Texas Roadhouse wasn't bad honestly, those rolls are awesome! Where are you sending me next? Limestone Branch: limestonebranch.com/spirits/yellowstone-select-kentucky-straight-bourbon/ Curiada: bit.ly/Yellowstonefreeshipping Tajin: amzn.to/3yCJwnZ Smugglers Cove: amzn.to/3ceuUTW Drink Mate: amzn.to/3OiSxZf Twitch: bit.ly/2VsOi3d H2D2: bit.ly/YTH2D2 twitter: bit.ly/H2DTwit instagram: bit.ly/H2dIG Blog: bit.ly/H2DBlog Patreon: bit.ly/H2DPatreon Gear: amzn.to/2LeQCbW Spiced Rum: ruclips.net/video/WhMXQnyWB88/видео.html Margarita Matrix: ruclips.net/video/ovbzOHLLfT0/видео.html I tried desperately to fix the bad drinks from Chili's: ruclips.net/video/1mDN1XYYm6A/видео.html Only 16 Rainforest Cafe's still exist: ruclips.net/video/xGy-l5NCX-A/видео.html
Bubba's 33. They are under the same parent company as Roadhouse, but they have a different drink menu. If there is one in your area I would highly recommend it
If you're gonna make a drink called "Cactus Juice" it needs to do one of two things. It either needs to be The Quenchiest, or it needs to be able to stabilized wood
Both, needs a touch of thick/sliminess, and needs to make things… wibbly wobbly in a very short amount of time… and possibly multicolored with mushroom friend speaking to you…
As a Migraine sufferer, I can definitely state that a Migraine should be made with red wine and brandy, maybe with a touch of coffee of some description!
Greg if you love the idea of silly drinks poured into each other you NEED to make the maitaigarito, a mix of a mai tai, margarita and mojito from Robert Evans’ book After The Revolution. Honestly there’s tons of drinks in there that I’d love to see your spin on!
@@ayelmao1224 i want to try turducken. It sounds good but it is so hard to debone a duck and a chicken without massacre-ing the birds that i cant make one myself
I actually genuinely think you might be one of my favorite personalities on the internet, like a goofy drunk uncle but the good kind, i need to watch your content more
I'm hoping this leads to one of the chains reaching out to Greg to "fix" their menu, i.e. come up with a better drink menu including feature beverages.
@@AlaskaDuckDynasty probably just a consulting fee since 1. they’re not that nice and 2. the company would patent it. Unless they make an actual contract with him stating a royalty
Yet again , a chain restaurant recipe redux episode has opened one of the seals of the apocalypse & Greg has spiraled into the chaotic abyss only to emerge fully pocketless & entirely unhinged …. A quality time FORSURE .
Gotta say, I love the ads you do where you make a cocktail for the sponsoring product. Much more interesting than "Hey! Buy this product! OKAY DONE!" Thanks for all the effort you put into your channel!
GREG! I don't have fancy ice, but I tried your watermelon musings version of the cactus water and you made something incredible here. This will be the go-to heat slayer beverage in my household from now on
"Watermelon candies are peach flavoured!" Thank you for this tidbit of knowledge. As an avid enjoyer of watermelon candies, I've always known the flavour wasn't actually watermelon, but felt compelled to try more naturally watermelon flavoured things all the same (way too sweet every time). Maybe I'll have better luck with some peach-flavoured stuff?
re: getting your hands on a sugar pine syrup, it's probably impossible with that species specifically considering how tall those trees get but you can make pine cone syrup called mugolio using any unripe pine/spruce cone. It's easy to make and I think would be a fun ingredient for you to use on the show!
I’d love to see some Deep Rock Galactic themed beer cocktails. They have a ton of in game effects that it’d be fun to see you try to interpret into a real life context.
Still much less strict laws than in Europe. Abortion isn't a Human right, and I would never get an abortion to save my own life unless my Child was going to be unable to be born healthy.
@@AlyssMa7rin 1. Firstly Europe isn't a monolith, and secondly a majority of European countries have safe easy and FREE access to abortions. 2. That's YOUR CHOICE! No one is saying you have to get an abortion if you don't want one. What we ARE saying is that YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO TELL SOMEONE WHAT THEY WILL AND WON'T DO WITH THEIR OWN BODIES! If a dying person doesn't have the right to a the organs of a CORPSE to save their life, why is my bodily autonomy less than that of a DEAD PERSON? Forced birth is listed as a violation of human rights and is considered TORTURE.
@@lilykep 1: The Majority of European countries have 'free' abortions, but only so many a year before you're SoL, it's called a quota. The reasons you can get an abortion are very strict as well in most cases. 2: The Baby is just as alive as you are, and there are layers of ways to prevent a pregnancy before you have to kill the baby. 3: Forced Birth is in relation to countries like China and most middle-eastern/subsaharan African countries, where rape is exceedingly common, and women are forcefully impregnanted. I repeat, forcefully impregnated. They don't have consensual sex. When *you* have sex, you are taking the risk of getting pregnant, and so *you* are just as responsible for that life as the father is.
YES! I’m so happy you made a video on my space as I bartend at a Texas Roadhouse! Thanks for the great video! If anyone wants answers to the questions he is asking -all drinks must be less than 2 Oz on alcohol UNLESS, you get a kicker tube -our house sweet and sour is a concentrate that is the same for our margaritas, which are all bulk made before the shift -the margaritas are a 1-2-1 ratio of dorado gold tequila, margarita concentrate, and water -the recent menu revamp introduced the 100 cal cocktails like the cactus water that are all very boring If you ever are doing another pass on TXRH I would love to see your reaction to the costal key lime margarita, which has been known to curdle after a few mins
Would love to see Lord of the Rings inspired drink series! Like the light of Elendil (aka Phial of Galadriel) and other fun stuff like that. Can even make the Uruk-Hai grog!
