Fixing a cocktail I don't like: The Mary Pickford
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- Опубликовано: 5 июн 2024
- Today I’m fixing a classic cocktail I don't really like, the Mary Pickford. On paper this recipe looks good - rum and pineapple are the main ingredients (classic combo) with a touch of grenadine and maraschino to add complexity. However, I think this drink falls flat, and I’m blaming the pineapple juice. Full disclosure, I’ve always had it with canned pineapple juice because I don’t have fresh pineapples at all times (and juicing a them is a chore). Maybe that’s my problem, but even so, pineapple juice can be tricky to work with. Wonderful on its own, but mixed with flavors that don’t pop, it can make for a watery drink stuck between sour and sweet. I do think the Mary Pickford has potential though, so today I’m going to workshop the recipe! Typically, I do this prior to filming, but I thought I’d show the process of fixing a recipe to create a cocktail I’m happy with. Hope you enjoy it and try this one for yourself! Cheers! 🍍
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TIME STAMPS
Intro: 0:00
The History: 1:13
The Ingredients: 2:56
Fresh vs Canned: 5:12
Take 3: 6:00
Take 4: 6:49
Secret Ingredient: 7:43
Sips: 8:24
THE MARY PICKFORD (CLASSIC) RECIPE
1.5 oz. (45 ml) Real McCoy 3 Year Rum (or other light rum)
1.5 oz. (45 ml) fresh pineapple juice
1/4 oz. (7.5 ml) homemade grenadine
1/2 bar spoon (2.5 ml) Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur
THE MARY PICKFORD 2.0 (IMPROVED) RECIPE 8:02
1.5 oz. (45 ml) Probitas White Rum
1.5 oz. (45 ml) fresh pineapple juice
1/4 oz. (7.5 ml) homemade grenadine
1/4 oz. (7.5 ml) fresh lime juice
1/4 oz. (7.5 ml) St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram
1/2 bar spoon (2.5 ml) Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur
Pineapple fronds and cocktail cherry for garnish
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Different format today - hope you enjoy the process!🍸
Love this format - so enlightening for us cocktail newbies - please do more!
I love watching the creative process at work! Please do more of these, I want to understand how different ingredients affect cocktails like you did here. Love this!
It was fun to see the process!
Commenting on this thread to say the same, do more of these!!
Loved the video- really cool to see your thought process in changing the recipe. That is the next level in terms of making cocktails that I one day hope to reach. Cheers!
I appreciate Az being on the show because as a "cocktail newb" she offers a different take on what the cocktails taste like. Her opinion is perfectly valid because she represents the majority of people who aren't cocktail enthusiasts.
“Tastes like a college drink” is a perfect description from Az! She’s a great addition to the tasting notes. Also, canned pineapple juice always tastes “tinny” to me and I can’t get beyond it. Maybe juicing my own is the key🤔
I also think canned pineapple has a metallic taste. Maybe a couple of bar spoons of pineapple liqueur will strengthen the otherwise flat taste of a carton one?
The problem with fresh is one pineapple makes a lot so unless you plan on making a lot of pineapple drinks that week it can be wasted. Those cans are great for like 2-3 drinks. A balance of quality vs waste.
@@Ahglock that’s my struggle! I don’t want to drink 14 pineapple drinks in a row just to use up the fresh juice. Maybe more cocktail parties are in order😏
@@Ahglock just eat the rest
True but its consistent=/ I understand the fresh pineapple but if you can't recreate the cocktail then where do you stand? I mean I guess the slight variation in ripeness couldn't do too much- but is it enough to try these new variations with the canned juice or maybe a bottled juice ? Also what about pre- juicing and saving the pineapple juice? I haven't done much experimenting with saving fresh juice and how preserve it as long as possible
Judging by pineapple that I've had in HI, the difference between a fresh pineapple in Chicago and a fresh pineapple in Cuba could also make a huge difference in the success of the drink. Great content as always, great to see your development process.
Excellent point! 🍍 I'd like to have these cocktails in their place of origin. Cheers!
This. I had a fresh pineapple in Central America once. Not only was it better, but the flavor was almost different in some way I can't really describe.
