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  • Taking a trip back to the 1990s and making drinks inspired by some of the most memorable drinks found at a 7-11.
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    00:00 - Welcome to the 1990s
    00:30 - Kool-Aid Bursts
    03:00 - SunnyD
    4:19 - Tasting Notes
    05:08 - Orbitz
    08:51 - Tasting Notes
    09:55 - Attempt 2
    10:27 - Tasting Notes
    11:11 - CapriSun, Hi-C and Clearly Canadian
    14:43 - Crystal Pepsi
    17:39 - Tasting Notes
    19:55 - Back to 2023
    Vodka Bursty Blaster:
    Build in glass
    2 oz. or 30 ml. Vodka
    1 oz. or 30 ml. Lime Juice
    Add some Seltzer
    Add half Cherry Kool-Aid Burst
    Really Shouldn't Have Gone to my High School Reunion:
    Build in glass
    Fill glass with crushed ice
    2 oz. or 60 ml. Pinnacle Whipped Cream Vodka
    1 oz. or 30 ml. Vodka
    1.5 oz. or 45 ml. Sunny D
    Float of Rumchata
    Orbitz for Dirty Mouths:
    Build in mixing glass
    1.5 oz. or 45 ml. Gin
    1 oz. or 30 ml. Cherry Blossom Syrup
    1-2 drops of Orange Blossom Water
    4 drops of Orange Bitters
    1 barspoon Chartreuse
    Put orange peel into mixing glass
    Add ice and stir
    Strain into glass
    Add scoop of boba pearls
    Top with Seltzer
    Orbitz fast & easy booking
    Build in shaker
    2 oz. or 60 ml. Gin
    .25 oz. or 8 ml. St. Germain Liqueur
    Drop or two of orange blossom water
    1 oz. or 30 ml. Rose Blossom Syrup
    .5 oz. or 15 ml. Velvet Falernum
    Add ice and shake
    Strain into glass
    Add Seltzer
    Add scoop of boba pearls
    Crystal Pepsi:
    Build in shaker
    1.5 oz. or 45 ml. Rhum J.M.
    .5 oz. or 15 ml. Vanilla Vodka
    .75 oz. or 22 ml. Simple Syrup
    .5 oz. or 15 ml. Lemon Juice
    .5 oz. or 15 ml. Lime Juice
    Add ice and shake
    Strain into glass
    Top with seltzer
    Garnish with mint
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  • @howtodrink
    @howtodrink  Год назад +143

    Is it a generational thing? Do kids still drink stuff like this? Seems absolutely nuts in retrospect!
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    • @danielsantiagourtado3430
      @danielsantiagourtado3430 Год назад +3

      I loved sunny d!😊😊😊

    • @Alfiy_Wolf
      @Alfiy_Wolf Год назад

      Looking at some of these drinks and the crazy chemicals they have in it no wonder the younger generation has so many issues

    • @saltysepreme
      @saltysepreme Год назад +2

      I got a Suggestion. For a Episode, make Smoothies from The Game "Grounded"
      I love the game I think its a bit underrated.
      Idk if you read comments. But I would like to hear your feedback about this idea

    • @craigbryant9925
      @craigbryant9925 Год назад +3

      An American specific generational thing, I think. As a South African I only recognise Capri Sun and I think that maybe I saw Orbitz at a candy importer a few times in the late 90s but it would have been far too expensive for me because most things at those stores were. I'm fairly certain that companies were actively trying to kill kids in the 80s and 90s.

    • @kulled
      @kulled Год назад +1

      you are not la beast

  • @tehfiredog
    @tehfiredog Год назад +1400

    This is the rare HTD where it feels like Greg is sobering up throughout the episode instead of the reverse 😁

    • @blakksheep736
      @blakksheep736 Год назад +3

      ​@@XCodes specifically vodka?

    • @nickwood8826
      @nickwood8826 Год назад +4

      You're weirdly kind of right.

    • @fearjunkie
      @fearjunkie Год назад +6

      He's not just sobering up. He's getting knurd.

    • @blakksheep736
      @blakksheep736 Год назад +1

      @@fearjunkie nerd

    • @Daszkal
      @Daszkal Год назад +3

      I don't know if that's actually what's happening but I definitely see what your seeing lol

  • @kareningram6093
    @kareningram6093 Год назад +971

    I can not believe you opened that old bottle of Orbitz, inhaled the mold spores, and then put it in your mouth. Please don't die, Greg.

    • @chrisclark9209
      @chrisclark9209 Год назад +118

      Next HTD episode: "The Walking Greg"

    • @adams3627
      @adams3627 Год назад +62

      ​@@chrisclark9209 "The Last of Greg"

    • @blakksheep736
      @blakksheep736 Год назад +9

      And definitely _don't_ become a zombie!