I fully read this as "Lord of the Flies" instead of rings and I was simply *dying* to know what you meant by that until my brain caught up with the rest of the comment.
So I’ve actually made a “Hurricane Rita” at a bar I worked at in 2011. It’s essentially what you made, named after the Hurricane, Rita, that hit our Texas town. 😬
Kenny's Toilet Water! We took a buddy out to a bar who didn't drink much and just wanted something sweet so we ended up ordering Blue Curacao with sprite. That drink ended up being named "Brian's Toilet Water"!
I'd love to know what one has to drink in order to have the image in their heads that a DJ would be adjusting levels on French horns and timpani. Somewhere in an alternate universe created by Greg's drunken stupor, Deadmaus has published a mix of Handel's Water Music Suite.
Love it. As a former Roadhouse employee I encourage the Whiskey Long Lisland and Sangria Margarita if you go back; The latter is the strongest drink on menu with 3 types of tequila, triple sec, brandy and red wine as part of the ingredient list. PRO TIP : We can share ingredients, not pour size, and any server can hit the ingredient button before ringing a drink in, so they can write down the ingredients for you. :)
You asked a good question in this video. Is the goal to recreate the drink, or is it to improve it? Personally, I enjoy seeing you improve it. The restaurant drink serves as a writing prompt of sorts for your expression of what the idea could be.
12:55 Greg, I just thought you should know, that the way you said "Blue" here, freaked out my cat. Lmao. She was laying on my lap asleep, as I'm wearing headphones, but as soon as you said "Blue" that way, she opened her eyes and stared at me with wide and freaked-out eyes. Lol.
I just leave these videos playing on my tv whenever I throw a party and at the end of the night, I usually find a few folks who want to try a few drinks you've masterfully made. Love what you do Greg (and team)
GREG! Cmon man! I want an episode revisiting this “cactus water”. First of all, it’s a ranch water. This is a cocktail with its roots in south or southwest Texas. It is made with fresh lime, a blanco or even repesado tequilla, and TOPI CHICO, and ONLY topo Chico (which is a Mexican sparkling mineral water). It is an amazing drink with a deep rooted tradition in Texas and needs to get the respect it deserves!
Okay this maybe controversial but Rich water can work with club soda granted this is working for me just because I'm in the Dominican Republic where you cannot find mineral water easily but it still works
I unwittingly created the hurricane margarita while blasted on bourbon street in NOLA. Went to one of those frozen daiquiri stands and had them mix half hurricane, half margarita and dubbed it the El Niño.
when I was in driver’s ed, the instructor used to repeat things a lot to help us remember (the law doesn’t state who has the right of way, it states who has to give it, etc), and in fact repeatedly told us that he was repeating things for that reason anyway I think of that every time you explain the cracked cube/solid cube thing
On our first date, my lightweight wife got a margarita with a tequila kicker from Texas Roadhouse. She drank a little over half of it, and I finished it on top of the cider I ordered. I basically had to carry her to the car, and she crawled to bed that night.
Such a great way to do a sponsor. You make a drink the works well with the product, have people learn something, and clearly aren’t changing how you usually act to do it. It’s great
Texas Roadhouse has a Sangria Margarita which is just Sangria mixed into a normal Margarita and is pretty tasty. Another one that I’ve seen at several restaurants is a Coronarita which is a baby Corona beer in a regular margarita and is also very tasty
Trying to stay as low-carb as possible, I use Torano sugar-free sweetener as simple syrup. That would keep your Better Cactus Water classified as a "diet drink." I also use it as a base in home-made syrups.
I absolutely love this "make better" series, brilliant stuff. On a side note, my wife and I went to the states on honeymoon 8 years ago. We went to Texas Roadhouse and thought it was shite...that it's the most popular restaurant chain in America depresses me beyond measure...
Unfortunate... They just opened one near me this year and it was the first I heard of it... Hadn't tried it yet, wanted to, but your comment makes me want to less... I generally find myself staying away from major chains when going out.
If you come to America, eat at chain restaurants and expect a good experience you only have yourself to blame when you’re disappointed. We have good food if you go to real restaurants that don’t have multiple locations.
We're from Scotland. I think it was just a bit too much of a culture shock; it was the restaurant equivalent of a rodeo on board an aircraft carrier on the 4th of July. It was like someone had tried to distill America into a 3ft cube.
It's funny, last time I was at Texas Roadhouse I ordered the Hurricane Margarita. I distinctly remember the waitress asking if I was disappointed with it, and I answered "no," because I was already just exhausted and wanted something vaguely citrus-y to help me sleep the moment I made it home, but in hindsight, yeah it was just sort of like drinking a flat Cactus Cooler with a splash of tequila.
Tequila Collinses (or Juan Collins as I like to refer to it) and tequila fizzes have been my favorite drinks lately - just swapping the base in these classics is so good. A Tajin rim seems to be a great way to elevate it - simply lovely. Thanks for this trip into madness, Greg!
