens all the time. Was terrified of aging and dying since like, 10, and always been super confused by the idea of not wanting to be immortal. Think it might be because I've seen three different family members (grandma, great grandma, great grandpa), and a family friend go through severe dementia and die. Really hard not to be aware of just how rough the whole process is in that case. And then there is the whole knowledge that there are so many things I'll never get to know or do... Also, depression and suicidal intrusive thoughts didn't help much on that front either.
I think it's probably relatively common for those in their 20s now, due to how much people compare themselves to the image of others on social media. it started for me then and I'm 46 now. And it absolutely gets worse the older you get. It's the perpetual feeling of running out of time to accomplish something, or to be able to continue to do something.
1) I really enjoyed the mailbag episodes, as it turned into more of a workshop on how to bring balance into a cocktail. As a complete amateur when it comes to making drinks, these two episodes have been insightful on how to tweak things to get them juuust right, or at least to one's preference (which you fully admit). 2) Some deaths in my family over the last few years and certain media I've consumed have helped a bit with that "death awaits us all" thoughts that come usually late at night. Though depression has also compelled me to do a lot of mindfulness stuff that also helps me process those thoughts. Shit's wild, so let's our enjoy our time while we can and take care of each other. Cheers.
Its tough when you run a channel like yours, but every 2-3 yrs I go 2-3 months without drinking as a 'cleanse' and 'reset'. - Takes your tolerance you've built up and resets it - Good to do in March-May as part of a 3mo 'get fit' workout binge for summer, less sugar calories during that time. - Just kind of resets your palette for some drinks. You enjoy them all over again, and may find your tastes change.
6:19 This makes me glad I was there to experience Unus Annus. Not yet thirty, and I've already decided that death isn't scary, because A) it's going to happen no matter what, so why bother worrying about it; B) having an ending means that my life, and everything in it, is that much more valuable. Death is okay BECAUSE it's inevitable.
@@howtodrink A lot of people can't, but I can only kind of understand why. Our instincts drive us to avoid death at all costs, but that's the amygdala talking. Death should be dealt with using the frontal lobe, with logic and understanding. Fighting against the inevitable will only stress you out. I have no DESIRE to die, but the reason that I'll push it off for as long as I can isn't because I'm afraid of what happens when my life is OVER. It's so that I can have as much of this beautiful, valuable time as I can. Death is what gives life meaning.
@@farkasmactavish IMO, I do not believe there is any inherent meaning in life, or death, or much of anything. What gives life meaning is simply what we feel personally is meaningful. The idea that without death life would be meaningless always bothered me. Is it only because life is temporary that people spend time with friends? Love? Make art? Write? Explore the world? Learn? Enjoy art? Enjoy nature? I find that very difficult to believe. I do not do those things because I fear death, or otherwise because my time is limited, or anything like that. I do them because they make me happy. And I see no reason why I would stop doing things that make me happy were I to never die. In fact, I think it might even make it easier to do those things! I don't want to rush through life to hit a checklist of experiences and accomplishments, I want to be able to take my time and do things as I feel I am ready to do them, while giving them my full attention. The idea of a deadline simply adds an underlying layer of stress to everything. Also the idea of not being able to do the things that make me happy anymore is deeply depressing to me. I've always hated being told I should be grateful for death, because without it "life would be meaningless". I don't care about whether life is meaningful, I care about whether it's good. I did enjoy Unnus Annus though, even if I didn't agree with the more philosophical part.
@@possible_ghostDeath gives life meaning because without it, we'd have absolutely no motivation to find meaning in anything we have and do. Time has scarcity, and therefore value. Without that deadline, nothing needs to be important because we'll always have it.
I keep coming back to this show to watch the dissection of flavor profiles for many things I will never try and as someone who loves to cook, the flavor chemistry you're getting to take part in is pretty incredible. Really cool show, sir. I too reach for the leafier side of life these days as the effects of alcohol aren't my favorite, but I find it so interesting to hear about all of these fascinating spirits and strange cocktails. As a musician I can also appreciate all of your music theory references. Cheers from Maine!
im SO glad yall talked about the smell of "burning" in amusement park rides. its one of the most recognizable smells to me and i wish i could have it as a candle. i often call it the "Escape from Pompeii" smell, from the ride in busch gardens williamsburg. i love "Rome is burning" though
If anyone wants to see Tom Waits playing an odd character in a weird movie, Mystery Men is a movie you must see. Speaking of movies, I'm really enjoying Midnight Local, mostly on it's own merits but partially because it's cool to have content with more Meredith especially since she can't be second opinion on cocktails currently.