@@gregk8246 you most likely had a different variant. There are many different types of pineapples, some much better than others, but Smooth Cayenn is the variant that typically gets shipped because it fares better than others when shipped and stored.
Right varieties influence the flavor, also being able to harvest the fruit ripe allows for more compounds to develop, usually the fruit is processing compounds while ripening and cutting it early from the plant cuts the sugar supply, taking away the energy for processing.
I guess canned pineapple might not be the best, but def the most consistent, as it can be tweaked post juicing
I can really see this. Had a piña colada at some random place in havana that blew every single one I had had previous and since out of the water. It was just so much richer in taste than anything else I've had.
HAHA I love Az’s commentary at the end - definitely what I would say. Sometimes ya gotta let go of being a purist to find the best sip, IMO. Anders definitely do another “drink repair” video, neat process to watch!
Free Az! I want to hear her unfiltered and on cocktail #3…
@@kevinwallace939 😂 agreed!
Bring back hostile Az! Haha, she almost just totally opened up and told off the purists. Thing is, she's got a point. Pay homage to the originator and to tradition, but accept the fact that virtually no drink is perfect and mixology is an ever-evolving and ever-improving thing.
Definitely enjoyed seeing the process you go through to make cocktails, and I really liked how you explained why you were adding things. As a very amateur mixologist, that is very helpful
Cheers, Michael! Happy you enjoyed it!
LOVED seeing the process. As someone who is new to mixing cocktails I really enjoyed in insight and thought process in swapping things out. The whole time I was thinking you were going to go for a dark rum to punch up the flavor. Thanks and would love more of these.
Came here to post this. I've been doing Pickfords with Zacapa 23 as my rum of choice, and I think it way deepens the flavor.
Hostile Az is my spirit animal. =] Really enjoyed hearing the thought process as the "improved" ("Marie Pickford"?) cocktail was being formulated. Cheers!
I am ALWAYS interested in watching an individual bartender's evolution of a cocktail. Crafting a cocktail can be an expensive hobby, so learning how the pros do it can save me a couple bucks.
Anders, i’ve never commented on a RUclips video before but you’ve drawn me out to say PLEASE continue with this format. I’m a novice in Mixology and seeing your thought process was super helpful!
It's always interesting to see the thought process of a bartender tweaking a drink.
If you want to add more acid without using lime juice, you could try "acidulating" (also known as "acid-adjusting") your pineapple juice. Basically, you just add citric acid and malic acid to your juice until it reaches the acidity of lime juice. You can "acid-adjust" any fruit juice for a cocktail to increase the acid without adding lime or lemon flavors.
I have been taught when using pinapple juice in cocktail you always need to use an additional citrus. Great video.
Interesing.... I do find that Pina Colada tastes much better with a little lime juice, but it never occured to me to add it in a Mary Pickford!
Looks good. If you were putting it on a drink menu I would call it "Mary Pickford's Easy Sister".
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I've been binge-watching your content for the last few days having just discovered your channel, I have learned and laughed a LOT! Also, I'm not sure if it's just your naturally exuberant personalities but it seems like half of these episodes you guys have a bit of a buzz going on and things get a bit loose, which is exactly what it's like in my kitchen when I start making cocktails 😂 it just contributes to the feel of sitting across from the bar with an enthusiastic bar-tender mate experimenting his latest creations, I love that.
I actually really enjoyed watching you build them and talking about the tasting notes and why you’re doing specific things to make your alterations. I’ve been following you for the last year and making just with every drink possible and I love your thought process when you’re building
Always love to see Az's thoughts on the cocktail! This video format was interesting and I'd for sure like to see it again.
I love this type of video where you experiment and share with us the results. Please do more of this!
Love this format! More like this to help us learn how to properly balance cocktails
You did a great job with this one. I personally don’t really like this cocktail without a tiny bit of citrus added to it. But once I add a barspoon of lime juice then it turns amazing. Enjoy your weekend Anders, cheers 🍹
Cheers, David! Amazing what a little citrus can do. Happy Friday, my friend!
This made me read about Mary Pickford. She was amazing! She was always looking for ways to improve film. Your drink does her justice. Maybe call it the Mary Pickford Spotlight
LOVED THIS FORMAT!