    • @basementboy1910
      @basementboy1910 Год назад +27

      if the L.A Beast can handle the orbitz, greg should be fine

    • @r.f.switch5847
      @r.f.switch5847 Год назад +12

      @@adams3627 "Greg Rising."

  • @Hyperion123
    @Hyperion123 Год назад +716

    If you ever revisit this, I believe the Orbitz were suspended in the liquid by adjusting the density with xanthan gum--this was a common high school chemistry experiment in the early 2000s.

    • @Spade_FoxDerg
      @Spade_FoxDerg Год назад +73

      yeah they used a water-soluble similar to the one you mentioned, but what they actually used was Gellan gum. neat stuff :)

    • @scaper8
      @scaper8 Год назад +25

      My brothers and I loved that shit back in the day. So sad it was discontinued.

    • @KynElwynn
      @KynElwynn Год назад +32

      Boba certainly made me think of Orbitz when I first came upon it. I fondly recall my high school friend trying Orbitz for the first time and exclaiming in dismay, “It’s got chunks!”

    • @quadoduece
      @quadoduece Год назад +8

      American boba lol

    • @Zzyzzyzzs
      @Zzyzzyzzs Год назад +8

      ​@@Spade_FoxDerg Yeah the wiki page for Orbitz says just as much. They're very similar substances but gellan is derived from a different microorganism to xanthan.

  • @nathangreenberg3683
    @nathangreenberg3683 Год назад +529

    Capri is an island in Italy. Typified by its artificially sweetened drink pouches.

    • @blakksheep736
      @blakksheep736 Год назад +12

      And it's earthquakes.

    • @OSCARMlLDE
      @OSCARMlLDE Год назад +13

      and mom pants!

    • @MattWinkler1
      @MattWinkler1 Год назад +31

      I have fuzzy memories from college of pouring two shots of tequila in a glass with red Gatorade, squeezing a pouch of Capri Sun in, and dubbing it a "Capri-la sunrise".
      As is traditional in Italy, probably.

    • @francislelievre5172
      @francislelievre5172 Год назад +9

      the island is named for it's livestock; greek Kapros boar &or latin Caprae goats.

    • @nathangreenberg3683
      @nathangreenberg3683 Год назад +10

      @@francislelievre5172 interesting but I’m pretty sure it’s actually the artificially flavored drink pouches with tiny straws

  • @lw3764
    @lw3764 Год назад +413

    *Greg takes the koolaid *
    "I'm gonna put some vodka in this, because what else am I gonna put in this."
    I'm sensing a theme for this episode, and that is "drinks that I would have made when I was 17"

    • @Sniperboy5551
      @Sniperboy5551 Год назад +12

      Vodka does go well with basically anything

    • @Kaotiqua
      @Kaotiqua Год назад +18

      @@Sniperboy5551 First time I experienced Everclear was mixed with koolaid. It became an alcoholic theme song of my pre-legal drinking adventures. XD

    • @lw3764
      @lw3764 Год назад

      @@Kaotiqua ahhh yes, Everclear, the favorite of all underage drinkers who want to get way too fucked up way too fast.😄

    • @mellifera_312
      @mellifera_312 Год назад +3

      I used to drink Grey Goose in Kool aid. Because I'm ridiculous.

    • @scottpeltier3977
      @scottpeltier3977 Год назад +3

      I mean he coulda put a lot of other things in that koolaid. I heard Jonestown loves putting additives that burn the throat in their drinks

  • @fummifummi8124
    @fummifummi8124 Год назад +175

    In college my friends and I would drink "Estus flasks" aka Sunny D topped off with the cheapest sparkling wine we could get and we THRIVED we we're living our worst lives and loving it

    • @MrJakson112
      @MrJakson112 Год назад +18

      poor mans mimosas?

    • @thekingofwaterfowl7766
      @thekingofwaterfowl7766 Год назад +14

      Gonna need some fire keeper souls to help it go down

    • @Tuntor689
      @Tuntor689 11 месяцев назад +5

      How many souls to buy one? Or do I just create the flask and it’ll regenerate?

    • @cftvdata
      @cftvdata 9 месяцев назад +9

      Reminds me of when I was 19 and my friend gifted me two very fancy bottles of red wine (for some reason). I was not a wine drinker at all, and there was a block party going on, so we mixed up a jug of cherry Crystal Light, poured the wine in, funnelled it back into a couple of empty pop bottles and called it "ghetto sangria". The blackout that this stuff induced in both of us - and the hangovers that followed - were truly one of a kind.

    • @the_real_mr_wolff
      @the_real_mr_wolff 9 месяцев назад +2

      @fummifummi8124 that goes so hard

  • @theotherVLF
    @theotherVLF Год назад +378

    I remember downing those Kool-aid bursts after helping with yard work at my grandma's. Flavor always reminded me of a mildly sad, melted, generic popsicle.

