Do these Highball pairings really WORK? Testing weird flavor combinations.
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00:00 Are these going to be good?
01:16 But first, let's pay our bills!
02:46 Suze & Mountain Dew
05:23 Let's taste it!
06:09 "Recipe" and Score
06:16 Fanta & Mezcal
06:20 Not so fun fact
08:55 Tasting Notes
09:44 "Recipe" and Score
09:49 Green Chartreuse & Grape Soda
10:35 Tasting notes
11:24 "Recipe" and Score
11:30 Absinthe & Root Beer
11:45 Tasting Notes
12:15 "Recipe" and Score
12:30 Bromosa
13:11 Tasting Notes
13:34 "Recipe" and Score
13:40 Ramazzotti & Cola
14:20 Tasting Notes
14:43 "Recipe" and Score
14:50 Batanga
17:29 Tasting Notes
18:23 "Recipe" and Score
18:33 Ranch Water
19:44 Tasting Notes
20:31 "Recipe" and Score
20:45 Who's the winner!?
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Even though you do like everything (I like most everything as well), I don't feel like you overhype how good drinks are and you are one of my most trusted CZcamsrs in that I can trust I will be satisfied with the recipes you present based off your reactions. Maybe those people haven't been watching long enough to get a good gauge of your enthusiasm lol
In south of France we have the Calimutcho, equal part of red wine and coke. We say that the cheaper is the wine the better is the drink.
Maybe I didn't pay attention at some point, but It seems you planned to use Fernet but eventually didn't. Fernet and Cola is Argentina's national high-ball drink. I've tried it a few times. It's ok but I never understood why it's so popular.
I had a few, which may have contributed, and thought I kinda got it. It's minty and kinda chocolate-y.
Crush still exists, grape crush is the name brand, with shasta grapette being second i would think. "Who would have thought tequila pairs with coke" ;) also inb4 "YOU WASTED PRECIOUS CHARTREUSE ON GRAPE SODA!"
Is there some beef with people who have issues finding chartreuse and this community? I feel like every comments section has some version of the end of your comment lol I can't find the stuff anywhere it sucks.
made some "bromosa's" for easter... used "simply orange" OJ for them - we all thought that the drink was quite good, and the consensus was that the drink was definitely grapefruit-forward, probably from the interaction of the Aperol and OJ... will try this again on a hot summer day... good stream!
I've never had a Bromosa, but now I can't wait for summer to drink them in a sunny garden. Similarly, I've never paired Amaro with Coke so now I'm looking at my bottle of Select and wondering what Coke I have in the fridge.
Another one of these be interesting to see what other highballs you like - I've heard good things about Cynar and Cherry Coke, so you may want to try that.
Another nice pairing with cola is cynar. I decided to add it to try my Cuba Libre after trying the Bitter Giuseppe which I found had some cola notes. I did also use an aged rum, but I found that the cynar really worked well with the cola, to give the cocktail some further complexity.
I haven't even watched yet, but CAMPARI AND TING (or Squirt) is the bomb. Absinthe and Root Beer is excellent, and Mountain Dew and Suze is pretty good, too.
Uuu def trying the Mountain Dew Suze combo
I’ve always liked jaeger and rootbeer
just a couple days ago i was messing around with amaro behind the bar and thought about how similar ramazotti and cola are! try adding a strega float and an orange peel, i really enjoy it! cool vid :)
Cynar and Coke is awaesome!! Kinda like the Ramazotti w/coke but bolder. Recipe is printed on the Cynar bottles
Going to have to try the bromosa. I like the lemon juice in the spaghett. Really gives a nice balance of tartness to the sweeter aperol. My go to summertime / daytime low abv drink.
the absinthe pouring sound was perfect
Great video!
In defense of ranch water, the reason I got into it was first cause Japanese summer is super hot. Second cause it's pretty low calorie if trying to be health conscious and want a drink.
Ended up getting a taste for it and still is my go to in winter also
Gin and root beer are shockingly good together. The herbalness of the gin added to the herbalness of the root beer makes an incredibly complex drink.
These look so interesting, I'm definetly going to make all of them very soon. Keep up the great work. And great job to Marius with the fun facts about the different pop.