Ranger Greg Lol Kind of an awesome way to support the Park Service and keep our National Treasures open after what has frankly been a crappy couple of years as far as tourists being able to actually go to the parks. Yeah I could justify buying a case of this and making some really amazing old fashions for my friends
Greg: re your ad (I know, weird thing to engage with, but Yosemite): you can get pine tips to make sorbet, at least in the PNW. I had it at Fancy Restaurant once. I wonder if a syrup made from pine tips would give you a touch of the floral evergreenness of Yosemite? But you don’t want the nut of a sugar pine for the taste/scent - they taste like fresh, raw almonds. The scent comes from resin, and the best way I’ve found to mimic the scent (I get homesick) is mixing a white pine scent with maple syrup. So if you can get fresh pine tips, make a syrup out of them and then blend with maple until it smells right. ☺️
One thing I have been wanting to ask. Would it be alright to use your recipes in an actual bar setting (with all due credits of course) or would you prefer we not
dont work in a bar but boosting this bc i hope u get a answer, would def think it would be cool to do if hes willing but also dont want u to if he isnt cool w it so hoping u get a answer
The restaurant and booze industry is entirely built on thievery. Whether it's someone else's recipe, or another restaurant's employees. I doubt he can even give you permission, but I would assume it's fine. If you're worried about it, add a minor tweak and suddenly it's your drink. The attribution would still be nice, but yeah... that's my take, fwiw. Worked nearly a quarter century in kitchens.
greg probably ain't even the first to have made the mix, just cause there are too many bars and drinkers out there saw someone farther down in the comments mention a bar they worked in 2011 had a mix like the first one
Technically, simple recipes aren't copyrightable, so there's nothing legally stopping you from serving Greg's drinks. If you're asking permission to be polite, that's another matter.
i am LOVING the national parks mini series, it’s like the perfect sponsor!!! also making me more and more excited for my trip to yellowstone next month🤸🏾♀️
If you’re looking for pine ingredients to infuse, Korean grocery stores have many. Pine flavored drinks are common in Korea. Acorn flour as well, which could all be used for the sort of forest vibe you’re going for in the drinks from the ads. If you’re in Jersey there’s bound to be an Hmart near you.
Also up in Quebec they make a Spruce Beer, which is like a ginger ale, except the spiciness of ginger is replaced with the bizarre funk of evergreen tree goo. It's a weird taste, but I always thought it would be neat with gin or something.
I work at Texas Roadhouse in a College town, and I appreciate you destroying and improving these. If possible I'll actually show this to my boss lmao. Thank ya Greg, love you and what you do. [Edit] Showed one of my bosses and he loved it, lets see if i can convince them to change the recipe's a bit 😉😂
@@Phhase Using green and very tight pine cones, you can make a syrup that is described as a burnt toffee, maple syrup taste. Not ALL pine cones are edible so you do have to do some research.
The Tequilacane should be renamed to "The Confusion" Because you're expecting to have a drink in a nice cocktail bar somewhere in the Eastern States, and wind up in the Caribbean.
It always makes me sad how these chain restaurants NEVER have enough alcohol to consider it an alcoholic beverage. It's like a lightly alcoholic drink mix with some random coloring
Kia ora from Aotearoa New Zealand Greg! I came across your videos when I started having cocktail nights for friends in 2020 after covid restrictions were lifted (the devil makes work for idle hands…). I made spiced rum after watching that particular episode - it smells delicious - like Christmas fruit cake with all those spices. I see you used your spiced rum once in this episode. What are your favourite spiced rum cocktail recipes? I’m looking forward to using it in cocktails now… Thanks again for the helpful and entertaining videos.
I have such a deep love of the national parks, forests and wildernesses. I've worked at a few national parks (including Yellowstone, my favourite so far), and the _smell_ of the Bob Marshall, of the vanilla and cinnamon aromas of the ponderosa pines and all the wildflowers, is just unparalleled. Cool sponsor
I'll just put this out there: all trees can be tapped for sap, though many do not produce enough to be worthwhile. So it is theoretically possible to make a sugar pine and incense cedar syrup just by using their sap. It won't fully capture the aroma of the wood and the pinecones and leaves, but it's a good place to start.
Yes! I’m very excited to see the blue sweet drink, it’s the only one of this series so far I’ve tried at the restaurant and I’m super happy to see a recipe!!
loving the adds that are also talking up our national parks. adds generally dont feel wholesome, but this feels like you are passionate about it, it's great!
As somebody who suffers from frequent migraines I would love to be able call in and tell my boss I can't come in cause I'm having a really strong migraine and not mean I'm bedridden. So theres my vote
I've never drank and have ZERO interest in ever drinking, but like you said Fox, I like people talking about things passionately (and funny) so this channel is great
These are always really nice. Though I keep low key hoping he'll do the Black Mountain dew Long Island ice tea they have at Buffalo Wild wings right now.
Have you ever considered a cost breakdown? As someone who's worked Outback, Applebees, TGI Fridays, Texas Roadhouse and a few others, I definitely feel Texas Roadhouse has best value of quality per dollar. (Outback microwaves lobster tails, for example, something you wouldn't find at a Roadhouse) I'd be curious how Roadhouse, other restaurants and your drinks stack up on a cost scale.
i make something similar to your take on 'cactus juice' but with agave nectar instead of simple. the stuff has kind of a strong flavor though so you've gotta be careful with it.
I tried making the Tequilacane last night with ingredients I had on hand. So, none of that fancy syrup, so I substituted Libor & Co. Grenadine. Also no spiced rum, so I substituted Bacardi Black. The result was a very pleasant and drinkable cocktail!
