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I think that it would be hella cool if you put the "disco label" gins into the martini matrix- by that I mean Kirkland Signature (Costco), Members Mark (Sam's club), and Admiral Joseph's (Trader Joe's). I know you gotta keep the matrix small, but thought it might be interesting to have someone compare those to some more standard fare. (If you want suggestions for a more conventional Gin matrix, I'd vote Bombay sapphire, Hendricks, Aviation, Beefeater, and maybe Tanqueray. But that "warehouse club" matrix (perhaps with a couple conventional choices) would be awesome, even it it were supplemental content.)
I don't know if this is a mistake, but when first tasting, you say that Fortaleza & Dry Curacao is your favorite but then go on to say your favorite was Fortaleza & Cointreau.
I absolutely second this, gin is so complex and the right tonic can really make or break it. I do wonder how he would make them fresh though, it might be difficult considering it's a fizzy drink. Could see him going through a lot of tonics
My go-to tonic has been fever tree... I took a trip to a local distillery, and tasted a bunch of gins, and picked out what I thought would be an amazing one. Bad choice. The combination was nearly undrinkably chemical tasting. All the aromatics combined into an awful funk. My current gin of choice has been Aviation, but ive been given a sample of The Botanist to try. I used to make them with B.S. but i couldnt enjoy that anymore after aviation.
Nah, he would have survived those sips even if he would be seriously drunk and get that terrible tequila hangover the day after. So it probably saved the episodes since I doubt Greg would have been a good judge at the end otherwise. I did a one bottle tequila race once and survived (even if I felt I was in hell the day after) and that is way more then 28 sips margarita. It did however make me sick every time someone even mentioned tequila for 10 years after that and while I can drink cocktails with tequila in today I still can't shot it anymore. Worst hangover I ever had in my life, worst then the time we had some bottles of Lajita mezcal and a drinking game but I am still alive.
@@Brian_Tylor I'm assuming he spit out all the bad tasting versions and drank the good ones. But so what? We already know Greg loves drinking cocktails, the bucket is more so he doesn't get incredible drunk and screw up the show then anything else. And I think some of those versions deserved to be spit out, Grand Marnier is a nice orange liqueur but it is not made for this type of drink.If you want to make a Comet, a Playmate Martini or a Pink palace it works excellent but a "Million dollar margerita" just isn't very good no matter what tequila or mezcal you use for it (I might be wrong, there might be something that works but I sure hasn't tried it).
if you ever do this again, after reviewing a row you should remove the ones you dont like for two reasons. 1) easier for the audience to remember the best one. and 2) easier for you to grab drinks! Maybe even put down tape to make it easier for viewers to see the which is which.
I used to have a drinking problem and channels like this have really helped me temper it. I've become more of a "quality over quantity" drinker. Much nicer to really appreciate the complexities of a drink you made and enjoy a light buzz than to hold your nose and guzzle fingernail polish to get as drunk as possible.
I had someone make me a Marg once at their party, didn't think anything of it said sure I'll take one. They made it with Mezcal and Grand and it tasted like a tire fire started with diesel. Worst thing I've drank.
At 10:47 Greg says that his favorite Fortaleza is with Dry Curaçao, then spends the rest of the episode saying his favorite was Fortaleza with Cointreau, starting at 14:05. Loved the episode just wanted to address the continuity, and find out which was actually your favorite.
Maybe an idea for the next time you do a matrix like this: get some green, orange and red stickers (or something to identify the glasses) and rank the rows with them from favourite, doable and nasty? Makes it easier to see which one did best overal etc.
I did this for my birthday this year after seeing his other video. Conclusion: all fancy tonics taste like ass, or at least worse than the cheap stuff.
It’s the middle of the year; it’d be cool to see you do a “favorite” drink of yours from each season to ring in the middle of the year. Spring, summer, autumn, winter. I’d love to see it!
I know you said there were a lot of awful, lazy cocktails from the late 70s Disco scene, ever thought about making a cursed cocktail episode on those, or improved versions of them?
There’s another bartuber if ur curious, Bruce at BarTalk&Cocktails, who I feel like embodies that late 70s era lol. He does good drinks and bad ones, and his channel is a delight
The spit bucket makes a whole lot more sense knowing Greg takes comically oversized monster sips. 28 sips for me would be what, 3 or 4 cocktails? Bit much over a short period but not that crazy. 28 of what he measured would be madness.
It makes sense both ways. 3-4 cocktails is still a lot before taking extra comparing sips into account. The spit bucket is a thing also for non alcoholic drinks like coffee to make you not get super hyper.
@@RM19061 I was shocked when he did the math of how much at minimum he could have drank … but now seeing this episode, and him actually confirming how large his casual sip is … how did he not die during that Manhattan matrix!??? THATS SO MUCH ALCOHOL 😢 I hope he didn’t have to go to the hospital! I wouldn’t be surprised if he did.