I don’t recommend the mezcal and Fanta. Like he said the mezcal cuts straight through the Fanta like it’s not even there. I mean like mezcal/tequila but it just felt like I made my mezcal into a bigger shot 😆
@@bradyblankenship9182 What if he instead combined the Fanta with something that enhances it like I don't know Campari or Cacahca?
@@lewismaclean8849 I don’t like Campari but if u do I’d give it a try but I bet cachaca would be pretty good with it haven’t tried it yet though. I’ve just found tequila just needs something more bold to help match with it more. For example i actually really like tequila and tonic with a squeeze of lime
@@bradyblankenship9182 I mean you can't go wrong with goog tequila and tonic.
I saw a recipe for the Batanga about 20 years ago. It was called a TLC in the book. Made it myself and loved it.
The primary flavor component in root beer is anise, so it's not surprising that absinthe and root beer would go together. BTW, If you put Peychaud's, which is anise forward, in beer it makes it taste like root beer. My favorite highball is Drambuie and beer with Peychaud's. I've also loved tequila & cola for years.
Low-brow high-ball? You should try a grape Nehi (as well as an orange Nehi). The root beer drink is interesting, as there is really a difference between the varieties of root beer on the market.
I spent some time in Buenos Aires a couple of months back and drank Fernet and Coke the entire time I was down there. It's kinda the national drink of Argentina...well, maybe after yerba mate. I assume the Fernet does something similar to the Ramazotti with the cola flavor, but now I feel a need to get a bottle of Ramazotti and try it. For the record, I also tried Cynar and Sprite just because I had them both on hand. Not offensive, but nothing to get excited about either.
I'm having a bro-mosa right now. That nails it. I'm really excited to share this one with some friends this summer. I have to admit that slamming back that 3 oz of MHL to make some room in the bottle was not the most pleasant experience. I have grown into a bit of a beer snob in my later years. That said, illustrating how contextual this sort of thing is, a quick story: when I was in college I worked repairing pools during the summer; plumbing and electrical, not cleaning and chemicals. At the end of one long day, working hard to get the wrinkle out of the vinyl liner of an inground pool, the customer brought out a bucket of MHL ponies on ice. It was hot, the sun was setting, we were successful in a rather difficult task and that 7 oz of ice cold beer was, and remains, one of the best beers I have ever had.
This was actually a great video idea. There's some hidden gems.
Bromosa is great. Featuring it at a family brunch party this weekend.Thinking of offering an option. Curacao and orange bitters vs the Aperol for some less "bitter" folks. Any comment?
I would love some non-traditional bourbon forward cocktails!! I am a new bartender in the Mississippi Delta and have noticed how many people, men and woman, just drink bourbon. No cocktails. I’ve got them to slowly transition to my old fashioned. I would love some of your ideas. I’m tired of looking at google. lol
From the Irish - songs like Rare Ole' Mountain Dew - also called Mountain Tay' (Tea) - many songs from the 1840s and later talk about Mountain Dew in reference to Irish moonshine which is called Pointen (PO-cheen) - it's legal to make in Ireland since around 2005 and its very good - it can contain molasses or honey in the mash
I always stir my gin & tonic with the knife that cut the lemon (or lime). Wow, how cool is that :)
You were speaking of the history of Mountain Dew, let me speak a bit about the Suze: it's originally from Switzerland, but then Pernod bought the recipe. Now it's all made in France, but the Suze sold in Switzerland is still 20% ABV, when the regular Suze in France and overseas is only 15%, with the exception of the bottle you used today, "Suze d'autrefois" which is still 20% for some reasons.
And with my friends in Switzerland, we go by this theorem that still not proven false: if it is liquid, it mixes well with Suze ! Yes, even milk, which is common here, or any brands of any sodas!
Just made a batanga with 1/2 oz Lime juice, Mexican Cola and a pinch of salt. YUM!
I occasionally order a rum and tonic. Even weirder I make myself Fernet and Italicus to sip on. Give it a shot
a couple of other examples of this would be Cuba Libre (Rum + Coke), Fernet con Coca (Fernet + Coke). and maybe the Radler (Sprite + pilsner beer)
love a Radler
Cuba Libre requires lime juice and is the most obvious highball there is which is why it was omitted most likely.