Hey Greg, a channel called BBQ Pit Boys has done a video on their version of a Bloody Mary. It looks... interesting, unique even. Would love to hear your opinion of it. I was considering linking it but some channels don't like that so I'll leave it up to you to search it if you're interested.
I absolutely love the KennyCooler🍹 i made my own recipe and nothing beats it on a hot summer weekend afternoon chilling in the backyard on a lawn chair
"Kenny's Island Toilet Water" really does look like that blue liquid you get in the bottom of a chemical toilet. Or that blue dyed water you might get as scenery at a mini golf course.
Funny, I just found out about Tajin today, an an episode of Weird Fruit, and here you use it in a drink, in an episode I just watched today as well. I think I need to get some for more than one reason! Love your analysis and rebuilds of the drinks you find out in the wild.
Just a funky idea I had from the Hurricane Margarita. I am not a big drinker so zero clue if it's a good idea or not, but: Hurricane with Tequila, sub spiced rum for regular rum, sub tequila for maguey/mezcal. Call it a Mezcalámpago and hope it works lmao (relámpago = lightning in spanish)
You should do a show of your all time favorite drinks you've made. I think you've done one before, but another one would be good. Especially since you've mentioned your 'pantheon'. What do you drink normally, and out of everything you make on this channel, what do you actually drink out of all of them on the regular? Or do you?
When i went, as a LTO drink they had what was called a "Porch Rocker" which honestly was good. Ingredients: Deep eddy lemon, BlackBerry syrup, club soda, lemon
Texas Roadhouse wasn't bad honestly, those rolls are awesome! Where are you sending me next?
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I tried desperately to fix the bad drinks from Chili's: ruclips.net/video/1mDN1XYYm6A/видео.html
Only 16 Rainforest Cafe's still exist: ruclips.net/video/xGy-l5NCX-A/видео.html
Hard Rock Cafe next, if there’s one near you
Greg, where's the Fassionola link?
Dave and Busters
Bubba's 33. They are under the same parent company as Roadhouse, but they have a different drink menu. If there is one in your area I would highly recommend it
Bubba Gump, the biggest tourist trap in America
If you're gonna make a drink called "Cactus Juice" it needs to do one of two things. It either needs to be The Quenchiest, or it needs to be able to stabilized wood
It's the quenchiest
Given that it is cactus juice could you have used agave instead of syrup to stay on theme?
@@TheFandelaEffect yeah when I heard “cactus water” I was thinking they would use agave juice… not sure how that would taste in a cocktail tho
Both, needs a touch of thick/sliminess, and needs to make things… wibbly wobbly in a very short amount of time… and possibly multicolored with mushroom friend speaking to you…
@@TheFandelaEffect pure agave even maybe for a better cactusy texture
I imagine a Migraine would be the opposite of a Painkiller, whatever that means.
Mix them together to get a "Saturday Morning".
Painkillers are tropical fruity drinks, I'd say a Migraine should be the equivalent of a dark, damp basement.
Migraine is just a Painkiller, but a double, imbibed at 2am, on an empty stomach.
As a Migraine sufferer, I can definitely state that a Migraine should be made with red wine and brandy, maybe with a touch of coffee of some description!
Maybe the Migraine is the hot water + vodka concoction from the Cowboy Bebop episode
As a DJ, I'm only focused on balancing the French Horn in the mix. Sometimes flute if I'm feeling spicy.
Of course, of course
You gotta commit and add some cowbell
@@crystallinecrisis3901 ah dammit beat me to it
you can never have too much french horn, best instrument
Banjo!
Greg if you love the idea of silly drinks poured into each other you NEED to make the maitaigarito, a mix of a mai tai, margarita and mojito from Robert Evans’ book After The Revolution. Honestly there’s tons of drinks in there that I’d love to see your spin on!
So basically a turduckin drink
@@ayelmao1224 i want to try turducken. It sounds good but it is so hard to debone a duck and a chicken without massacre-ing the birds that i cant make one myself
@@adamsmasher9769 with a little practice you can debone a chicken pretty easily, you could even follow a tutorial on RUclips I'm sure
Greg please do this! This sounds like a hilarious episode.
@@ayelmao1224 don't you mean a "TurDrunken"
I actually genuinely think you might be one of my favorite personalities on the internet, like a goofy drunk uncle but the good kind, i need to watch your content more
Time for a new version of the blind grab out of a hat where you mix two random cocktails together
Yes, this needs to be a thing
Or just spin two wheels of destiny!
Dirty martini + espresso martini
Make a game out of it too!
"Oh boy! I can't wait to see what I get!"
Bloody Mary & Pina Colada
I’m absolutely LOVING the National Park drink mini-series!
Has he done Yellowstone yet??? Everglades is gonna be interesting!
@@13thMaiden Yellowstone was the 1st one, it’s in the Gin and Tonic vid very recently!
I'm hoping this leads to one of the chains reaching out to Greg to "fix" their menu, i.e. come up with a better drink menu including feature beverages.
That would be nice
Does Greg get a cut of all sales after he fixes it? Or just a consulting fee?
@@AlaskaDuckDynasty probably just a consulting fee since 1. they’re not that nice and 2. the company would patent it. Unless they make an actual contract with him stating a royalty
Yet again , a chain restaurant recipe redux episode has opened one of the seals of the apocalypse & Greg has spiraled into the chaotic abyss only to emerge fully pocketless & entirely unhinged …. A quality time FORSURE .
Gotta say, I love the ads you do where you make a cocktail for the sponsoring product. Much more interesting than "Hey! Buy this product! OKAY DONE!"
