Fixing the drinks from Applebee's | How to Drink
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- Chain restaurants make bad drinks. Let's see if I can improve any of them! Today I'm visiting Applebee's.
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00:00 - Opening
00:45 - Start at Applebee's
01:34 - Shark Bowl
02:14 - Tasting
04:06 - What should we do with it?
05:14 - Shark Bite
07:23 - Tasting Notes
11:00 - Blue Hawaiian Long Island Iced Tea
11:35 - Tasting
13:20 - Brainstorm
13:59 - Greg's Long Hawaiian
15:22 - Tasting Notes
18:42 - Recap
20:42 - Closing
Shark Bite
In Shaker
1 oz. or 30 ml. lime juice
1 oz. or 30 ml. simple syrup
1.5 oz. or 45 ml. spiced rum (Sailor Jerry)
1 oz. or 30 ml. coconut rum (Malibu)
1 oz. or 30 ml. pineapple juice
.5 oz. or 15 ml. blue curaçao (Giffard)
Add ice and shake
Open pour into glass
Garnish with shark
Add a few drops of grenadine
Greg's Long Hawaiian
In shaker
1 oz. or 30 ml. lime juice
.5 oz. or 15 ml. coconut rum (Malibu)
.5 oz. or 15 ml. simple syrup
.5 oz. or 15 ml. blue curaçao (Giffard)
1 oz. or 30 ml. gin (Tanqueray)
1 oz. or 30 ml. vodka (Vdka 1600)
1 oz. or 30 ml. rum (Plantation 5 year)
Add ice and shake
Open pour into glass
Garnish with lemon wheels
Add a few drops of angostura bitters
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TGI Fridays/Ruby Tuesday's!
Olive Garden.
Dallas BBQ!
Dave and Buster’s
Cheesecake Factory/The Grand Lux Cafe
Red Lobster
Denny's/IHOP - for the Boozy Adult Milkshakes, etc.
looks like Greg got hammered at Applebee's, smuggled the drinks, and shot the show, sweaty brow and all. love it.
It's what he does, gets wasted at restaurants, starts humming the mission impossible theme and just steals their weird cocktails.
It's all in my fanfiction.
Waitress mustve been like damn you slugged that thing
In the confines of his own laboratory
Alright, I read this and thought you were exaggerating, then the ad ended and I was greeted by a raving lunatic frothing at the mouth about chains.
Yeah, he’s drunk. You go, Greg.
I love that in the last 30 (probably?) years. The color "blue" has become a universal, international flavor. And everyone knows what you mean when you go "wow, that really tastes blue"
Light and dark blue taste different tho
@@ironbacon "Tropical" vs "Razz."
That is the magic of commercialism, friendo.
Same thing with purple
Blue isn't even a natural colour for foodstuffs, name me one blue food.
"It's okay to enjoy trash once in a while" I know absolutely zero people who consume doritos for nutritional benefit... You make a strong case sir.
I am waiting for them to spray the same vitamin costal dust they use in cereal to make them "part" of a well balanced diet. With a good glass of milk and a bannana of course.
@@warlockd No no, "appart of." As in "seperate from."
@@wesleythomas7125 you’re not wrong
Applebees really missed the opportunity to just call it a Big Island Iced Tea
Get a marketing position, DAMN
@@Saloron22 Hahaha @applebees I'm available
I was thinking more,
long Hawaiian island = Moloka'i
Wide Island Iced Tea
@@custodeon Or Long Island Hawaiian even though i don't think that would pass since it sounds like the nickname of a hung Hawaiian pornstar
I love when you can tell it's the end of a shoot day and Greg is wasted. His energy is so much more chaotic.
And he sounds a lot like Dan povenmires characters
They should make a playlist of only the last videos they shoot each day.
Apparently he only does 2-3 episodes in a row now, so I gotta ask what episodes he was doing to make him this... Performative?
Dude he sounded drunk from the very beginning lol.
you can tell Greg was more than 1 sheet to the wind when he made this video, and that's what makes it excellent.
He's got the whole hotel laundry unfurled, Jesus.
Just ever so slightly fucked up. Somewhere between "sauced" and "hammered".
My exact thought the whole time lol it's a good one.