I always enjoy your videos! I loved seeing the progression and thought process behind each improvement. Would love to see more like this, building off of other problem cocktails!
Love this format where you can kind of see your self improving drinks. I don't try this super often cause I don't want to waste the drink...so I drink it then I start getting drunk and i'm like "Damn this is good" but by that point it is just whiskey in a glass.
I love watching the process!
Love seeing master at work!
I loved seeing the process!!
I love seeing the process! Thank you!
Love seeing the progressions & revisions!!
This format is great, super interesting to see how your work your way through the improvement process. More of this please!
I love this stuff so much. I love seeing the thought prosses that goes into improving or making a cocktail. I think its interesting and allows new people (Me) an idea of what bartenders think about when making/comparing a cocktail.
Loved seeing the creative process!
I love this format! It's super insightful seeing the process of how you try to tweak a cocktail to your liking, and makes me want to mess around and have fun tweaking recipes to my own tastes! Keep it up Anders
Love this idea for a series! It's helpful to show all these steps for those who want to make their own drinks or improve on a favorite.
I appreciate this channel! Love this format… Hearing the thought process and reasoning behind each adjustment is fantastic. Cheers to you both!
Love the format today! Cannot wait to try your version! Cheers!
Love getting to watch the process!
Lots of fun - definitely do more of this!
Would love to see more cocktail development breakdowns like this! Especially for creating a cocktail recipe of your own
This was absolute perfection.... Love this journey of creativity. Yes, please, do more!
Love this format! I really enjoy the iterative process of making a drink and tweaking it slightly to get it just right. It was really helpful to hear your thought process as you think through how to make adjustments!
One of my favorite drinks, first made for me at Bryant's Cocktail Lounge in Milwaukee, is dark rum, amaretto, pineapple, and lime.
Love the amaretto addition - and love Bryant's! Cheers!
Is it still called Mary Pickford or does it have its own name?
That progression was fantastic. I love watching experts work through flavor combinations. I can't quite figure it out myself in these situations and I appreciate the explanations.
I loved this show. Very interesting to see how you enhance a cocktail
I really enjoyed the progression developing the improved cocktail! More like this would be great. Love your videos!
I spend a massive amount of time on RUclips and this might be my first time ever commenting on any video but this video warrants it. Huge fan of this style of video and matrix style to find the best combination and how the different ingredients interact differently with others. HowToDrink’s margarita episode was fantastic and I love that you are experimenting with a similar concept!
I like this format. We always learn so much. Thank you 😊
Loved seeing this process! MORE PLEASE!
It is just as entertaining (well, almost as entertaining) to watch you make cocktails that you don't enjoy: It's very helpful to see you work at balancing and improving a cocktail. Great channel. I've sent lots of people your way.
Love the process, would love more videos like this one! Helps understand the intricacies of coming up with a good cocktail recipe
I love the iterative process of improving mediocre cocktails. Tinkering is the best part of having a home bar, in my opinion. Finding the perfect additive or combination of additives that transforms a drink is what makes me feel like a creator rather than a recipe-follower.
Definitely do more of these videos. Love learning how small adjustments can improve a cocktail.
love the process, more like this and more Az!!!!!
Really cool seeing the whole process and the thoughts on how to improve on the cocktail! I think this format will help a lot of aspiring bartenders try this with other cocktails, or with their own creations. Great video guys! :)
Really liked the format. I would totally dig more of this. I've been dabbling with cocktails for the last few years at home and only just came across your channel a few weeks ago and have been gobbling it up. Keep up the great work!
Loved watching the process!! Learned so much from this and from all of your videos!!
I absolutely love when you fix drinks.
please do it more often.
I love that you show us the process. So nice to get a glimpse into what "mixology" really means! So cool!
In this video, I love the journey you took me on to get to the perfect cocktail. Do more videos like this, please.
Great video again. Seen them all and love how you’re both growing and developing as youtubers and hosts.
I love this format
Long time watcher but 1st time commenter here. I can say for certain this is my favourite of all your contents, watching you build and modify a recipe to improve it is so interesting and gives me so much insight into trying to make my own drinks
Hilarious at the end! I am thrilled to see the process behind improving a recipe to personal taste, thank you both!
Love seeing the process, super educational and helps me experiment better at home!