I spent a lot of time in my teens and 20s on death's door. I'm a few years younger than y'all but I definitely get the 3am's too. I suppose I should give my friends a heads up as they go into their 30s onward, lol.
Jethro Tull SLAPS. If y'all care about drinks? Lemon Basil Martini? Play off a lemon drop. 3oz gin 3/4 oz Lemon Juice 1/2oz Simple syrup 5-6 large basil leaves. (If feeling saucy, add a couple dashes of either Ginger or Orange bitters, it's a nice touch) Muddle basil into shaker add ice and shake, I prefer the basil bits in the drink, but you can double strain if you want it clean. Pour and add a lemon peel rose with a basil leaf for garnish. Probably more of a smash or gin sour as opposed to a martini at this point though.
@@antonybraus325 I tend to like stiffer drinks, but the basil and lemon are pretty hefty. Would probably say 2oz may have less alcohol forward flavor.
I didn't realize there were people out there who haven't heard of Jethro Tull (I'm under 40, but aqualung has been everywhere, and I swear a car commercial had one of their songs in the 00s-10s as well) Edit: I do like the more discussion based format of these ones though, it's fun
Someone at work was telling a story and said they were sitting on a bus bench and I did the riff from aqualung as a joke and all five listeners looked at me like I was an alien. Never felt older LUL
Everyone older knows them casually, but they're not the most well known with younger people. I, a 90s kid, know about them, but I was a prog head in college.
I only have an internal monologue for rehearsing things I want to say out loud. For non-monologue purposes (mainly just entertainment) I can also use other people's voices for some things, like having one singer do a cover of another singer's song, or have a comedian deliver a joke in their own style. Otherwise I have little use for words inside my mind. Words represent concepts, and it's easier for me to just strip things down to the bare concepts instead of needlessly dressing them up with a language. Internally I find language almost entirely redundant, it's just a tool for external communication. The consequence of this is that spoken language doesn't come as naturally to me as it does for some, I lose track of a lot of words. I essentially keep words and their meanings in separate file cabinets next to each other, have to quickly re-connect them in order to have a conversation out-loud. Like using a converter to play modern video games on an old TV, the conversion process causes a small delay.
In the past year I've grown myself into being more of a cocktail maker/drinker. At the beginning of the Journey I would pull up episodes like it was a recipe to follow. The more and more that I watched this and other cocktail channels, I came to realize that the common ingredients for cocktails pretty much just taste good. Mix and match em, do whatever. You can probably make something good.
As much as I appreciate the podcast, I think the afterparty is my favorite HTD feature at ALL. The drinks guiding the discussion but letting it ramble I think is why it catches my attention more than a podcast alone (but keep up the podcast too, it's all good!!!) so I would definitely appreciate more afterparty style videos :) thanks for inspiring me into my hobby and soon job!!
If you do make another episode of this, here's my favorite cocktail, and the one my friends ask usually for when they're over. "Hidden Canyon" (no idea why they called it this, but it stuck) -1 oz floral gin (or American style with a citrus flavor. Nothing peppery. I usually use Lockwood or Empress) -.5 oz Hypnotique -.5 oz orange juice (anywhere between a quarter and half an orange juiced) -half bar spoon of sugar/simple -pink ginger beer (Fentimans) 1) build in a rocks glass 2) stir orange juice and sugar together 3) add Hypnotique and gin, place a large cube in and stir until glass is chilled/alcohol is aerated 4) add ginger beer on top, should be about equal parts to the rest of the drink/about 4.5 oz 5) garnish with an orange peel expressed on top
I can't remember off the top of my head the researcher that did the follow-up to the study you mention about internal monologues, but they gave all of their participants an earpiece that would beep at random times and when it did they were supposed to stop whatever they were doing and write down whatever they happen to be thinking at the time and he found that if he did this for long enough eventually every single participant of his study, even the ones who claims to have no internal monologue when the study began, eventually realize that they did have some sort of an internal monologue and they just hadn't been paying attention before.
I've had the same progression as Meredith with my existential crises. I had my first ones at around 8, and they all involved being freaked out about the idea of existing forever. Then some time around my early teenage years it switched to being terrified of oblivion and nothingness. Thankfully for a while now I haven't been hung up on that fear, though I'm only in my early 20s, I'm sure as I age I'll think about it more often. It helps that I've started to become more of an afterlife-agnostic, while before I was certain there was nothing after death
I get the opposite of Midnight Panic where I think about how much more life is left to live, and it makes me really defeated and depressed. Like being halfway up Everest, then seeing you are only halfway and the rest is a sheer cliff, and you look back and think how easy it would be to take the short way back down. Every fuckin night.