You can tell by the amount of camera cuts and how the level of the drink slowly goes down and down haha
Because no matter how shit that applebee's slushee had to be, you just can't help but drink something with that much syrup in it.
I remember always being out of gummy sharks for the shark bowl because us servers and bartenders would eat them all during long shifts:)
Edit: also the gummy shark you ate was definitely stale, the gummy sharks never froze and in-fact was way better straight from the bar cooler
It definitely wasn't stake. Gummies freeze in cold drinks.
Do they add less alcohol or water the drinks down
The befuddlement of how ~blue~ the shark bowl tastes is very relatable. I once tasted a mountain dew flavor so blue and baffling I wrote a whole stand up style rant about it in my notes app.
You’d love the Applebees Mtn. Dew Berry Bash then!🤣
@@Robynhoodlum I think it's pretty good. I heard there's an alcoholic version that's probably disappointing.
@@QuackZack Probably just Mtn Dew and vodka which is honestly my go to combo if I wanna get hammered. Ain't no special cocktail but honestly masks the taste of vodka surprisingly well.
Live Wire dew and vanilla vodka actually tastes like a cream sickle. Got absolutely wasted on that.
Do you have tumbler I think that'd be funny to post
Using Apple brandy, honey wine, and actual bee venom, you can make the official Applebee’s Apple-Bee Cocktail
The Apple Bee could be a calvados variation on the Bees Knees and that would actually be great
Okay, but why would you do that? Just curious
@@aminodroidofficial3977 why not
Why use bee venom when you can just drop whole bees in? It's good texture
Applejack and mead are pretty easy to find (or even to make yourself for that matter, traditional applejack isn't made by distillation but by freezing hard cider and skimming the alcohol on top before it freezes and mead is basically just 1/3 honey, 2/3 water and some yeast) but you can't find bee venom for sale.
Also, the mead would be the bee part anyways. The problem as I see it is that you would end up with a fortified apple mead and that just ain't a cocktail, it doesn't sound bad but it still will just be a mead.
Sure, you could add some lime to it and maybe a little club soda and a few drops of ango to make it a cocktail... Hmm, that might actually work. You might be onto something.
The word you're looking for in the opening is "TGI Chilibees"
They're all the same genre of restaurant.
"TGI chilibees" is the "soulsborne" of the restaurant world
Are they even different restaurants? They all serve almost exactly the same food
The word you're looking for is Shanangins
@@adams3627 It's probably exactly the same because they use the same suppliers.
Like seriously, I used to work at an Applebee's and like... all the desserts and sauces were from a supplier. Most of the food is the equivalent of a microwaveable dinner. It's depressing.
I worked at Appleee's in my 20s (nearly 20 years ago) and I can say that, at least back then, even the frozen drinks were mixed by hand, and not pre-mixed, nor did we have a "slushie" machine that frozen drinks came from. The ice was fresh and shaved for each drink as ordered, and alcohol poured as instructed. I have no idea how things work NOW, but that's how it worked back in the day.
Still the case! I wish we had a machine on busy nights! Frozen drinks are the bane of my existence!
You know it's gonna be a good episode when it starts out and you can't tell if Greg is already drunk or not.
Shark bowl- 2 oz capt morgan 4oz zombie conetrate, gummy shark.
Blue Hawaiian- equal parts tanquraey, Tito’s, Malibu, (some locations encourage using Bacardi too), with pineapple juice, float blue Caracao and a splash of Sierra Mist.
Source- I’m a manager at an Applebees in Kansas.
Edit- there is sweet and sour in the blue Hawaiian also. It’s 2 oz I believe same with the pineapple juice.
I'm curious about the brand of Curacao - is it the cheapest possible, or does the brand used vary by location?
What is in zombie concentrate?
Thank you
That…. That’s doesn’t sound anything like a blue Hawaiian it’s like… completely removed from what it’s supposed to be
As a bartender in Applebee's in utah we also put our sweet and sour mix in the blue Hawaiian here but we are not allowed to pour ANYTHING over 2 Oz of liquor or the state will tale away our licenses
This is gonna be a great series, I can already tell. The Cotton Candy Cosmo from Friday's seems like it could use a lot of tweaks
It reminds me a lot of the “But Better” series from Joshua Weissman. I’m digging it
When you say "a lot of tweaks" do you mean going back to the drawing board? For real, I could see a cotton candy simple syrup in a more "grown up" drink being really fun!