Radler also was originally with just lemonade, afaik. But yeah, depending on land Germans do like mixing various styles of beers with various sodas.
The Batanga just seems like a riff on a Cuba Libre. I'm going to have to try that.
the chartreuse and grape soda makes me want to try an enzoni style drink with chartreuse
Licor 43 and ginger ale is one of my favorites taste like cream soda!
i remember seeing an article on punch drink that had some of these!!
would love a part two witha fernando, a campari soda, a campari and grapefruit soda, a moxie and coffee brandy(very Maine) or moxie and whiskey, and a tinto de verano which is a spanish red wine with lemon lime soda or soda water
If I'm not mistaken Sphaghettes started in Baltimore created by the folks over at Wet City
Recently found out that spiced rum and tonic is super good
Was expecting to see the Imperial Royale (2oz St Germain, 12 oz Bud Light Lime) in the mix!
Few others to recommend:
Cynar and Coke
Greg on HTD did a Negroni but subbed vermouth for Dr Pepper
Gin and Mtn Dew
You should have tried Jagermeister and Root Beer. It’s delicious, assuming you enjoy those ingredients.
I think Mexico had some health incentives, so Coke in Mexico is now cane and sucralose in it (last time I was there). A lot of pops there have an "azucar excesso" warning now.
You can only get the good stuff in glass bottles sometimes, otherwise, it has changed.
Welch’s Grape soda is my favorite grape soda same flavor as a grape Tootsie Roll sucker.
There was fernet pictured in the absinthe one, and I'm not sure why because you didn't put any Fernet in the drink, but fernet and root beer is my favorite. Give that a go sometime.
I did put fernet in one lol but it didn’t make the cut
I don't generally keep Highlife on hand. Any idea how it would work with something just a little bolder, like a pale ale? Going to try it anyway, but curious about your opinion.
Orange Fanta is not the original flavor. The trade restriction against germany prevented the german brach of coca cola from having coca cola syrup so they tried to make a soda using locally sourced ingredients. The original flavor was (if im remembering correctly without looking it up again) sugarbeet. Other flavors came much later.
I hate artifical grape, but I also think Chartreuse makes any drink good, so that's be fun to try. I also am hella curious about the absinthe and root beer, even if it didn't score high, I love both of those things.
P.S. My go to drink at a bar is gin and coke, so many people side eye me for it, but then they try it and they get it. Add that to the list for next time.
Just saw a video on instagram of root beer (or was it Dr Pepper?) and wine. Definitely want to try that!
The Mezcal and Fanta might work better with European fanta, which as far as I know is a lot more orangey (and has a lot more real orange in it)
Love the dialogue! 🧡🧡🧡🧡
I just learned Orange Crush no longer exists. My childhood is ruined lol. Or my college mixing of Crush and Captain Morgan. Was basically a dreamsicle. I'm getting a hangover just thinking about it.
Just go to the aperol and high life. Classic. We did Campari in Hamms ha.
And another update, never heard of the Batanga, but I also did that in college after being inspired by Queens of the Stone Age's "Mexicola"
Mexican Coke is made for the US market and it doesn’t sell well in Mexico? What? Thank you for doing the ranch water. I have never seen any cocktail channel talk about the ranch water.
The Fernet just chilling there got me, just waiting for what drink that would call for it. Obviously a fernet con coca is very good, but well known
Do you not have access to Crush soda? Grape Crush would be the go-to grape soda where I am. Ramazotti & Coke sounds like it is not too far off a Fernet con Coca.
Accidently made a gin and root beer and it actually worked pretty well
I love suze and it’s used in one of my favorite cocktails of all time(raised by wolves:made at Carbon Bar in Toronto) however finding suze is impossible now because Ontario Canada doesn’t import it anymore 😢
Sounds like a bottle you gotta get while traveling. Are they super strict about bringing bottles in?
@@TheEducatedBarfly yea I definitely keep an eye out whenever I drive to the states. They are usually pretty lenient in terms of grabbing a few bottles across the border unless they think they can recoup a lot of duties. Shipping it to Canada is a totally different story. The tax man always needs his due😂
Leandro! I cut the end of my finger off with a slicer for drink garnishes and ever since have been super hesitant to use them to get nice peels! My peel game is weak. How do I get back on the bike and save my digits?