    • @TheMcSlenderman
      @TheMcSlenderman Год назад +21

      Hell yeah, dude. Those were The ORIGINAL cracking open a Cold One with the boys!

    • @tehfiredog
      @tehfiredog Год назад +2

      Yeah, exactly... that's the best way to describe how they tasted.

    • @MaroonKing03
      @MaroonKing03 Год назад +4

      I think my mom bought me and my sister Squeezits more often than the Kool-Aid Bursts but I can't imagine there was really any difference.

    • @paladonis
      @paladonis Год назад +6

      I mean, honestly, it was probably the same mix. Kool-Aid, OtterPops, Humming bird food, etc. That's why we went Caprisun!

    • @TreeHairedGingerAle
      @TreeHairedGingerAle Год назад +5

      The 90s I think is when companies started realizing that if they flavor a product only mildly, then they can keep you coming back: looking for the almost-promised flavor, while never actually being satisfied, and that we'd just keep trying as long as we didn't think too hard about it 😅

  • @opolisk
    @opolisk Год назад +133

    Pretty sure the whole deal with crystal pepsi is that its the same recipe as regular pepsi except they remove the caramel which makes it taste more like a citrus drink rather then a regular cola. You can still get it in Canada during the summer and I love it.

    • @OutsideGalaxy
      @OutsideGalaxy Год назад +13

      Not me frantically googling how much it would cost to ship it from Canada to the states

    • @anegwa
      @anegwa 9 месяцев назад

      Never seen it in saskatchewan

    • @SgtPnkks
      @SgtPnkks 9 месяцев назад

      No, the original crystal Pepsi (and the reissue) was an attempt to hit the same flavor but clear... The flavor was just a slight variation of normal Pepsi
      When they discontinued crystal Pepsi they changed the formula to give it that citrus taste and simply called it "crystal" which is why many people confuse the two

    • @opolisk
      @opolisk 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@SgtPnkks I was talking about the original / reissue. It does still taste a lot like regular pepsi but without the caramel I find its a lot closer to a citrus drink then like a classic cola, cola in the end is just a spiced citrus drink anyways.
      I've never tried the changed formula before, was it any good? (I assume no because they discontinued it not long after trying the change)

    • @QuinnZip
      @QuinnZip 9 месяцев назад +1

      i’m so glad to hear that it’s still around in the summer in parts of Canada, because i have seen it around Québec but i was worried that the dépanneur i visited in Sherbrooke might have just not gotten rid of some very expired soda for a while 😭

  • @bonefat21
    @bonefat21 Год назад +174

    The Orbitz drink would have been a good use for that pourable xanthan gum thickener that you made for the Destiny episode

  • @Sammie1053
    @Sammie1053 Год назад +45

    As someone who loves cherry flavors, including artificial cherry, when you were talking about how there was nothing you could add that would enhance the mild flavor of a Kool-Aid Burst without overwhelming it, I was staring at the bottle of Luxardo in the top left of the frame and screaming internally.

  • @samiraperi467
    @samiraperi467 Год назад +271

    This is HTD meets Ashens. It'll be a horrorshow.

  • @joshllorens4514
    @joshllorens4514 Год назад +103

    I love when the tasting notes spell it "Ahrangy"

    • @adams3627
      @adams3627 Год назад +4

      Editor Greg is Drunk Greg's greatest enemy

  • @benzo___
    @benzo___ Год назад +160

    Pepsi Clear instantly reminds me of that video where a dude chugs the bottle then violently vomits 5 minutes later

  • @edfreak9001
    @edfreak9001 Год назад +71

    For April Fool's or even just any meaningfully special occasion you should try swapping places with Meredith for an episode, she makes the drinks and keeps up the chatter while you're on standby if needed and making sure things are recording right, etc.

  • @serioushex3893
    @serioushex3893 Год назад +29

    What you're remembering, is the CITRUS crystal pepsi. which was even more limited of a run. OG crystal pepsi is just pepsi without caramel color. they did release a special Citrus flavored one which was only available for i want to say 6 months or so.

  • @infernophoenix99
    @infernophoenix99 Год назад +45

    As someone who has watched Ashens consume A LOT of things as old as the Orbitz or older, I thank you for your service today Greg. Never seemed like anything a rational human being should do or watch, but its always entertaining.

  • @driverjayne
    @driverjayne Год назад +43

    The sunny d one kinda reminds me of my "famous" punch that I used to make. Equal parts sunny d and mango juice then every flavor of "tropical" vodka or rum you can get your hands on (pineapple, mango, orange, banana, etc. Not coconut though. Coconut ruins it.) I called it Sunday morning sunshine, or then eventually just Sunshine. It tastes delicious and you will get alcohol poisoning from it lol.