@@OneDrinkThreeBars 100% agreed. Just had a sip of a buddy of mine’s and I thought my teeth would fall out. Fridays is not the fun type of cotton candy drink lol but I could see a drink like you described being a total nostalgia trip, if done correctly.
I worked at TGI Fridays when that abomination came out. That fucker made me hate life. So much cotton candy was wasted. Not to mention we didn’t make the cotton candy in house. We got a shipment of it on Monday or Tuesday. So by the weekend it was all matted and nasty looking from the humidity in the kitchen. And it took up a fuck ton of space in the dry storage closet. And god forbid the server didn’t pick it up from the service bar exactly on time because by the time it got to the table they might as well turn around because the guest was sending it back because there wasn’t any cotton candy left in their drink. Curse that drink and the coke head who thought it was a fun idea.
If by "tweaks" you mean carpet-bomb the concept into a blasted moonscape, then bring in bulldozers to level it out, I'm OK with that.
Some drinks exist only because we don't have convenient airlocks to flush them, and possibly their creators, out of.
I used to bartend at chilli's, they definitely have some weird drinks that would be fun. I thought their drinks were perfect for what they were trying to achieve, but were generally way to sweet.
Those super sweet ones are so dangerous for messing people up
The blue mega mutiny gets me every time
And what is it they were trying to achieve?
Ok.
@@gir5o1 Sorry for the late reply. Generally Chilli's makes their drinks to be easily accessible, which means sweet. If you like cocktails and balanced drinks Chilli's drinks aren't going to be your thing. The majority of people do not have a taste for good cocktails and a drinks that are very sweet are going to sell better. Chillis drinks are good drinks but not good cocktails for my taste, if I want a good balenced cocktail I'm not gonna get a Grand Coconut marg from chilli's, but if I want adult juice that makes me feel a little good I will defintly get the Chilli's marg. Hope that makes sense, Have a great day!
Currently doing bartender training and oh boy, the "house special" cocktails sure are horrifically sweet and needlessly complicated. I'm glad the most ordered drink is just a mojito, not one of those abominations of syrup and crushed ice.
Before the pandemic, I was at a TGIF and they had this... lavender, honey, lemon cocktail. I don't remember what it was called, but I really liked it, and I would love to see something like it on the show
Oh that sounds fantastic
Yes please that sounds delicious.
Ooh that’s right up my alley, I love floral cocktails.
Sparkling Blackberry lemon vanilla mock-tail, was purple with froth on the top, from Seattle four seasons. Delicious!
I had a lavender drink at Outback Steakhouse in January. Was interesting
Ooo, go after the Olive Garden drinks which are basically "add amaretto to any other cocktail"
I... don't recall that being an issue some years back, but I admit I don't look at their cocktails selection anymore. (I came across one drink and decided it was "my drink" - some sort of 'Limoncello Lemonade' which at least went well with the meal at the time.)
@@kereminde It's more of an issue now, and I've had that Limoncello drink before...they appear to have discontinued it, or at least it wasn't on the menu last time I went some months ago.
@@KnightsaysNi "Not on the menu" doesn't mean much if they have a bartender who knows how to make it and still has the stuff to do so...
... it just means the server will have to figure out how to ring it in, and thus it becomes an issue for making sure it's rung in correctly.
Pity, they keep discontinuing things I like!
Very interested to see your opinion on Buffalo Wild Wings drinks, I'm a bartender there and a lot of people like our drinks including the Blue Hawaiian and the Henny Hustle. But there are a lot of bad ones as well, I personally hate the Red Sangria the most
Can I ask why?
Somehow I think that helping you remember your childhood summers, 7 eleven slurpees, and children’s candy might have been exactly the feedback Applebees was hoping for…
Not that it matters when dealing with Applebee's drinks, there actually is a small distinction that must be made between a "Blue Hawaiian" and a "Blue Hawaii". Technically a Blue Hawaii is lemonade, blue curacao, and rum; whereas a Blue Hawaiian is pineapple juice, cream of coconut, blue curacao, and rum (and they taste remarkably different, the former being more tart and the latter being more creamy). When it comes to the LIIT versions of these drinks, I'm not sure how to really proceed though.