Thanks for all the effort you put into your channel!
GREG! I don't have fancy ice, but I tried your watermelon musings version of the cactus water and you made something incredible here. This will be the go-to heat slayer beverage in my household from now on
I’ve been watching the show for 5 years and I feel like I’ve just slowly been watching Greg’s descent into madness
"Watermelon candies are peach flavoured!"
Thank you for this tidbit of knowledge. As an avid enjoyer of watermelon candies, I've always known the flavour wasn't actually watermelon, but felt compelled to try more naturally watermelon flavoured things all the same (way too sweet every time). Maybe I'll have better luck with some peach-flavoured stuff?
Peach flavored stuff is the best hands down, it’s delicious.
re: getting your hands on a sugar pine syrup, it's probably impossible with that species specifically considering how tall those trees get but you can make pine cone syrup called mugolio using any unripe pine/spruce cone. It's easy to make and I think would be a fun ingredient for you to use on the show!
I’d love to see some Deep Rock Galactic themed beer cocktails. They have a ton of in game effects that it’d be fun to see you try to interpret into a real life context.
There's a guy who's made a few cocktails based on Deep Rock Galactic beers, but most of them don't even use beer. Decidedly _not_ Rock OR Stone. 😑
@@DoubleADwarf he's still cool in my book
DO I HEAR A ROCK AND STONE?
Meredith's laughing then groaning "Oh, it's not funny" is a *MOOD*
It's actually quite funny
(Hoes mad)
Absolutely. It is atrocious.
Still much less strict laws than in Europe.
Abortion isn't a Human right, and I would never get an abortion to save my own life unless my Child was going to be unable to be born healthy.
@@AlyssMa7rin 1. Firstly Europe isn't a monolith, and secondly a majority of European countries have safe easy and FREE access to abortions.
2. That's YOUR CHOICE! No one is saying you have to get an abortion if you don't want one. What we ARE saying is that YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO TELL SOMEONE WHAT THEY WILL AND WON'T DO WITH THEIR OWN BODIES! If a dying person doesn't have the right to a the organs of a CORPSE to save their life, why is my bodily autonomy less than that of a DEAD PERSON? Forced birth is listed as a violation of human rights and is considered TORTURE.
@@lilykep 1: The Majority of European countries have 'free' abortions, but only so many a year before you're SoL, it's called a quota. The reasons you can get an abortion are very strict as well in most cases.
2: The Baby is just as alive as you are, and there are layers of ways to prevent a pregnancy before you have to kill the baby.
3: Forced Birth is in relation to countries like China and most middle-eastern/subsaharan African countries, where rape is exceedingly common, and women are forcefully impregnanted.
I repeat, forcefully impregnated. They don't have consensual sex.
When *you* have sex, you are taking the risk of getting pregnant, and so *you* are just as responsible for that life as the father is.
YES! I’m so happy you made a video on my space as I bartend at a Texas Roadhouse! Thanks for the great video!
If anyone wants answers to the questions he is asking
-all drinks must be less than 2 Oz on alcohol UNLESS, you get a kicker tube
-our house sweet and sour is a concentrate that is the same for our margaritas, which are all bulk made before the shift
-the margaritas are a 1-2-1 ratio of dorado gold tequila, margarita concentrate, and water
-the recent menu revamp introduced the 100 cal cocktails like the cactus water that are all very boring
If you ever are doing another pass on TXRH I would love to see your reaction to the costal key lime margarita, which has been known to curdle after a few mins
Would love to see Lord of the Rings inspired drink series! Like the light of Elendil (aka Phial of Galadriel) and other fun stuff like that. Can even make the Uruk-Hai grog!
I fully read this as "Lord of the Flies" instead of rings and I was simply *dying* to know what you meant by that until my brain caught up with the rest of the comment.
@@Providence83 nah you’re on to something 🤔
@@Providence83 I'd picture that to be tomato juice base with egg whites or corn syrup
So I’ve actually made a “Hurricane Rita” at a bar I worked at in 2011. It’s essentially what you made, named after the Hurricane, Rita, that hit our Texas town. 😬
I was about to comment about the actual hurricane, too!
Hurricanrana
I can't wait for Ranger Greg to come back! He's the camp counselor I never had!
I too wish I had a camp counselor who made us cocktails.
Kenny's Toilet Water!
We took a buddy out to a bar who didn't drink much and just wanted something sweet so we ended up ordering Blue Curacao with sprite. That drink ended up being named "Brian's Toilet Water"!
Whenever Ranger Greg makes an appearance I feel like I need to respond like a child watching Blue’s Clues
I'd love to know what one has to drink in order to have the image in their heads that a DJ would be adjusting levels on French horns and timpani. Somewhere in an alternate universe created by Greg's drunken stupor, Deadmaus has published a mix of Handel's Water Music Suite.
Love it. As a former Roadhouse employee I encourage the Whiskey Long Lisland and Sangria Margarita if you go back; The latter is the strongest drink on menu with 3 types of tequila, triple sec, brandy and red wine as part of the ingredient list.
PRO TIP : We can share ingredients, not pour size, and any server can hit the ingredient button before ringing a drink in, so they can write down the ingredients for you. :)
I personally love the Legend Margarita, but usually get a kicker.
@@KnightsaysNi Yeah I remember when he did the Applebee's drinks...and I'm a bar manager for them....HE PICKED THE WORST TWO DRINKS...by like..a lot.
You asked a good question in this video.
Is the goal to recreate the drink, or is it to improve it?