  • @SolaScientia
    @SolaScientia Год назад +41

    I'm really, really glad I hadn't taken a sip of my coffee when "stuffed with D" showed up in the vid. All the 90s nostalgia going around makes me laugh a bit. I now know how my parents probably feel seeing 60s and 70s nostalgia where the nostalgia hits the main bits but misses the subtleties. All the little nuances that made the 90s the 90s tend to be missing. Not to mention that there's a fair bit overlap with mid-90s through the first half of the 00s. That or it's just all mixed up. I graduated high school in 06 and one of my coworkers informed that that's the year she was born. I sort of just stared at her and wondered where the hell the time has gone. The 90s still feel like 10 years ago to me, not more like the 30 they are...

    • @blakksheep736
      @blakksheep736 Год назад +1

      What job do you have that your coworker is 16-17?

    • @SolaScientia
      @SolaScientia Год назад

      @@blakksheep736 I work in my town's vet clinic. We have a boarding building/facility that is part of it, so we have teens that work there part-time. Usually weekends during the school yet and then a few more hours during the summer.

    • @blakksheep736
      @blakksheep736 Год назад

      @@SolaScientia I see.

  • @Spade_FoxDerg
    @Spade_FoxDerg Год назад +23

    9:30 in the original drink they used Gellan gum, a water-soluble, to "suspend" the little orbs in their drink and it worked because it made the orbs and liquid equal density. PHYSICS!

  • @Thybr1d9
    @Thybr1d9 Год назад +15

    Looking forward to the next batch of generational nostalgia cocktails like: Affording A Mortgage, Working In A Field You Love After University & Making A Real Difference.

  • @maplesyrup76
    @maplesyrup76 Год назад +35

    Love Crystal Pepsi! They re-release it here in western Canada almost every year of late for a few months. We load up.

  • @joshXnovak1
    @joshXnovak1 Год назад +32

    11:12 caprisuns are a shell of their former selves. They’re half flavored and sweetened with artificial sweetener. They’re absolute dog water now.

    • @MySqueezingArm
      @MySqueezingArm Год назад +5

      Thank you. I was trying to figure out if I was just too old, if my nostalgia goggles were on, etc. I thought I was nuts.

  • @pixelatedgeek
    @pixelatedgeek Год назад +12

    The music at the beginning of the Crystal Pepsi part, specifically the editing of the beats in the music with the cuts in the video when you're trying the vanilla vodka, really nicely done.

  • @77Brainfreeze
    @77Brainfreeze Год назад +27

    I just bought some Clearly Canadian 2 weeks ago. It's horribly expensive compared to what it was in my youth. I remember it being a little more expensive than a can of soda but it was over $3 a bottle now. It was fun introducing my kids to a little of my 90s nostalgia and it tastes way better than any carbonated water/ seltzer IMHO. Also there use to be 100s of coolaid flavors and now there are 10 or so.

    • @MidanMagistrate
      @MidanMagistrate Год назад +7

      Him saying the Clearly Canadian was sweet kinda irritated me tbh, and the flavors are very natural, specifically strawberry

    • @Zzyzzyzzs
      @Zzyzzyzzs Год назад +2

      It wasn't even that sweet back then. I remember cos we celebrate Chinese New Year in my family, which involves lots of people dropping by to visit so you always need a cooler of drinks on standby, and Mom went out of her way to buy an industrial quantity of Clearly Canadian (a very fringe import in our country even then) because she tasted how un-sweet it was and wanted to be the "responsible one", not just stock with a bunch of Coke and Sprite like everyone else in our family did. I distinctly remember loving the apple one the most, followed by the blackberry. Oh and it's hilarious how Greg notes the difficulty with the cap, cos they were like that back then too. I've only ever cut myself on one drink bottle and it was opening a Clearly Canadian. Slashed my thumb right open!

    • @jonathanweir6084
      @jonathanweir6084 Год назад

      Hundreds? The two blue ones were introduced and are still around. The had this pink one that had to do with a dinosaur. Maybe they had lime at one point. Strawberry is still in effect I believe. Hard to find orange now. But I don't think it went over how many flavors of jello or jolly ranchers they had at the time. There is a mango orange that is newer.

  • @Karlfalcon
    @Karlfalcon Год назад +15

    Orbitz! I used to BEG my Mom to buy me one to try - the Pina Colada specifically. I remember it being freakishly syrupy but a big MEH on flavor. Sadly, that one drink informed my palette as to what a Pina Colada should taste like for the next 15 years!

  • @HisVirusness
    @HisVirusness Год назад +20

    I remember when those blue Kool-Aids were called, "The Great Bluedini". To me, they taste the exact same as they did 30 years ago.
    ...Yeah, I might have had one recently on purpose.