Blue Hawaiian Long Island is malibu tanqueray Tito’s pineapple juice sweet n sour
My mind immediately went to Red Lobster with this premise, they got a ton of weird original cocktails, but that's already kinda covered with your Dew-Garita video. I know Buffalo Wild Wings has some weird Lemon slushy football glass drink. They've been out of the ingredients every time I wanna try one though. Dunno if that means it's good or....idk.
It means the margarita machine is broken, because it's probably made by the same vendor as the McDonald's milkshake machines. :D
@@imightbebiased9311 Nah, we just use a blender. And it's not even a blended drink in this case, just frothy and creamy.
Wait, red lobster serves alcohol? Cause the ones near me dont
Probably means it's strong, not necessarily good
TGI Friday's, Chillis, Hooters, Denny's, McDonald's... do em all!!!
14:27 "My head is full of air at the moment"
Greg, never change.
An interesting take might be to be told just the ingredients listed on the menu (not amounts, taste profile, where it’s from etc.) and then try to recreate it blind. Then compare/contrast either how close you got it or how wildly far off it might be. I think that could be a fun series to watch.
Once you get the base ingredients it's not hard to recreate. Most drinks follow the same amounts of ingredients and it would be easy to recreate
i've been contemplating doing a series on my channel or something like this since i had a drunken conversation with an apple bees bartender. Apparently they WILL NOT use any more than 2 ounces of spirit AND Liqueur in any drink. I asked about the Long Island Iced Tea he said they use quarter ounce of everything. i said "that turns up less than 2 ounces still" he replied "doesn't matter, thats what were told to do. Were not allowed to serve more" ANY of their drinks can be improved, love the series already and the show. PATRON THIS MAN!
It frustrated me seeing how they do long islands. Its like half a mix too. So watered down and sad
Reminds me when they were doing a 2 or 3 dollar LIIT special. We went there thinking it'd be kinda fun to get f---ed up and eat some mediocre food, except it was pretty obvious how little alcohol they had. Had to drink like 3 or 4 of them to get the same buzz I would get from a proper LIIT. We left pretty disappointed. And I'm pretty sure they had even less alcohol than their normal ones too cause they were smaller than they shoulda been.
I'm willing to bet this is probably just so that they can standardize the recipes across every American state while still adhering to every local liquor law.
They probably just take whatever state has the most restrictive laws regarding alcohol and base everything around that.
@@FumbleSquid that was such a fleece. Hey come get these supposedly strong drinks for cheap! *recieves slightly brown and only vodka tasting drink* I had them cut me off at 3 weak alcoholic drinks. Mind you there was at least an ounce only in the first 2
@@abraxis7292 Thankfully we found a local bar that is cheaper, has way better food, and has proper drinks. Never going back to anything like Applebee's for a drink, or food for that matter.
The way you reacted to that Applebee's drink still being slush reminded me way too much of Plankton stealing the recipe for the Krabby Patty XD
Ok I LOVE the term ‘stealth spirits’. I would love a list of more elevated stealth spirits drinks. If that’s not a contradiction in terms. I’m not a big or frequent drinker and dislike a strong alcohol profile but would like to expand my horizons.
Oh my goodness me too! If you find out please tell me!
A year late (lol) but I feel like most tiki drinks fall into that catagory. Lots of fruit juices, sugar, and flourish but not super strongly alcoholic tasting (at least to my tastes). Of course, A lot of these drinks are absolute brain blasters, but some don't really taste all that alcoholic.
That being said, basically anything that is very sweet, sour, or has a lot of fruit juice probably won't taste strongly of booze.
Alternatively, just looking into low proof cocktails. Most of them try to be pretty high-class, but they don't actually have that much alcohol so they typically don't taste like it.
NGL, while your channel has gotten me fully into mixology, and I have more sophisticated taste thanks to it, I still go to these chain restaurants once a week just because it's a nice way to de-stress and enjoy being waited on, including getting these drinks. It is as you describe: they are meant to be accessible, and thus they are often uncomplicated to a fault. But honestly, I don't mind something so simple and manufactured haha. I didn't make it myself and I enjoy it still (even if not as much as my own creations), and that's all that matters to me.