Personally, I enjoy seeing you improve it. The restaurant drink serves as a writing prompt of sorts for your expression of what the idea could be.
12:55 Greg, I just thought you should know, that the way you said "Blue" here, freaked out my cat. Lmao. She was laying on my lap asleep, as I'm wearing headphones, but as soon as you said "Blue" that way, she opened her eyes and stared at me with wide and freaked-out eyes. Lol.
Sorry kitty!
He said the key word to activate her sleeper agent training.
SAME
@@pennyforyourthots I wonder if she suddenly has the urge to kill John Lennon now...
I like how the last drink Greg almost didn't bother making a "good" version, but it seemed like it was his favorite one.
I just leave these videos playing on my tv whenever I throw a party and at the end of the night, I usually find a few folks who want to try a few drinks you've masterfully made.
Love what you do Greg (and team)
GREG! Cmon man! I want an episode revisiting this “cactus water”.
First of all, it’s a ranch water. This is a cocktail with its roots in south or southwest Texas. It is made with fresh lime, a blanco or even repesado tequilla, and TOPI CHICO, and ONLY topo Chico (which is a Mexican sparkling mineral water). It is an amazing drink with a deep rooted tradition in Texas and needs to get the respect it deserves!
Also! I don’t believe you used the original tajin. That looked like one of the weird flavors they have like havenero or something
Okay this maybe controversial but Rich water can work with club soda granted this is working for me just because I'm in the Dominican Republic where you cannot find mineral water easily but it still works
"cactus water" is a "ranch water" in tx. very popular. 1oz lime, 2oz tequila, top with soda, salt or tajin rim. incredibly popular at the bar i tend.
Sounds super refreshing!
I unwittingly created the hurricane margarita while blasted on bourbon street in NOLA. Went to one of those frozen daiquiri stands and had them mix half hurricane, half margarita and dubbed it the El Niño.
Claaaasick
HTD is the only channel where I don't skip the sponsorclip
try jay foreman. he does geography and his ads are also unskippable
when I was in driver’s ed, the instructor used to repeat things a lot to help us remember (the law doesn’t state who has the right of way, it states who has to give it, etc), and in fact repeatedly told us that he was repeating things for that reason
anyway I think of that every time you explain the cracked cube/solid cube thing
I think a good short name for the "Island toilet water" drink would be "Urinal Cake" 😆
it is the correct colour so it has that going for it
I've only ever seen pink urinal cakes.
That implies it’s chunky.
Wouldn't that need birthday cake vodka?
@@b9brutality I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
I love the idea of calling a drink the "migraine" even if it's supposed to be a mixture of Margarita and Hurricane
On our first date, my lightweight wife got a margarita with a tequila kicker from Texas Roadhouse. She drank a little over half of it, and I finished it on top of the cider I ordered. I basically had to carry her to the car, and she crawled to bed that night.
Damn, That's not just a lightweight, that's featherweight.
@@pennyforyourthots she’s got that Asian alcohol intolerance. One drink and she’s wonderfully toasted.
@@SimuLord in fairness, it was just our first real date, like going out to eat together. But we’d been “dating” for a few weeks at that point lol
does she have a sister? Asking for a friend
21:20
Tajin is also great on popcorn as I've found out.
Oh hell yes
Such a great way to do a sponsor. You make a drink the works well with the product, have people learn something, and clearly aren’t changing how you usually act to do it. It’s great
Correct me if I’m wrong, but is that I good content idea?! Which 2 cocktails when added together make another good cocktail?!
Two of the same?
@@kaltaron1284 I think they mean two different cocktails being combined, like the first drink in the video.
Texas Roadhouse has a Sangria Margarita which is just Sangria mixed into a normal Margarita and is pretty tasty. Another one that I’ve seen at several restaurants is a Coronarita which is a baby Corona beer in a regular margarita and is also very tasty
@@R0ck4x3 I know.
@@GODOFGUITAR2112 Both Sangria and Corona beer aren't cocktails though. Doesn't sound too bad otherwise.
i really like how the drinks are broken down then rebuilt as more of a handmade drink.
Thanks!
@@howtodrink not a problem. learned so much about what goes into crafting drinks from this channel
Trying to stay as low-carb as possible, I use Torano sugar-free sweetener as simple syrup. That would keep your Better Cactus Water classified as a "diet drink." I also use it as a base in home-made syrups.
That first drink makes me want to see an episode blending a few half-and-half classic cocktails: Manhattan x Daiquiri? G&T x Mojito? LOL
These were all good but I strongly recommend making the better cactus water, especially if you have the opportunity to be on a beach or by a pool.
The one question I have about the Better Cactus Water:
Will it quench ya?
It’s the quenchiest!
Nothings quenchier!
These ad reads have been nice because they're like a mini episode
That's exactly the idea, glad you enjoyed!
I absolutely love this "make better" series, brilliant stuff.
On a side note, my wife and I went to the states on honeymoon 8 years ago. We went to Texas Roadhouse and thought it was shite...that it's the most popular restaurant chain in America depresses me beyond measure...
Americans are not known for having good taste in things :)
Unfortunate... They just opened one near me this year and it was the first I heard of it... Hadn't tried it yet, wanted to, but your comment makes me want to less...
I generally find myself staying away from major chains when going out.
If you come to America, eat at chain restaurants and expect a good experience you only have yourself to blame when you’re disappointed. We have good food if you go to real restaurants that don’t have multiple locations.
We're from Scotland. I think it was just a bit too much of a culture shock; it was the restaurant equivalent of a rodeo on board an aircraft carrier on the 4th of July. It was like someone had tried to distill America into a 3ft cube.