  • @CinHotlanta
    @CinHotlanta Год назад +44

    I still remember getting high and drinking Orbitz - I'd imagine it does not age well 😁
    the Clearly Canadian blackberry was also my jam 😆 SO much sugar

  • @TheErbs
    @TheErbs Год назад +5

    Before they discontinued it we did a whole bunch of different surge mixes. You should see if you could get a hold of that. Absolutely delicious.

  • @JamieMcLochlin
    @JamieMcLochlin Год назад +26

    I only discovered Clearly Canadian like 2 or 3 years ago and, after trying each flavor, Mountain Blackberry has become one of my favorite things to drink. 😂 I don't have it very often because it's expensive, but I was actually finishing up a bottle of it as I clicked on this video. 😂
    This is the first time I've ever questioned the faith I had in Greg's judgment.

    • @Dylan5484
      @Dylan5484 11 месяцев назад

      The strawberry one is my favorite! They have new lime and some other flavors now too including sugar free bottles with new flavors! Fr tho so expensive but so good.

    • @TheTanoshimu
      @TheTanoshimu 11 месяцев назад

      Mountain blackberry is my favorite

    • @josh1216
      @josh1216 11 месяцев назад

      Yeah, the peach one is my favorite. 😄 I'm just going to assume that moldy Orbitz ravaged his taste buds...

    • @KristineMaitland
      @KristineMaitland 4 месяца назад

      Testify. Mountain Blackberry all the way. Expensive but cheaper at Sobey's than 7/11 in Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦

  • @RennacBTW
    @RennacBTW Год назад +5

    Sobe and Elements drinks were also some favourites. Glass bottles for the win

  • @davedixon2167
    @davedixon2167 Год назад +10

    I think you guys may be conflating the two different Crystal variants! The original Crystal Pepsi was supposed to be just Pepsi without any colorant - tasted largely like regular Pepsi to me without the extra vanilla or lemon you seemed to note - but then after that one was discontinued, they brought out "Crystal " which a lemon citrus soda, and looked the same. It was confusing at the time as well.

  • @lthez
    @lthez Год назад +11

    I really want orbitz to come back. Im not brave enough to get and drink one from the late 90s

  • @ryanroyce
    @ryanroyce Год назад +7

    A group I used to hang with (Duckstock) had a signature mixed drink (Duck Juice) they made that used Sunny D as a primary ingredient. The other ingredients were three types of rum, pineapple juice, and maraschino cherry juice. I don't recall the proportions of it, unfortunately, but I could probably get ahold of the recipe if you wanted to know it.

  • @dpyer
    @dpyer Год назад +10

    Capri sun also changed their recipe somewhat recently. It has way less sugar now, but it tastes MUCH sweeter

    • @saqwana25
      @saqwana25 Год назад +4

      Probably using Splenda or stevia which are sweeter tasting then sugar.

    • @InnocentGuillotine
      @InnocentGuillotine 6 месяцев назад

      @@saqwana25god, what a fucking crime. Artificial sweeteners all taste like metal and adding them to something that doesn't have much else going on is a Mistake.

    • @saqwana25
      @saqwana25 6 месяцев назад

      @@InnocentGuillotine stevia is a natural plant that just happens to be non caloric.

  • @alekseimonizmirov1395
    @alekseimonizmirov1395 Год назад +5

    Oh god, Orbitz. Between those and these Elemental Cooler things that read like a Captain Planet lineup, they're vividly impressed in my brain as tasting like writing classes at UVa in the mid-90s. I can feel the texture in my mouth just sitting here.
    We're all ancient mariners now, look out for albatross.

  • @laceym1226
    @laceym1226 Год назад +8

    The nostalgia that hit me when the Orbitz appeared! I used to love the orange one as a precocious 90's youth 🧡

  • @AsteroidWrangler
    @AsteroidWrangler Год назад +3

    "Maybe some dye" says Greg, looking at two exceedingly red kool-aid blasts.
    Yeah. Maybe some dye indeed.

  • @nathanclark3575
    @nathanclark3575 Год назад +4

    I think we're at a point where Greg could easily take the greatest hits of his on the fly makes and perfect them then have others do an a/b with the thing he was inspired by. Fun episode. Took me way back.

  • @NostalgiaChan
    @NostalgiaChan Год назад +3

    I remember being so upset as a kid when Squeezits were discontinued and Kool-Aid Bursts were all that was left. Even as the kind of kid who couldn't tell the difference between Coke and Pepsi, I knew Bursts tasted like a phantom of what Squeezits were.

  • @richardblkmann3298
    @richardblkmann3298 Год назад +11

    I hate that I saw "30 year old drinks" and immediately thought 1970's

  • @brandonp7503
    @brandonp7503 Год назад +19

    I'm getting over a stomach bug, so all I can think is, "How SICK did you get from drinking all that expired stuff!?"