Alas, as far as I know, this was discontinued, but:
There was a drink I really liked from Buffalo Wild Wings called a Strawberry Kicked Coronarita, which was a sweet strawberry margarita with a literal beer bottle flipped upside-down into it. I remember when googling recipes that the concept of having a beer flipped into your drink makes it a variant of a Bulldog? I don't know for sure, I didn't research it much beyond that, but it was an interesting concept, and, in that mode of turning my brain off to be able to enjoy all this stuff, I found it to be a fun and tasty drink. And I'd love to see your take on it.
This is feeling like another descent into madness on Greg's behalf. But also seems like you're having fun!
The episodes where Greg takes SAN damage are always the best ones
Oh, do Chili’s. Please do Chili’s. I can’t wait to see what craziness is wrought from that.
I love this episode idea, and I have to say, that Iron Chef-style “Use this ingredient in a cocktail” idea that was floated at the end of the episode also sounds really awesome, though I’m curious as to how much that concept could be stretched. Multiple cocktails an episode? Mixers only, or base spirits and garnishes too? Might lend itself to a shorter format, but I would love to see whatever comes of the brainstorming!
agree the iron chef idea is awesome, i want to see greg take a big bite out of a bell pepper. i guess for greg it would be a handful of maraschino cherries or something
"One ingredient, three cocktails, one Iron Greg!"
Sounds fun!
I vote for the first challenge to be Dramamine.
You know he’s committed when he dumps his Applebees drink in a Yeti just to bring it back to the bar for “research”. Well done sir.
I love the idea. Reminds me a lot of Joshua Weissman's version called "But Better" where he takes random favorite foods from fastfood and restaurants and makes them better. Doing the same thing for drinks shows how you can experiment and make something great. Thanks for this!
"Loudly blue flavored"
"Blue Hawaiian Long Island" that is too many islands. Couldn't they call it like, a Longboard, or an Archipelago, or something besides "we made two different heavy drinks and then threw them together like it's a jungle juice party"?
imo I think they could have called it a Hawaiian Shirt. It's big, it's loud, it's blue, and you just might wind up wearing it on a rowdy friday night
Hawaii has Big Island. New York has Long Island. So it's Big Long Island.
The cantina that serves them here just calls them Adios Motherfucker. They know why you're buying it.
The "Shark Bowl" immediately throws my mind back to a place I used to work. Family owned restaurant on the Columbia River, in Portland Oregon, called The Deck. Having been a cook there for a few long summer seasons, they absolutely sold the pants off of Shark Bites. They'd mix up full pony kegs of the cocktail spirits and use the sour mix and grenadine to finish. Served in big pint mugs, it was about as sedating as a long island iced tea, but even sweeter. Much like the Zombie, we'd limit service to two per person.
Did they buy up big on food, then? I understand 'responsible alcohol serving' and totally support it, but what was in it for the restaurant to serve these rather than smaller drinks?
Oh man, a good zombie on the beach is always welcome, not sure I'd drink one anywhere outside of a hot day in the sun though.
Ironically, the Blue Tropical mix in the Sharkbowl is also labeled as Zombie mix!
Excited for this series ! I wish sometimes chains didn't change their menu so often because I got a drink at a ruby Tuesdays years ago that was so tasty and I cannot remember what it was even called. I remember it had cucumber slices ad elderflower spirit though. My dad always tastes my drinks when we go out together and he declared it "so refreshing it should come with a free beach"
I love Greg’s energy and craziness in this episode. He genuinely seems like he’s having fun and in a good mood ☺️
He also seems like he is hammered, which is probably the case
For some reason it dawned on me that Greg hasn’t done a “World’s Most Expensive Cocktail by Volume” video. Seems like it would be a real clickable video.
The whole shark bowl thing reminded me of something on the drink menu at Joe's Crab Shack which I never ordered, but it looked totally nuts. A shark bite, unmistakably, but the grenadine came from a little shark...thing. If your shark is vomiting blood _into_ the water, that shark probably needs to consult a doctor.