@@ahkian1 Normally I'd agree and, if we come back, we'll do our research better. We were hungry at the end of a long day and chose poorly.
It's funny, last time I was at Texas Roadhouse I ordered the Hurricane Margarita. I distinctly remember the waitress asking if I was disappointed with it, and I answered "no," because I was already just exhausted and wanted something vaguely citrus-y to help me sleep the moment I made it home, but in hindsight, yeah it was just sort of like drinking a flat Cactus Cooler with a splash of tequila.
Tequila Collinses (or Juan Collins as I like to refer to it) and tequila fizzes have been my favorite drinks lately - just swapping the base in these classics is so good. A Tajin rim seems to be a great way to elevate it - simply lovely. Thanks for this trip into madness, Greg!
Ranger Greg Lol
Kind of an awesome way to support the Park Service and keep our National Treasures open after what has frankly been a crappy couple of years as far as tourists being able to actually go to the parks. Yeah I could justify buying a case of this and making some really amazing old fashions for my friends
Greg: re your ad (I know, weird thing to engage with, but Yosemite): you can get pine tips to make sorbet, at least in the PNW. I had it at Fancy Restaurant once. I wonder if a syrup made from pine tips would give you a touch of the floral evergreenness of Yosemite? But you don’t want the nut of a sugar pine for the taste/scent - they taste like fresh, raw almonds. The scent comes from resin, and the best way I’ve found to mimic the scent (I get homesick) is mixing a white pine scent with maple syrup. So if you can get fresh pine tips, make a syrup out of them and then blend with maple until it smells right. ☺️
This isn’t the most hammered Greg has been, but it’s in the same strip mall.
One thing I have been wanting to ask.
Would it be alright to use your recipes in an actual bar setting (with all due credits of course) or would you prefer we not
dont work in a bar but boosting this bc i hope u get a answer, would def think it would be cool to do if hes willing but also dont want u to if he isnt cool w it so hoping u get a answer
The restaurant and booze industry is entirely built on thievery. Whether it's someone else's recipe, or another restaurant's employees. I doubt he can even give you permission, but I would assume it's fine. If you're worried about it, add a minor tweak and suddenly it's your drink. The attribution would still be nice, but yeah... that's my take, fwiw. Worked nearly a quarter century in kitchens.
I don’t see why not
greg probably ain't even the first to have made the mix, just cause there are too many bars and drinkers out there
saw someone farther down in the comments mention a bar they worked in 2011 had a mix like the first one
Technically, simple recipes aren't copyrightable, so there's nothing legally stopping you from serving Greg's drinks. If you're asking permission to be polite, that's another matter.
i am LOVING the national parks mini series, it’s like the perfect sponsor!!! also making me more and more excited for my trip to yellowstone next month🤸🏾♀️
If you’re looking for pine ingredients to infuse, Korean grocery stores have many. Pine flavored drinks are common in Korea. Acorn flour as well, which could all be used for the sort of forest vibe you’re going for in the drinks from the ads.
If you’re in Jersey there’s bound to be an Hmart near you.
Also up in Quebec they make a Spruce Beer, which is like a ginger ale, except the spiciness of ginger is replaced with the bizarre funk of evergreen tree goo. It's a weird taste, but I always thought it would be neat with gin or something.
Sorry for the second comment, but have you ever done or considered a "I need to clear out these ingredients/least used ingredients" episode?
We’ve discussed, it’s KINDA the “worst bottles in my bar” episodes
I work at Texas Roadhouse in a College town, and I appreciate you destroying and improving these. If possible I'll actually show this to my boss lmao. Thank ya Greg, love you and what you do.
[Edit] Showed one of my bosses and he loved it, lets see if i can convince them to change the recipe's a bit 😉😂
I am still voting for the Outback Steakhouse Castaway Cocktail! It is my favorite restaurant drink to date and I would love to know how to make one.
If Greg made a recipe book for the cocktails on the show, I'd absolutely buy it.
Just so you know: young pine cones can be made into a syrup. Lots of foragers make it!
...huh. I thought pine pitch was extremely bitter and carcinogenic though? Or is it different with new cones.
@@Phhase Using green and very tight pine cones, you can make a syrup that is described as a burnt toffee, maple syrup taste. Not ALL pine cones are edible so you do have to do some research.
The Tequilacane should be renamed to "The Confusion"
Because you're expecting to have a drink in a nice cocktail bar somewhere in the Eastern States, and wind up in the Caribbean.
I love seeing the watch collection over time! Very cool
It always makes me sad how these chain restaurants NEVER have enough alcohol to consider it an alcoholic beverage. It's like a lightly alcoholic drink mix with some random coloring
And far too much sugar!
That's why you just take a shot lol
Preying on drinkers
Kia ora from Aotearoa New Zealand Greg! I came across your videos when I started having cocktail nights for friends in 2020 after covid restrictions were lifted (the devil makes work for idle hands…). I made spiced rum after watching that particular episode - it smells delicious - like Christmas fruit cake with all those spices. I see you used your spiced rum once in this episode. What are your favourite spiced rum cocktail recipes? I’m looking forward to using it in cocktails now… Thanks again for the helpful and entertaining videos.
for the cactus water, what if you added agave nectar instead of sugar? reinforce the whole cactus thing
I have such a deep love of the national parks, forests and wildernesses. I've worked at a few national parks (including Yellowstone, my favourite so far), and the _smell_ of the Bob Marshall, of the vanilla and cinnamon aromas of the ponderosa pines and all the wildflowers, is just unparalleled. Cool sponsor
I challenge Greg to make a drink inspired by "More Cowbell"
I keep expecting the stuffed deer to blink, just to screw with viewers 😂
I'll just put this out there: all trees can be tapped for sap, though many do not produce enough to be worthwhile. So it is theoretically possible to make a sugar pine and incense cedar syrup just by using their sap. It won't fully capture the aroma of the wood and the pinecones and leaves, but it's a good place to start.