28:24 interesting that that happened with the Tromba of all bottles. On an episode of Cold Ones Max and Chad mentioned that the bottle has a rounded bottom which makes it easier to knock over
It totally had nothing to do with an ever increasing level of drunkenness from absorbing alcohol through the palette and the bottle placed in direct line of arm 😄
I would love to see a MULE MATRIX with a lineup of vodkas and ginger beers. i feel it would be interesting to see what the different vodkas (that are supposed to be exactly the same but we know they aren't due to the tasting game episode) would bring to the table as well as see some of Greg's opinions on the other ginger beers out there besides reeds. Not to mention it fits the alliterative naming scheme.
You should totally do a Negroni matrix. Personally found huge/interesting differences when changing the Gin and Vermouth around. Also love these video's! your Manhattan one helped me find the best one for myself!
Yes, this! The negroni is my favorite cocktail, and the varied results from different gins and vermouth keeps me trying new combinations. Would love to hear Greg's opinion.
Totally on board with this that would be a very unique matrix. I've found my favorite combo is Bluecoat Barrel Aged Gin, Peychauds Apertivo and Colin Sweet Vermouth.
Yeah that really screwed with me. Perhaps you ought to take some quick notes when doing a matrix? Because now it kind of made the comparison slanted, you never went back to the one you initally called the best one so we don't know whether that was your favorite. I mean, it's hardly life or death, but that was kinda the point of the video...
Jose is definitely the choice for someone that doesn't know better. Always tasted like caramel syrup to me... El Jimador is the same price with better taste.
So… in my vast experience with margaritas. I found that the limes themselves have a big impact. It depends on the ripeness and how sweet or tart the individual lime is. Just wondering Greg if you squeezed all the lime juice into one container then stirred it up before you made all of those margaritas?
@@jamesmcnulty2841 Late, but...I heard about a couple teenagers (or young men, it was vage) who had the incredibly BRIGHT idea to put alcohol in a vape. This was years ago, when vaping hadn't yet been assigned to another ostracized part of society, like beanies to hipsters or gold chains to rappers. The ethanol went directly into their blood through their lungs and it was BAD. I can't remember it clearly enough, but they were either hospitalized or fucking died.
@@It-b-Blair any gin that has cassia bark and nutmeg, especially nutmeg, in the botanical bill will really amplify see those notes amplified, so that is typically my way of picking, if I had to "optimize" a gin. So...Portobello Road, Hayman's, Oxley, Citadelle would all be great. And of those I'd prob predict Oxley is the best tho I've never done a side-by-side, just because it's the highest proof and thus least watered...and thus best able to stand up to the ingredients in play.
Istg when I saw “Margarita mix” I got flashbacks to good ole “Gloria” brand, which is the most scary bottled mix, because that shit tasted like Gatorade. It was scarily sweet, couldn’t detect any alcohol whatsoever.
@@redtexan7053 exactly! Here’s an experiment for the next holiday or whenever you have margarita mix on hand, put lemon lime Gatorade and Gloria right next to each other, in unmarked solo cups, and try to figure out which is which. The funny part is, it’s always going to be a 50/50 because they taste exactly the same!
I'll never understand why so many people want their tequila to taste like cotton candy. I splurged on a decanter of Clase Azul Reposado after seeing a bunch of stellar reviews. The stuff tastes like vanilla cotton candy with the faintest hint of agave. Casamigos Reposado was similarly disappointing.
Different cultures have a different idea of what is tasty, to be honest a lot of Americans enjoy week drinks or softer sweeter flavour, not as similar as Mexicans will like. What can be disgusting to me is probably delicious to you. Also tequila should have some delicious herbal and agave notes, first time hearing “bubblegum” and “cotton candy” taste notes.. so either those are additives or just a different way to express flavour notes.
If I had to guess, it could be less that the tequila itself has cotton candy flavouring, and more something *in* the tequila reacts with something in other drinks to make it have that effect. Because I imagine by itself, the tequilas probably taste roughly the same. I don't know, I don't drink and will never touch tequila after finding out the hand sanitizer we had to use for two years smelled exactly like tequila, which apparently smells like rancid tootsie rolls.
17:38 the "d" is silent in "grand" as it's a masculine adjective. So if you lop off the "d" on your mid-Atlantic pronunciation that's essentially correct. You would pronounce the "d" if the adjective modified a feminine noun, as in "grande vérité". Note the "e" after the "d", which indicates that the "d" will be vocalized.
So glad you started the spit bucket. I was legit worried for you during the Manhattan matrix. I would love to see you do this with the Aviation cocktail.
He also talked like he liked the Dry Curaçao better than the rest when he tasted the Fortaleza group. Maybe he forgot what he liked best, or wanted to talk up Cointreau?
4oz of 100% Agave tequila 2oz of lime juice 1oz of agave nectar 1oz of fresh orange juice a lil salt to taste and garnish with orange peel or orange bitters My favorite drink in the world
Casamigos is one of the best blanco tequilas I've ever had, and tequila is my favorite liquor. I don't think Keith's comment here is accurate; I mean maybe they use a diffuser (whatever that is) but my understanding is that it's a blend of several tequilas, iterated through lots and lots of mixing and tasting. It's wonderful IMO.
I think the most important reason to have a spittoon is because if you didn't, the drinks would get progressively nicer until you reached your favourite right at the end.