"He chose ... poorly" had me rolling on the carpet laughing hysterically. Way to go!
Two ideas
1; contact yeti about a "camping bar" I would buy a compact to go bar kit for outdoors, you could sell them
2; you should do "assisted alcohol" drinks like the "wormwood" is supposed to assist the alcohol in absinthe or the opium assisted the alcohol in laudnum (not suggesting you consume laudnum) like caffeine or taurine assisted alchohol.
Speaking of camping… With summer coming up, Greg needs to do a run of “camp-site” drinks…
I always heard that the excessive sweetness was to stimulate appetite and increase food sales. This goes for 'cocktails' all the way to fountain drink sodas with a modified syrup/carbonation ratio favoring the syrup.
Isn’t it a buffet tho?
@@CABOOSEBOB No. It's just expensive, mediocre, microwaved food. If it was a buffet, that would be way better.
Huh, I've always found fountain drinks to be less sweet than bottled versions, that's why I like fountain drinks more
@@johnr797 I find that it varies wildly from restaurant to restaurant. Sometimes through sheer neglect, the ratios of syrup to carbonation to ice gets off in one direction or the other; so of course, some restaurants intentionally manipulate these ratios to either cheat the customer, or to stimulate more sales in their more profitable food choices by triggering insulin responses.
The weird thing is that typically with cocktails bars it's the opposite. They have food items to stimulate drink sales, by increasing the length of stay. Profit margins are so high, that getting even one additional cocktail order out of a customer is the name of the game.
I imagine with Applebee's, they know they are going to sale you some food if you have bothered to go there, and the sugary cocktails are designed to make sure you order more than you would have with iced water as your beverage. So much so that they are willing to take a hit on their cocktail profit margins with daily happy hours and whatnot.
Every time I went to Applebee’s as a kid I always wanted to order that shark drink. It looked like a big blue slushy with cute little shark gummies, which was super appealing! My mom always had to remind me I couldn’t get it because it was alcoholic, but it’s interesting to learn that I probably wouldn’t have been able to taste the alcohol because it’s so sweet and sour haha. Thanks for fulfilling and improving my childhood dreams!
I feel like this episode was the last episode shot on this day. Greg's a little toasty.
1:34 Greg’s pouring is still a mess even when he probably needed to be stealthy at the chain restaurant 🍎 🐝 🤣😂🤣😂
I love the more freeform stuff you've been doing as of late Greg i am not a drinker at all but still love your show i vicariously try these drinks through you, so keep on finding and making weird drinks to enjoy and suffer with.
wow, never woulda guessed that the applebee's drinks were hellspawn. I thought it was only the food, service, atmosphere, and pricing. turns out the whole deal is a hellscape
You think it’s bad as a customer? Try working there!
@@Robynhoodlum I'd sooner die than serve the enemy.
Future episode suggestion: The game "2064: Read Only Memories" has a section at a bar, at it looks like every named drink has a given recipe. Would be cool to see a video/series based on the sheer number of cocktails in there
I feel like I never see anyone else mention ROM but it’s genuinely a good game and this is a great idea
So, not exactly the same, but Greg *has* done a video on related-but-not-by-the-same-developer game VA-11 Hall-A (the definition is because a character from VA-11 Hall-A turns up in ROM, and vice-versa - in fact, one drink in the former can only be found in the latter).
The blue hawaiian is equal parts Titos, Malibu, Tanqueray, pineapple juice and then the rest is sour mix with blue curacao floated and a splash of sierra mist.
That doesn't sound bad except that I'm sure their sour mix is an abomination.
I remember Applebees did a $1 long island special, and during that time I needed to get dinner between two work shifts and decided to order 2 thinking they were going to be weak AF because Applebees… I was wrong. No where near drunk, but closer than I should’ve been for being on the clock 🤣😂 good thing it was radio lol
My favorite thing about this channel is that when you taste a drink and break it down, you get so into explaining it that you come off ass actually drunk even though you haven't actually drank enough. You just got a super excited personality that you just don't see in people much anymore.
I’d actually love to see a series where you take a look at different cocktails menus, and recreate the most unconventional drinks - I know that when I (used to) go out, part of my drink decision would be based on whether it was something that I wouldn’t be able to make at home.