First sponsor spot I’ve watched that I’ve legit enjoyed, beautiful footage.
When you're done with you national parks promotion, you should throw them all together in a supercut episode.
Yes to this!!!
I watched twice because I got distracted with work. I listened the first time around now I get to sit back and watch it for real this time.
Woah, I'm proud of myself. I'm early. Also the scream in the beginning kills me.
I literally had the roadhouse a couple days ago and had two of those drinks you reimagined. Lol. Love this series.
Since it was called a Cactus Water instead of Ranch Water, you definitely should have incorporated prickly pear!
Yes! I’m very excited to see the blue sweet drink, it’s the only one of this series so far I’ve tried at the restaurant and I’m super happy to see a recipe!!
I hope we eventually hear a funny story about some of the shenanigans required to sneak these drinks out of the restaurant.
loving the adds that are also talking up our national parks. adds generally dont feel wholesome, but this feels like you are passionate about it, it's great!
As somebody who suffers from frequent migraines I would love to be able call in and tell my boss I can't come in cause I'm having a really strong migraine and not mean I'm bedridden. So theres my vote
Love this channel Greg and while I can't drink anymore (damn you liver disease,) still love watching you make em.
I've never drank and have ZERO interest in ever drinking, but like you said Fox, I like people talking about things passionately (and funny) so this channel is great
These are always really nice. Though I keep low key hoping he'll do the Black Mountain dew Long Island ice tea they have at Buffalo Wild wings right now.
Just shot it
@@howtodrink please tell me I'm not the only who thinks it tastes like Gatorade Frost spiked with vodka
+1 for Greg's hipster DJ bringing up the french horn and tympany.
It’s so often overlooked
Have you ever considered a cost breakdown? As someone who's worked Outback, Applebees, TGI Fridays, Texas Roadhouse and a few others, I definitely feel Texas Roadhouse has best value of quality per dollar. (Outback microwaves lobster tails, for example, something you wouldn't find at a Roadhouse)
I'd be curious how Roadhouse, other restaurants and your drinks stack up on a cost scale.
Could’ve been fun to use topo Chico in the cactus water. And some kind of habanero tincture or something. And agave instead of simple
One of the best drinks I've had was habanero, tangerine, and mezcal. I definitely vote for habanero tincture.
i make something similar to your take on 'cactus juice' but with agave nectar instead of simple. the stuff has kind of a strong flavor though so you've gotta be careful with it.
"Did you break?"
*Screams in How To Drink*
I tried making the Tequilacane last night with ingredients I had on hand. So, none of that fancy syrup, so I substituted Libor & Co. Grenadine. Also no spiced rum, so I substituted Bacardi Black. The result was a very pleasant and drinkable cocktail!
You should do a series on making the same cocktail with ingredients from 3 different price points. Maybe even blind taste them
This is fun!
Hey Greg,
a channel called BBQ Pit Boys has done a video on their version of a Bloody Mary.
It looks... interesting, unique even. Would love to hear your opinion of it.
I was considering linking it but some channels don't like that so I'll leave it up to you to search it if you're interested.
Greg better wear his bbq shoes while he makes it
@@vincentziarko But how can we be sure?
@@kaltaron1284 I trust Meredith to ensure it, perhaps by holding him at gunpoint
@@vincentziarko Or holding a camera at his feet?
I absolutely love the KennyCooler🍹 i made my own recipe and nothing beats it on a hot summer weekend afternoon chilling in the backyard on a lawn chair
"Kenny's Island Toilet Water" really does look like that blue liquid you get in the bottom of a chemical toilet. Or that blue dyed water you might get as scenery at a mini golf course.
Funny, I just found out about Tajin today, an an episode of Weird Fruit, and here you use it in a drink, in an episode I just watched today as well. I think I need to get some for more than one reason! Love your analysis and rebuilds of the drinks you find out in the wild.
Just a funky idea I had from the Hurricane Margarita. I am not a big drinker so zero clue if it's a good idea or not, but:
Hurricane with Tequila, sub spiced rum for regular rum, sub tequila for maguey/mezcal. Call it a Mezcalámpago and hope it works lmao (relámpago = lightning in spanish)
You can make pinecone syrup with green cones in the spring. I've seen recipes for it on a ton of foraging websites.
You should do a show of your all time favorite drinks you've made. I think you've done one before, but another one would be good. Especially since you've mentioned your 'pantheon'. What do you drink normally, and out of everything you make on this channel, what do you actually drink out of all of them on the regular? Or do you?
When i went, as a LTO drink they had what was called a "Porch Rocker" which honestly was good.
Ingredients:
Deep eddy lemon, BlackBerry syrup, club soda, lemon
Some glassmaker must be making bank because I'm pretty sure almost every single drink has been served in the same type of glass at these restaurants
Love from Scotland bonny lad 🏴🙏👍🖖
I vote for a Tequillacane. Migraine should be reserved if you make it spicy somehow.
Greetings from Germany, i'm always enjoying it to watch your videos!