Man, i cant tell you how much i love these matrix episodes. Thank god your filming beacuse doing this in person would be impossible to try a recollect except the top two and bottom two.
Already commented it once, but here I go again (although I might be wrong?): Wouldn't a whiskey sour matrix just be a line? Instead of a full square matrix
I feel like you need some 50% agave syrup to pair with the dry curacao or cointreau otherwise they are incomplete. The triplesec has sweetness already so the margaritas with it are better balanced.
A great alternative for controlling how much salt goes into something like this is just a simple salt solution. I found that a quarter teaspoon of a 5% salt solution works really nicely. As does just a dash of orange bitters. I think that really elevates the drink.
Hey Greg, as a Spanish speaker I can tell you "Casamigos" is gibberish. "Casa de Amigos" is "Friends' House" but that's not what they wrote. Stay frosty!
Should have gone with Siete Leguas instead of Patrón. In the 90s, Patrón was made at the Siete Leguas distillery to be sold in the U.S. but in the early 2000s the companies had a falling out (lawsuits included) and now Patrón has its own distillery and is distinctly stripped of the flavor it built its reputation on.
the bubblegum cotton candy flavours you mention I tend to refer to very firmly as birthday cake flavour. Specifically that, because that very specific 'birthday cake' flavour just somehow fits it perfectly
This is really interesting, Espalone Cointreau is my go to margarita. But I am on of those islay scotch people so maybe I just can't taste the rubber notes he is. Different palettes are fascinating.
I personally always go with Espolón and Dry Curacao and I always love it, same with my wife who really doesnt like those harsher notes like you get in Mezcal. Maybe he just got an off batch?
Greg learns from his past transgression (the Manhattan mistake)! He almost made it without incident. Thanks for taking one for the team. Yes to a dry martini matrix, preferably with gin 😁
These matrix videos are my favorite! Glad your liver got a reprieve this time though! In the future I highly recommend you try a margarita using Giffard Dry Curaçao Triple Sec ! It pairs so nicely with every tequila I've tried it with and its a more interesting flavor profile than Pierre Ferrand.
So happy you made this video. I would reccommend playing around with using 3/4oz of lime instead of 1 or try something in between. It makes a huge difference sometimes and really brings out the good parts of the tequila that sometimes get overshadowed because of too much lime juice. If the orange/mandarin flavor of the triple sec is too much, maybe try using half the triple sec and adding a little sweetness (if lacking) with some simple or (my favorite) light colored agave syrup (the dark is too flavorful). It's a really fun drink to play around with how much of what you add and it can be balanced out to a near perfect place for everyone. Margaritas often get a bad rap because chains often serve them way too sweet and on crushed ice but if they're made our way, they can be so elegant.
Question: Even with you spitting were you at all feeling anything? Just curious if even just whatever is left in your mouth after a spit would catch up to you.
I'm in the industry and when we go on trade shows they put us up in rooms because even just tasting and spittimg you get a buzz going after awhile of swirling and spitting.
In the opening to The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss there is a description of Bast making a drink that would be interesting to see made real. He says, "I was hoping for elderberry, but got some sort of melon." "Plus something spicy." Then says "cinnamon?". That is something fantasy like that still leaves room for you to play around with.
Dark and Stormy, a matrix of dark rums and ginger beers. I would love to see a matrix of rum cocktails. Each dark rum and ginger beer would bring something unique to the drink.
So I wanted to come back to this video to comment. I've never had a margarita before, it just never seemed to interest me. But after watching your video I bought the Casamigos tequila (boy is that excellent!) And mixed some of these up. I made a salt + lemon lime orange zest rim on the glass and boy were they good. So smooth yet incredibly lethal. Thank you for inspiring me to move out of my comfort zone! This is now the fourth drink I've made of yours from the show! Keep it up Greg!
Looking forward to the martini matrix! For that one, I think it would be cool to use fewer vermouths but with 2-3 different ratios, since everybody likes different ratios in their martinis.
"Whether you see it being used during the edit, I can't promise you that." Next video: a 30 minute compilation of Greg doing artistic and acrobatic spitooning.
I went out and bought some Casamigos to replicate your top pick. I 100% agree with your tasting notes and love the combination. I interestingly already had been making your top pick for the Manhattan episode, so maybe we share some taste-bud preferences. Great video!
First time I tried a margarita, I used Aristocrat Triple Sec, a regional bottom-shelf brand that probably cost me $4. Took me quite a while to figure out what all of the fuss about a margarita was really about. Thank goodness for Cointreau
You should consider having an ending where you get a top-down view with labels along the axis, and put checks/Xs/?s/etc on the glasses so we can get a quick-glance view of your final thoughts on what was good/bad/alright/questionable.
Used to make a drink called a toilet bowl, which was a party size margarita with blue Curacao and gin/vodka (use the cheapest booze you can find) instead of triple sec and tequila. Didn't have a blender so I just threw in a bag of ice into a large white porcelain bowl. It honestly looked like a urinal and smelled like toilet cleaner but it tasted pretty damn good.