    • @Sniperboy5551
      @Sniperboy5551 Год назад +2

      Maybe the alcohol killed off the nasty stuff

    • @TheRusty
      @TheRusty Год назад +8

      With the exception of the orbitz, all of these are still available on the market, though sometimes limited runs. Crystal Pepsi was re-released for a short time in 2022 as its "30th anniversary," while Clearly Canadian, Hi-C, Kool-Aid, and Sunny Delight are all still regular market items. Even Orbitz may have been re-released a few times promotionally (I struggle to believe a bottle full of sugar and proteins would only have "some" mold in it after 30 years)

  • @thatdoggo5254
    @thatdoggo5254 Год назад +6

    Aside from a walk down nostalgia lane this episode, I love watching your content. Especially the slow-mo pours, quite satisfying and occasionally educational for future drink making.

  • @lostinthemasses
    @lostinthemasses Год назад +3

    The original Crystal Pepsi was caffeine free and caramel color free. It still tasted like cola and was an excellent mixer. The creamy citrus thing was a different beverage called like Crystal From Pepsi. The reissue of Crystal Pepsi has caffeine and it doesn't mix nearly as well because of that.

  • @walmartsucks1995
    @walmartsucks1995 Год назад +2

    on a random note greg, Four Loko is doing a partnership with Malort and we know you love Malort

  • @MakoBytesYT
    @MakoBytesYT Год назад +3

    Australia had something similar to the kool-aid bursts. They were called Koola Bears and may still be around. My town has one specific shop that sold them, and it's still open so I might eventually check. They had the same kind of "chew it open like a savage since you're a kid with no scissors" top, and were shaped like sitting Koala Bears :) I'm a 2000s kid and they were my favourite lil treat

    • @MakoBytesYT
      @MakoBytesYT 11 месяцев назад

      they're still available! bought one of each three flavours today, a childhood treat :)

  • @LORDOFDORKNESS42
    @LORDOFDORKNESS42 Год назад +7

    Have you guys heard of Super Juice?
    Pretty interesting food chemistry thing to get maximum juice out of just one, two citruses, using citric and malic acid to get a concentrate using peals & everything. Haven't tried it myself, yet, but it's supposed to taste basically just like fresh squeezed once topped up with water, but for a fraction of the ingredient costs.
    Not sure if its worth a full episode or anything like that, but reading about it reminded me of your syrup & grenadine episodes so thought it worth a mention.

    • @Sniperboy5551
      @Sniperboy5551 Год назад +1

      I watched that video as well, but I’m forgetting what channel it was

  • @racheltuomi8695
    @racheltuomi8695 Год назад +1

    This video was great,loved it!😀Orbits was one of my go to drinks back then. I remember Ecto Cooler too and Jolt Cola,wish they had some of this stuff back in stores

  • @DrSir-ww8bi
    @DrSir-ww8bi Год назад

    Absolutely loved this one. Smashed it.

  • @graymonk5972
    @graymonk5972 Год назад +3

    omg i used to drink blue kool aid bursts everyday at school in the early 2010s!! (i’m a zoomer lmao)
    i used to chew through the plastic on the bottom and drink it the wrong way. i was a strange child

    • @kevinwells9751
      @kevinwells9751 Год назад

      I did the same but in the early 2000's instead (I'm a millenial lol)

  • @TheCouzOnline
    @TheCouzOnline Год назад +6

    I desperately want to make the crystal cocktail now! sounds so good

  • @angelacaravella9339
    @angelacaravella9339 Год назад +2

    I was once at a hotel bar near Punxsutawney, PA on groundhogs day and they made tequila sunrises with Sunny D in place of orange juice. It was the greatest substitute of all time! My friend and I spent the whole night drinking those and watching Breaking Amish on the TV in the bar, definitely a great way to celebrate groundhogs day after going to gobblers knob!

  • @BardicGM
    @BardicGM Год назад +3

    If any of these bottles are actually 24-33 years old rather than modern samples of the product then there is significant degradation from the water acting as solvent and potential sun damage. Still really fun to watch.

  • @eXiLe824
    @eXiLe824 Год назад +3

    Orange Hi-C always makes me think of my friends and I back in high school Frankensteining McChicken/McDouble sandwich abominations at McDonald's. I can still taste those memories 15 years later

  • @BlakeTheGamblingHero
    @BlakeTheGamblingHero Год назад +4

    i think the best way you could have made the Orbitz drink have the boba floating around would be hte same method you did with the Carbon Freeze in the Galaxys Edge video, using those cups that have the puck of dry ice at the bottom.