0:35 - “The Chains that Bind…” I think Greg is looking for more Fallout drink ideas as a tribute to the Brotherhood of Steel
I'm 10seconds in and I can already tell you that you need to do more of these episodes. And also, it's not to say their drinks are bad either, but there should always be a premium version of said drinks
Been watching this show for about two years, never once disagreed with Greg on anything. He's dead wrong about the gummy sharks, though. Gummy sharks are a treat for the ages.
A frozen hard one though?
@@Rose-jz6sx My Man goes off on gummy sharks around 10:40 which, to quote Greg himself, this aggression will not stand. One that's frozen solid, eh, probably still enjoyable after some chewing.
Great series, love the better version idea you got going. Josh Weissman does it with fast food, "But Better". Love your take on it with cocktails.
I was unaware but I am now, it’s a format the people want!
Is anyone else getting concerned by the increase of videos that START with Greg already smashed? 😅
Yes
That was literally the first thing I thought. Not looking to have an intervention or be a killjoy. But I like the dude. Just want him to be safe.
They shoot a lot videos on the same day. That's why he seems drunker in some than others
he makes about 5/6 videos in a row, you can see how for into the shoot they were by how drunk he is.
I’m sure this is said a lot, but I love seeing Greg’s personality come to life in these videos! I binge watch a lot of these episodes and these recent ones have been great! That’s not saying that the older videos aren’t good, I binge watch those too. I just love seeing the evolution and growth! Cheers everyone! 🍻🤙🏽
Chilli's captain's castaway is one of the few restaurant drinks I like, I wouldn't mind knowing how to make a better version (also yeti thermoses are freaking amazing, never tried ice in them but they keep my drinks wicked cold without it)
I'm curious how he'll do the blue Hawaiian LIIT, my thought was to use a hibiscus tea and a pea flower simple for color change, then whatever tropical booze is suitable to hide in there
This is exactly what I needed on a Monday morning.
I hope this series does well because, while I don't really care about chain restaurant drinks, I do love the idea of making improved and sorta classed-up versions of trashy/college/party drinks.
Looking forward to more of this! I know its hard to nail down ideas that you feel are worth making, but I feel like this one is spot on. We all have a chain restaurant drink that we love/hate. Getting to see them highlighted, and then reworked is fun.
I love this idea!
That second drink you made ended up not too far off from a Blue Hawaii. Original was made with a split base of rum and vodka, and I know I've seen a fancy version on Punch magazine I think that used rum and coconut-washed gin instead.
As a fan of pretty much any $5 special, I applaud this series. Chili's seems like a must, but also going to toss Cheesecake Factory out there as something to try. They have some good ones (the bourbon and honey) but some are... A little out there (at least in my memory). Might be a tad fancier than you're shooting for, but thought I'd mention it.
Greg, I need this in my life as a series! I have always considered Friday's to be benchmark for bar's. There is one in every city and they have a greand they have a great mixed drink program so so they are always consistent no matter if it's a gimmick or not. When I fly into a new city I will stop at the Friday's 1st to determine how expensive alcohol is and if I should be eating and drinking somewhere else. Keep it up 💯
That intro was EVERYTHING. Funny, witty, unique to your style, hit all the points.
You are bringing the game back, my man.
So looking forward to more of these. 💜
The Shark Bowl is actually one of the few drinks I've ordered from a restaurant, not bad for what it is lol
I get the feeling it goes better with the food. That seems to be a "theme" of sorts, that the drinks on their own weren't that good... but while eating, they seemed balanced out by the food.
Plus it's nice to have a drink you can have without having to taste the booze
Greg, this is epic! You are onto something fun here and I definitely want to see more of this Series. Please continue this.
Curious to see what you can find at chains like Olive Garden, The Cheesecake Factory/Grand Lux Cafe, Red Lobster, or even a Denny's and IHOP where they tout Boozy Adult Shakes.
Granted, I'm worried about you consuming this much sugar, and the risk this has of diabetes, but at the same time you are doing us all a huge service and this is epic to witness.
So, with that I say, "God's Speed Greg...God's Speed good Sir".
Fun fact, the two sizes of Yeti tumblers can be used together as an impromptu shaker! They should definitely sponsor you!