Seeing the process of tweaking and figuring out how to fill in the beginning, middle & end of a cocktail is wonderful! I'd love to understand more options for things that can fill in those gaps in other cocktails that fall flat.
Love the experimentation and thought process. It is helpful to me because that is what I enjoy doing at home. Having an experienced bartender show me their process is very insightful! Do more videos like this! :)
Great video! I like that we can see the thought process and reasoning behind why certain things are added. Id definitely like to see more Anders tinkering with drinks!
This was fun. Do another! Love watching the progression.
Fantastic Video. Loved seeing the evolution of your thought process. Thank you
This was fun to watch! Yes, would love to see you starting including regular to semi-regular workshop type videos.
oohh i just love love loved getting to witness a bit of your process of creating a cocktail. would love to see you come up with an original of yours in this format! very inspiring
Great video, Anders! I had this cocktail on my list to make next and now I want to make your version. Thanks!
Love this format! Keep em coming!
Great video! I loved seeing your method and thought process for tweaking a recipe. Definitely interested in more videos like this
Cool to see the evolution of the cocktail
Definitely enjoyed watching the progression on this one. Great video as always!
Love this format. Would love to see this process applied to other drinks too! Or maybe you could recreate it for some of the cocktails that you've already landed on your favorite version of? It's fun and educational to watch how you break down the taste profile and figure out whats "missing"
Really enjoyed the workshopping. Please more vids like this!
I always make it a point to watch your new videos. They got me making drinks at home. THIS WAS THE BEST!!! I really like how you showed the progression and the thinking. More please. Also, mo Az, mo betta. :)
I love seeing cocktails improved! Especially when it's just using better ingredients and adjusting ratios, maybe adding something, but still staying true to the original core idea, and not a full reconstruction that's basically a totally new drink.
I'm so glad you did this video! You have been a great inspiration to me and have made me not only want to learn how to make craft cocktails, but I've started trying to experiment with creating my own. It's been an expensive ride (thanks 😆) building up the bar, tools, glassware, etc. but it's really grown and I'm having a blast (so are my friends, who love my "test kitchen" as they like to call it). Anyway, I loved watching your process for improving/fixing a drink. I really want to learn more about how to balance drinks and combine ingredients and understand how different types of ingredients interact and what they do to a drink. Yes please, more videos like this!!!
I enjoyed watching the process
I'm blown away by how good this cocktail is now, thanks to your improvements. I'd been struggling with the same issue of not liking it for years, but feeling like there was a good cocktail in there somewhere. You've found it! The addition of Allspice dram is genius. Thanks to your ideas it's still a Mary Pickford but immeasurably better. Thank you, Anders! I also found that throwing your version, rather than shaking it, also helped (it sounds pretentious and unnecessary, but trust me it works).
The process was awesome 😎
Loved seeing the progression and the rationale behind the modifications. Totally loved Az’s forthrightness, “mediocre at best”, genius!😂 More of both please!
I do enjoy seeing the work-shopping process. There's little bits of info that come out, that are really helpful.
This is my favorite way of viewing these, getting two sides of something you're working on with small adjusments as you go
Loved the extended format. I do hope to see it more often. We NEED more Anders content!
This was an amazing version! Thank you Anders and Az
1. Love the “workshop” video
2. As always, love Az’s commentary
3. Thank you!
Ooo very much appreciated the troubleshoot format!! This helps when we’re at home and in a spot where we need to tweak our drinks!
I would love more videos in this format. Developing the thought process to make drinks and improve on them is very interesting compared to following a recipe. If I'm going to throw together a cocktail with what I have in the house, knowing how to pick flavors and adjust will go a long way.
That was excellent. I liked that you took an original and made it better and showed the process to us.
This was fun to watch the process. I am going to try this recipe.
Loved seeing the process!!! Would definitely be interested in watching more like this
This was so interesting to watch evolve; it's inspiring to see your creative mind at work! Thank you, Anders!
Very fun video watching the progression of this cocktail! More like this, please.
I definitely like seeing he process. Super interesting
I've seen a lot if not all your videos and this one is my favorite! i would love this same structure in another video!
Love this video! I want to experiment with creating/riffing on drinks, so I’d definitely like to see more like this!