I wanted to see how much alcohol a dash of bitters actually adds to a no-abv cocktail: assume the cockatil is 150ml of liquid in total; there's 0.92ml in a dash of bitters (says google); angostura bitters have 44.7% abv; 1 dash of bitters results in 0.27% ABV 2 dashes of bitters result in 0.54% ABV 3 dashes of bitters result in 0.81% ABV also keeping in mind that normal fruit juices have up to 0.1-0.9% ABV just from natural fermentation. So adding a few dashes of bitters to a cocktail does not add more alcohol than having fruit juice as an ingredient
My creation, "The Garden Fairy:" 2 ounces of Botanist Gin (or any earthy forward gin), 10 mint leaves, a sprig of rosemary, and cucumber slices muddled, 1 ounce absinthe, 1 DASH elderflower liqueur, 1 dash lime juice. Shake and strain, garnish glass with cucumber slices. Made this at home because I was bored. Best drink I've ever made.
My new go-to is an Angostura Collins: 1 ounce each of Ango, Lemon or lime juice, and 2:1 Simple syrup stirred over ice in a tall glass and filled the rest of the way with soda water.
That bit about inflammation and hangover... ugh, I felt that. I love crafting cocktails and having an excellently made beverage to relax with on the weekend, but it's not worth the instant misery.
I started getting the "midnight panic" every once in a while a few years ago, except it would happen during the day at random times when I was alone. I'm 36, and I actually get it more often now as I get older. Except, for me, it's less "how many years do I have left?" and more "what if there is no afterlife and our current consciousness is literally ALL THERE IS for us, and it's just dreamless sleep forever and ever after we die?" Existential crises are a real bitch.
Just want to put in my two cents of the no internal monologue thing. For my entire life I always thought the internal monologue thing was just something TV shows did to show what a character was thinking. It blew me away when some friends I know said that they actually had a little voice inside their head that essentially vocalized their thoughts. Nearly thirty years I’ve been in this planet and while I have fully coherent thoughts, not once has there been a voice saying them. I will say that study is definitely flawed, but not everyone has an internal monologue.
I have no idea if it could work, but I’m dying for Greg to try to make the passion fruit syrup work in a whiskey/bourbon based cocktail. It sounds fascinating to me, and I want it to be delicious.
I made a "the broken glass" right after watching this (same spec except Lagavulin instead of Laphroaig) and I think your take on it was 100% spot on, including the temperature aspect, it does want to be cold but it is a very satisfying cocktail!
Greg doing his Tom Waits impression reminded me I need to listen to that album again. It was an opera he co-wrote with William Burroughs, and I love it. Weird even by Waits standards.
I basically made a Snowdrift when I lived in Geneva. It used Krauterschnapps (dry herbal Swiss liquer) and Get 27. I called it a Mer du Glace, since it looked like a glacier.
An inner monolog, for those who don't understand, is simply just hearing your own voice as thoughts, and if you can hear it, you're an anomoly, which I am able to experience my own form of it and it's not always my voice it can be any voice you've ever heard at any point in your own life
I bought the drinkmate on your recommendation because I got tired of paying for canned cocktails for my wife. I would love a series on or at least an episode on recipes for it.
I'm gonna have to watch this through a second time later because as soon as you brought up the study on inner monologs my own inner monolog started going off and I was too distracted to actually watch the video while it was playing.
I cannot remember my ratios off the top of my head but I've made one a few times I call a "villa vicodin". It's more of an aperitif since it only uses Caravello orange liquer with liquer 43 shaken together, poured on ice and topped with just a splash of lemon lime soda. Even better is if its done during the holidays when you can get the cranberry Sierra mist. I'm sure you can elevate it since it's just something I worked out about 10 years ago. It's always been a hit since you get orange, Vanilla, and spices playing with each other. But with it being so sweet and no base spirit it's basically the strength of an after dinner wine
Those midnight/2/3/4 AM panic attacks about aging and death… I’ve literally been having those as long as I can remember. Not every night obviously but it comes and goes. I’ve gotten somewhat better at coping with the physical parts (heart racing and stomach “dropping” feeling) occasionally I still just can’t sleep at all because of it.
In fact occasionally I end up having a panic attack before bed because anticipation of needing to go to sleep is not a relaxing thing for me after a lifetime of sleep related fear and associating going to bed with thinking about mortality
Oh thank god that the late night mortality anxiety is a normal thing!!! I have been dealing with that on my own for years, and it started when I had kids.