This is one of the best channels on YT. Please keep making your wonderful content!!
The shark bowl mix is the same stuff they were putting in one of the dollar drinks repurposed, it used to be called zombie mix. Applebees is very very good at repurposing things they already have and pushing it, which is why they got multiple blue drinks.
Also the sharks are always hard, even when they aren't in the drink. Easisly the worst gummies in applebees. The christmas and halloween ones are fire though.
I love this idea as a concept. I do like the idea of you fixing the drinks. Keep it up.
I love this idea. ❤️ Love you, Craig!
I'm just going to assume no laws were broken by smuggling those adult beverages off premises. Right, Greg? RIGHT? 🤣
Looks like he hustled the glassware too, hmm...
@@tularjaggs334 Impressive as heck!!
@@tularjaggs334 hey, if you haven't stolen tableware from a chain restaurant have you ever really lived?
I'm from the UK and we have wetherspoons they're basically everyone's introduction to coctails through pitchers but can have em in a glass too
Godfather - (my fav) Coke, Jack Daniels, Disarono with some lime wedges chucked in
Purple rain - cherry sours, blue curaçao, lemonade and lime
Blue Lagoon - blue curaçao, smirnoff vodka, lime cordial and lemonade
Woo woo - Smirnoff, Archers, lime and Cranberry
There's a few more but they can be accessed on the Internet.
Wow. Those legitimately sound better than the “mixed drinks” the stateside chains are selling.
@@____________838 yeah they're pretty good 2 pitchers for £12 not sure what that is in dollars but its about as cheap as it gets here usually a standard cocktail in a nicer actual bar is around £9. And spoons are kinda everywhere here which helps
Haha, yeah, happy memories of those Spoons pitchers. Haven't had one in ages
Love this idea! Cool to see you salvaging these drinks!
That angostura-infused "Blue Hawaiian" does seem like it would be good with a bit more spice to it, and some more sugar would make it a bit more approachable. I bet if you added some Hot Damn, the additional sugar and cinnamon would be nice, and the red coloring would bring up the earthy green color factor. If I had all of this stuff on hand, I would try it myself because if it is good and works like I think it would, I have a great (geologically-inspired) name for it: Peridotight. Admittedly "tight" as slang for drunk is pretty outdated at this point...but hey, it works.
The Applebee's "Blue Hawaiian Long Island Iced Tea" sounds like it's just an AMF by another name (done badly because the rum is Malibu).
Also, Greg... are you okay? Are you doing alright? You don't seem alright.
I feel he need a dry vacation for a few months reset your liver then remake drinks from chain restaurants
I also thought about the AMF!
Actually the Blue Arctic Long Island is way closer.
@@Robynhoodlum Interesting... I'll have to investigate that.
A few months ago I attempted to make a shark bowl at my home bar and I think the blending made the drink oh so much worse, especially with real ingredients as opposed to "shark bowl mix." Got most of the recipe from the Applebee's bartender actually.
Love this series concept!
This is a great series idea! Excited for more!
With all that sugar I have a feeling greg won't be feeling too well after this episode
Seasonally the Leprechaun Drink (idk what it's actually called) is waiting for a professional version
Green Apple seems an interesting thing to make a good drink out of
I cannot wait to see the next video in this series. I used to work at an Applebee’s and he could honestly pop back there for a few episodes. 😂
I really like this idea for a series!
This could also turn to Disney drinks that seem to use blue curacao in literally everything!
I kinda thought you would be making an AMF in place of the Blue Hawaiian 😂 also I work at Applebees and some of our drinks there aren’t TOO bad!
This is amazing. You are the chain restaurant drink reviewer we didn't know we needed.
The energy in this episode is top shelf
So when we gonna get a video on the drinks of DRG?
Lay one on me, Lloyd!
YES!
A quick look at your video titles lately: you ok?
Fantastic idea for an episode Greg. Love the diversity of content
This energy of this video is what I needed today
every time I see you post I just say, fuck yes
Babish style for this series. Try the original, then try to recreate it, and finish you make an improved and a "fancy" style version.
Man this must be the last recorded episode of the day because he is SAUCED right out the gate. We love it!!!
I can’t wait for more of these!!!
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