Cocktail Chemistry

30 Rock's Cooter Burger is a hapless government employee who tries to impress Jack by making an "Old Spanish" cocktail. We'll see if Mr. Burger is a master mixologist or not, with a brief appearance from Lemon.

The drink designed to wake you up, then f*ck you up, the legendary espresso martini. Here I make the original version as well as one that doesn’t require an espresso machine. Buckle up.

The Aviary bar in Chicago puts out some of the most creative and delicious cocktails I've ever had. Here we recreate one of my favorites, the Jungle Bird, and learn some advanced techniques like spherification.

In Season 3, Bart narrowly escapes demise at the hands of the mob by shaking them up a Manhattan determined to be "supoib"! Here we recreate his exact recipe, make a few improvements, then make the "Perfect Manhattan".

The French Caribbean island of Martinique is known for their funky, vegetal rum called rhum agricole, and their signature drink to showcase it is the Ti' Punch (petite punch). As easy to make as an old fashioned, this is the drink that will make you fall in love with rum.

The gang might be generally terrible humans, but they've created some of the most innovative cocktails in modern times. Here we recreate the legendary Riot Juice and Fight Milk and make a few improvements.

The final season of Game of Thrones is upon us, and what better way to celebrate than by melting the flesh of your enemies with wildfire. Using the naturally green and high-proof green chartreuse, I make a drinkable version of wildfire to blow some minds at your viewing parties.

What would Thanos drink after a long day of battling Avengers and snapping fingers? I imagine a complex man like Thanos would go for a Pousse Café, a labor-intensive cocktail of layered liqueurs.

The Martini is a classic cocktail template and is basically the Starbucks of the cocktail world in that everyone has their preferred order. Here I talk about the language of the Martini (dry, dirty, etc) and make three of my favorite recipes.

The wild west in the 19th century was full of frontiersman, miscreants, and plenty of whiskey. In Deadwood, South Dakota we would have also found some other delicious cocktails like pink gin and the yellow daisy. In honor of the new full-length movie Deadwood, let's recreate some cocktails of this era.

The New York Sour is essentially a whiskey sour with a float of dry red wine on top. Besides the beautiful visual contrast it creates, this simple variation adds a whole new level of complexity and smoothness to an already epic cocktail. Oh, and don't even think about omitting the egg white.

This drink is exactly what it sounds like, and it's awesome. Here we take the classic Negroni spec, give it a little citrus kick, and turn it into an adult soda. I also show you how to bottle a cocktail which makes a great roadie or a gift.

I'm way overdue for a gin & tonic video, so I figured I'd go all out. This episode not only has 3 different recipes of increasing complexity, but also a tasting review of popular gins and tonics.

We're going back to the Danger Zone with this video, and taking a classic Archer original and seeing if we can make it palatable. Spoiler alert: the original is the worst drink I've had, and the improved version is one of the best.

This is it. My masterpiece, my Magnum Opus. The culmination of all the advanced techniques brought together into one, beautiful cocktail. Shout out to all my hydro homies, this one's for you.

What is pisco anyway? Why does it work so well in a classic sour cocktail template? We answer these questions and more, while pissing off some Chileans in the process.

Bourbon 101 with The Educated Barfly

White Claw is basically a hard seltzer and it has officially won the summer of 2019, such that we now we find ourselves in a shortage. So let's learn how to make this home so you can get your fix, and since we're now in Fall, how about a pumpkin spice White Claw?

I didn't want to do it, but after hundreds of requests I'm finally making this monstrosity of a drink. Those with an aversion to fish are advised to turn back now. But fortunately I found a way to make a version that is actually pretty damn good.

The internet has a strange fascination with consuming things in pod form, fortunately the tide has turned from laundry detergent to cocktails. Here I discuss the science behind "reverse spherification", the technique used to create these fun cocktail pods that everyone is talking about.

The Vesper Martini is somewhat of an impossible drink to recreate as one of the key ingredients is no longer available. But we’ve found some viable substitutes that can get us pretty close, so let’s see what Bond was on about with this drink, and why he insisted it be shaken and not stirred.

The hot toddy. It’s basically winter’s version of the old fashioned. A template for a drink rather than a specific recipe, let’s have some fun with it and make 3 versions to keep your belly warm this winter.

Boy was I excited for this one, the fat kid in me meets the booze connoisseur in a warm mug of delicious spiked hot chocolate. Here I make three different recipes, ranging from a campfire style, Mexican style, and a third version that was my hands down favorite.

Fancy a beverage while snogging a muggle at a quidditch match? Butterbeer is the fictional beverage from the world of Harry Potter and while there is no official recipe, we do have some hints on how it’s made. Here I make both a cold and hot version of the drink and MERLIN’S BEARD are they tasty!