Oh hey, I've been having those night time intense "fear of death" panics since I was 6 years old. Nice to hear there are more people out there that experience that.
I actually got drunk a couple of weeks ago for the first time in 31 years of life. And I mean proper drunk. I have been sorta impared before and I usally just fall asleep after a pina colada or something but I got myself this bottle of sochu to try because friends like it. I did not expect much, I have drunken bottles of sake of that about size and nothing happened. Man, that thing snuck up on me and hit me hard. Straight up sneak attack critical. Got pretty woozy, kinda giggly, went to get some water, took a nap for an hour and all was good again but man.
I occasionally have an internal monolog. More often my thought process seems to be an internal dialog. I will ask myself questions and answer them or think about two sides of an issue discussing both sides with myself.
whoa! i stopped drinking a month ago because I learned some ... biochemistry. good luck to you, making the poison taste better was the final realization that put me off. could we do more NA and very low abv cocktails for those who love mixology but want to tone it down, like a lot 😅
You know... Everything done in excess is a bad thing. Even thinking. I'd advise you ask yourself if you're overthinking anything. If the answer is no, there grate, ignore me. But it could also be something more interesting. Good luck at cutting out alcohol anyways. And more power to ya
@Lefteris Mplanas XD over thinking is my thing. I over think my over thinking. My job as a test engineer pays me to over think. XD but the biochemistry I found was less of an AHA moment and more of a last straw. But I am having a lot of fun researching mocktails and noticing I have the same amount of fun out with friends even without the alcohol. :D
@@lewis-mindscrambler987 Well, then that's your answer. "Yes, but actually No" 🤣 Love it. Love that you used it to your advantage in your job too 😀 I whish you much luck and a bright future at it. Along with some good luck at finding a balance you're happy with with your drinking habits. But I guess having Greg here provide some low ABV cocktails would help alot, right ?
@@lefterismplanas4977 very much it would help. Finding more ways to include people in mixology (sobers and alcohol avoiders) makes everyone involved much happier. IMO
I will add to the internal monologue thing. While I absolutely agree that the study was absurd (as 99% of university studies are), my wife claims she has no internal monologue. Even to the point that up until recently she thought the voice overs of characters speaking to themselves in their own head was just something done in media. She walked into my room one day and asked me "do you have an internal monologue?" And I looked at her confused because, yeah of course I do. Granted, she also has pretty severe ADHD, so maybe that's a factor preventing her from being aware of her internal monologue. No idea. But fascinating.
I can't justify it in the popularity sense, but I now really want a bunch of Tom Waits inspired drinks. Though probably the most true to Tom Waits drink in the world is Mike's hard cranberry lemonade and cucumber lime gatorade.
Honestly, more mailbag episodes is definitely something I'm looking forward to. Perhaps some more of these "looser" after-party episodes as well. Off-the-cuff Greg is definitely the Greg I'd want at my gathering going "hey, have you ever had a....?" and I'd be all like "why no, I haven't, but keep going."
The lemon lime and bitters is a standard designated drivers drink here in Australia. It’s pretty much thought of as a non alcoholic beverage despite the fact that it’s best had with a heavy hand with the angostura dasher bottle.
I'm 23 and I've been getting that 3am panic almost every night since I was 8 years old. It's awful and I can fully sympathize with it freaking you out. It's only gotten worse, it started at first communion and I'll be damned if religion has nothing to do with my plight
"...as it warms up, it DIES." As someone who only drinks whiskey and cherry coke (with key lime) that line nearly killed me! Lol. Also mid-fourties and have never had a 3am panic, I didn't know what y'all meant til you started joking about it. Sounds awful... Also, also 🤞
If you're looking for a weird ingredient to add to your drinks, try a Buckwheat Honey Syrup. Not sure where the best places to buy Buckwheat Honey are, but the thing itself is like a cross between molasses and normal honey. Super crystallized, super dark, incredibly dense and rich flavor. But dissolve it in water and suddenly it gets really nice. I've found that it works well with chocolate, orange, and almond flavors, but I'm interested to see what other people do with it.
In 100% fairness it would be almost impossible to get conclusive evidence on what's going on or not going on in someone else's head, and aside from a woefully small sample size the test itself isn't necessarily unsound. Like if I asked somebody 'hey, are you breathing right now?' they would suddenly be uncomfortably aware of their own breathing. You can do that trick for most if not all things perceivable to someone about themselves, so if somebody asks if you have an internal monologue and you don't become aware of one then there's at least a chance worth exploring that you don't.