  • @lolzguyl
    @lolzguyl Год назад +1

    I really like this as a video concept. Maybe not with 1990s drinks but the recreation through cocktails idea is cool!

  • @tonysonions2860
    @tonysonions2860 Год назад

    I forgot about this channel! Good to see you're doing well Greg! Will start watching your streams again after I leave he military ❤

  • @ReviewyCA
    @ReviewyCA Год назад +6

    Man, I legit loved Orbitz back in the day!

    • @scaper8
      @scaper8 Год назад +2

      Same. My brothers and I would get some usually once a week after school. Good times.

  • @SuigetsuIsArt
    @SuigetsuIsArt Год назад +4

    that sunny d drink with whipped cream vodka took me back to 2 separate terrible college drinking experiences ... very nice nostalgia burst right there

  • @Kt4nk
    @Kt4nk Год назад

    Big fan Greg, been watching for a while and I always love your stuff. Keep doing what you're doing!

  • @mattia_carciola
    @mattia_carciola Год назад +1

    Never had any of those drinks as a European guy born in '98 who never really drank much juices and sodas even compared to other kids my age but it still was a very interesting episode! We could see how inspired you were while recreating

  • @LDRtheRaptorJesus
    @LDRtheRaptorJesus Год назад +3

    The first convention I ever went to like 8 or so years ago had a cocktail that was being passed around called the "Esther's flask" and it was basically just sunny d and fireball whiskey. I actually really liked it at the time. haven't had it since though.

    • @karak962
      @karak962 11 месяцев назад

      Lord, I can't drink for lots of reasons however I have a ridiculous curiosity for tasting awful things and that's so devious it would be something I tried 😂😂😂😂❤

  • @apotofpie1403
    @apotofpie1403 Год назад +7

    if you're looking for another video game inspired episode i'd recommend deep rock galactic. it has alot of drinks but no actual recipes so i would love to see what you can come up with.

    • @cacophonythegoblin8381
      @cacophonythegoblin8381 Год назад +2

      I second this, a Deep Rock Galactic episode would be amazing.
      ROCK AND STONE BROTHER.

    • @apotofpie1403
      @apotofpie1403 Год назад +2

      @@cacophonythegoblin8381 Rock And Stone Brother!!!

    • @arbiterprime2145
      @arbiterprime2145 Год назад

      For Rock and Stone!!

    • @roadwolf2
      @roadwolf2 11 месяцев назад

      Already done them

  • @JStegProductions
    @JStegProductions Год назад +2

    Literally perfect timing since I'm having a 90s themed party this weekend

  • @Chocomint_Queen
    @Chocomint_Queen 4 месяца назад +1

    Fun fact about Orbitz: it's just Clearly Canadian with funny bits in it, and the density adjusted with gellan gum so the bits float. It's the same drink, otherwise. Even the bottles are the same.

  • @Wondering_Ghoul
    @Wondering_Ghoul Год назад +3

    OMG....I LOVED Orbitz!!!

  • @joshuab738
    @joshuab738 Год назад +4

    So many memories! I remember chugging an orbitz and vomiting all the gel beads out. I really liked crystal Pepsi.

  • @hunnidisblack9337
    @hunnidisblack9337 10 месяцев назад

    glad i found this channel its so interesting!

    • @howtodrink
      @howtodrink  10 месяцев назад

      Thank you and welcome!

  • @luvzdogz
    @luvzdogz Год назад

    I loved Clearly Canadian back in the 90s. I recently found it being sold at a World Market store and HAD to buy a few bottles out of nostalgia. And, turns out, still love it!! LOL it's better than other flavored seltzer drinks. Maybe cuz it's "all natural." Wish it was more readily available again!

  • @LinvestigatesMC
    @LinvestigatesMC Год назад +4

    SunnyD made a vodka seltzer. Its surprisingly decent.

  • @gendissaray
    @gendissaray Год назад +4

    Ever thought of doing pokemon themed drinks?

    • @The_Legend47
      @The_Legend47 Год назад

      That might be cool & interesting.... (Fireball Whisky for the Fire types; something that tastes like mint(?) possibly for the Grass types).....

    • @The_Legend47
      @The_Legend47 Год назад

      Greg could research these and demonstrate his findings in a future video

  • @CloudStudiosPhoto
    @CloudStudiosPhoto 11 месяцев назад

    I love this content! For some reason I’m hearing the voice of Greg Universe from Steven Universe as a bartender who lets choice words fly all while recreating 90s and early 2000s kids drinks but with alcohol and I love it 😂🤙🏽🔥

  • @Precisionreelworks
    @Precisionreelworks Год назад +1

    This is HTD meets the LA Beast! Need a collab to make cocktails out of 90s beverages

  • @Rosebuddy007
    @Rosebuddy007 Год назад +20

    I went to a drag queen bingo event, and they had a drink made up of 99 Bananas, SunnyD, and a splash of 7Up.
    It was… interesting to say the least… 😂