Cheers.
what kind of slicer did you use?
@@TheEducatedBarfly at the time it was a straight peeler, I’ve tried switching to a Y peeler but I don’t seem to be able to gauge things right.
SO, I also hate when my fizzy drinks are not very fizzy. When I pour soda water in my drinks, the carbonation dissipates almost immeidately. I've tried shilling the ingredient, and the glass. Suggestions?
I recently discovered Absinthe with Root Beer, but I find that a bar spoon in a 12oz can is enough. For best results, smoke 2 to 3 ounces of Dewars in the bottom of your pint glass, before pouring in your root beer. Add your bar spoon of Absinthe and stir in. The Scotch adds a maltiness to the drink's sweetness. Smoking is optional, but I do find that the extra effort is worth it, if you're feeling fancy.
the mountain dew and suze, just seems like a lemon, lime and bitters
Only in the US (and perhaps Mexico then) is so much high-fructose corn syrup used. Across the Pond, everything is either with sweeteners or just sugar. The rest of the world does care; they care not to consume that flighty goop.
Moxie and some of the lighter bourbon-style whiskeys pair well.
I forgot that you and Greg from How to Drink know each other, so when you just referred to him as Greg, I was really confused for a second.
OMG! What i was going to complain that you wasted Green Chartreuse but it was good???
Ranch water is a tequila rickey. (The gin rickey was originally made without sugar)
Try Cynar 70 and coke with lime. A Cynar Libre'
"Who would have thought that tequila pairs that well with Tequila?" Are there people who don't think it pairs?!
Did you keep the coke to go with the frennet? 😂
I wish I could find chartreuse so I could drink it with store brand soda to
Is there any alternative for High Life that’s available in Europe?
Any Pilsner is gonna work
Thanks!
"I"m going to try to make some smaller pours"
[pours 2 oz of Suze]
Does the Fanta/mescal pairing whether its US or EU Fanta? Because they’re vastly different
This is based on the US Fanta, so give it a try if you're in Europe and let us know!
Is Fernet absinthe ?
I noticed that too. It isn't obviously, but side note fernet and root beer is a great combo.
Nah was a mistake in editing
UK Fanta is very fizzy
Ooooh SPAGHETT!
Here for Marius' facts.
Ranch water is just a rickey. A rickey is a class of cocktail that is just booze, soda, lime, and very little to no sugar. IE gin rickey/vodka rickey
What happened to the iconic: “What’s up everybody?!”
We can’t get high life in the uk what would you suggest instead
Mountain Dew has orange juice concentrate in it not lemon lime.
I thought corn syrup is just an american think. Here in Germany and i think also in entire Europe "normal" coke ist always with sugar and no corn syrup. :D Most people see it as American and not-American coke :D
I lived in Mexico and it was all Mexican coke.
Did you pour out some of the High Life for the homies?
Brassmosa!
Batanga? That's called a Charro Negro
😂 yeah I’ve heard that
correction re only "Mexican" coke uses real sugar- most countries do use real sugar, and its mostly just North America that uses corn syrup
Fanta get the name from Fantasy because they used what they can.
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Underberg bitters are largely gentian.
Wouldn't a highball made with a highbrow ingredient and lowbrow ingredient just be called a low-ball?
I like lowbrow highball
I think your ratios are off. I think it's more like 1 - 1.5 oz of alcohol to a full 11 oz or so of the mixer.
American Fanta is so weird in comparison to European fanta. It looks so artificial.
Why is the Fanta that colour?! Looks almost red, I've never had orange juice that colour
American health "regulations" are a path to many products some consider to be unnatural
Are you European? American / Mexican Fanta is the glowing colour
@@calumwatson6394 yeah, from the uk. Do you know why it's so different?
@@AlphaFrags it’s basically sugar tax, eu / Uk rules but also marketing- using those neon orange colourings here means the product has to have warning labels about being addictive and bad for health
I have a special dislike for ranch water lol. Terrible
Why is your fanta such a fake Orange colour?
North America Fanta has dyes in it.
@Pkeane04 ew why? Does it taste different to European fanta?