    • @gateauxq4604
      @gateauxq4604 Год назад +1

      That’s the most drag drink Ive seen in a while 😆

    • @Rosebuddy007
      @Rosebuddy007 Год назад

      @@gateauxq4604 And what makes it even better, it was at the local Polish hall. And they know how to DRINK

  • @zack4543
    @zack4543 Год назад +3

    I'm wondering what the hell was wrong with the blackberry clearly canadian. I buy it whenever I can and its never let me down before 🤔

  • @zetsuki4207
    @zetsuki4207 Год назад

    I found Clearly Canadian here in Sweden too, but the bottles were blue, and it was sugarfree! The peach flavour was so good!

  • @officialhawke
    @officialhawke Год назад

    you should do an episode around the popping boba!!

  • @ItsRyanL
    @ItsRyanL Год назад +3

    who remembers ecto cooler hi C?

  • @PS1-Hagrid
    @PS1-Hagrid Год назад +4

    "Trying 30 year old drinks"
    "90's to the max!"
    Please don't ever put those sentences together again.

  • @ncisfan1002
    @ncisfan1002 Год назад

    This is the content I've been waiting for

  • @caliiinoel
    @caliiinoel 5 месяцев назад +1

    the mention of dead malls and big thunder mountain reference? you just gained a new subscriber, sir

  • @natsuthy5091
    @natsuthy5091 Год назад +9

    The expiration dates on bottles isn't really for the drink inside... it for the plastic bottle itself which decomposes into the drink, I'm sure those microplastics tasted yummy. You're 20% plastic now.

  • @russellzauner
    @russellzauner Год назад

    New class of boba drinks with alcoholic jellies/pearls in them!
    YES!

  • @donwhitty
    @donwhitty Год назад

    Surely the best compliment to sunny d is rum, it's the flavour I just thought up and it's so good I can't get enough

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Год назад +4

    Sunny D is a classic, crystal pepsi is a poorly executed good idea and orbitz should have never existed

    • @twofacedmgrim
      @twofacedmgrim Год назад

      Sunny D is a classic yes, but outside of nostalgic vibes it tastes like perfume. I'll take some og Tang

  • @itsaflyboything
    @itsaflyboything Год назад +1

    clearly got rereleased and nostalgia won over my attempt to budget. can confirm, I still love that blackberry.

  • @cavebearstudio6517
    @cavebearstudio6517 Год назад

    It’s amazing that nearly a quarter of a century later those little balls are still floating around like they did in the 90’s in those Orbits. I remember drinking a few of those back in the day and they were interesting. Like Boba and absolutely not at the same time.

  • @ghuil7
    @ghuil7 Год назад

    Made me remember Pepsi Twist, loved it for the brief run!

  • @KaiMirra
    @KaiMirra Год назад +1

    Omg Orbitz, I loved those as a kid lol

  • @idhott
    @idhott 11 месяцев назад +2

    calling an alcoholic beverage a "parent-teacher conference" is one of the funniest fucking things i've ever heard

  • @richardthompson2481
    @richardthompson2481 Год назад

    Love the show. Oh how I love wild strawberry

  • @Nyghtking
    @Nyghtking 11 месяцев назад

    Orbitz was my favorite drink growing up, never got to drink the last one I ever bought, because it came in a glass bottle and I dropped mine before I ever opened it.

  • @myfriendballooon
    @myfriendballooon Год назад

    My parents were hippies and we didn't ever have pop (soda), BUT when we would do a 24-hour Greyhound bus trip to visit my family we'd be able to get 1 or 2 Clearly Canadians. Just seeing the bottle I can smell them and it brings me right back to the uncomfortable nostalgia of those long trips.

  • @kedrickswain6509
    @kedrickswain6509 Год назад

    I loved all of these, back then.

  • @chbr1188
    @chbr1188 Год назад

    I still love clearly Canadian. I found them in Randall’s!!! And mountain blackberry is my favorite 😂😂

  • @jonathanweir6084
    @jonathanweir6084 Год назад

    The old school mistic flavors that were in the wine cooler bottles. Gotta bring them back!!!

  • @aj383
    @aj383 Год назад

    That tangy original sunny d... Reminded me of my junior/senior high school years. Wake up, get ready for school, mix 50/50 sunny d and potter's whiskey and head on my way...

  • @Phoenixfire116
    @Phoenixfire116 Год назад

    To the orbits drink: you could add konjac or psyllium husk to make the drink more of a gel, I think that would help with orb suspension!

  • @rob_solo
    @rob_solo Год назад

    Loved this episode 🎉

  • @Robanhood99
    @Robanhood99 9 месяцев назад

    Orbitz were AMAZING