$6 Cocktail Vs. $208 Cocktail

I was swinging in a hammock I'm drinking a good time I'm at good times one you're gonna crash so hard I filled with the boys today we're having three cocktails at three different places at three drastically different price point andrew is gonna be the one bringing me along because I honestly don't know much anything about alcohol I am by no means an expert but I know what I like and we're gonna find out what you like we're going to a little place called good times at Davey Wayne's they serve an old-fashioned that is fashioned in a new kind of way you'll see you'll see just just wait till we're there we haven't even had a drink yet and you just don't copy all over my car look you're just gonna have to let that dry out my name is Mark DOS this is good times at Davey Wayne's a 70s bar owned by Houston hospitality Davey Wayne is their father and so it has a lot of heart a lot of history for them we put a old fashioned on tap because that was his favorite drink happy old-fashioned is six dollars that goes Monday through Friday from 5 o'clock when we open till 8 o'clock what goes into an old-fashioned it's actually the original cocktail cocktail doesn't mean everything under the Sun it originally means spirit water sugar and bitters four hours is old Overholt rye whiskey sugar and bitters we take the measurements that we know work for the old fashioned batch them together at our dilution already nitrogen is what pushes the old fashioned through so nitrogen compared to co2 creates this creaminess almost that you wouldn't get from a normal fashion put ourselves a orange peel in a lemon peel when we peel and Express over the cocktail it's gonna lay a fine layer of citrus oil so when you go up and you take a sip you're smelling all these citrus these bright notes it's a really great balance together really enhances the whiskey boys night out two peas in a pod my ideal Friday night hang out with my boys sup Adam - good times [Music] here's my favorite part of this drink right here it's that initial hit up sweet that you get from the smell hmm old-fashioned sounds like something that isn't gonna taste good but this is actually quite delicious you got that really delightful cherry that I'm excited to get to at the bottom it's both very easy to drink and it's cheap those are two ideal ingredients - boys night out with Adam and receivin tart mode Oh God we're in the middle of Hollywood but suddenly we're kind of transported to a backyard barbecue it really feels like a home you got couches you got cool paintings this movie line what's it winter here should we play never have I ever yeah never ever been arrested I've never been arrested never have I ever dyed my hair that's cheating never have I ever been a loser still got all three guys drinking there I got a drink there all right Adam get in here big boy the drinks are really coming in right now into my blood system I was satisfied I paid six dollars for a polity drink and even better you don't have to wait around for someone to meticulously make it you just grab it and go yes nobody knows exactly where the word cocktail comes from but cocktail used to refer to when horses would flap their tails up like a rooster huh well that's not helpful all right next place you are going to be blown away is it extravagant it's a little bit extravagant in a fantasy sort of way yes [Music] my name is Matt Messina my bartender here at Pacific seeds I'm Andru Myron and I'm the proprietor here and we're on the fourth floor third floor fourth fourth floor we're on the fourth floor of Clifton's when I first came in I was trying to find the Pacific Seas I ran to a mirror and I said sorry to myself cuz I thought I'd ran into myself you come through the doors we're not gonna tell you where to go you're gonna go find it yourself it's all about exploration so the idea is you get lost it's like a cooler version of Ikea I'm with much better drinks today were gonna be drinking a scorpion bowl this dates back to the 1930s actually was originated in Honolulu in that we have lime juice or shot orange juice and then fill your scorpion bowl with ice then add your liquors white rum which we use in El Dorado three use cognac which is Hennessy for us and then we also use gin which is aviation pour that over the fresh ice add your garnishes use lemon extract instead of 151 it's a lot less dangerous then you light that on fire and then you can use whatever you want to kind of spark it we use cinnamon and it gives it a nice like little volcanic eruption ready same time sure make-a-wish safety first kids all right straw Cheers crossing straws about the drinking from the same drink guys [Music] whoo-hoo I bet you like that yeah this is party time it is really like Tropicana fruit punch I could down probably one of these by myself if I'm not careful yeah you can really sit and savor this it sits in the center of the table and everybody just takes a turn from the watering hole the perfect friendship drink sure is are you sick and I have a cold but it's a scorpion bowl so my cold is the least you got to worry about I don't love bars but this is a very fun bar there's stuff everywhere and according to the guy it's all authentic that's really cool it's like Disneyland for adults am i escaping or am I really entering entering who I really am I don't know what time it is it doesn't matter what time it is I don't exist in this bar as you know me I'm a cartographer making maps of places that you've never even imagined yeah yeah totally what is the purpose of being here I'm black we've shared like one doughnut how do I say this you know when people drink too much and they get close to you and they just like read on you it's called dragon breath your straws for a reason you animal I love this bowl Adam you want in [Music] all right so it's dark in here but we threw up my phone it's brand new okay that's all you to tape it yeah look at that I'm ready for a shaken not stirred cocktail this the cocktail that are online oh it is currently in this a tissue box wedged between the headrest in the ceiling or the FAQ see am I good let's just make that was one it was a good bag yeah one a good bag here's your cocktail bag British soldiers in India a long time ago had to take tonic water because the quinine in it did some stuff in their body preventing malaria it tasted gross so they added gin to it and that's where you get your gin and tonic from wow I like that you know things should have a purpose take for example uh you what's your purpose it's gonna say fashion so we're on our way to the last location the last cocktail tonight guys it's been an amazing boys night out it can't and here see now you're getting it so the last place we're going to tonight is a bit fancier tell me the name part of the experience is not knowing the name it's driving me crazy [Music] welcome to 10-pound my name is Kash black and this is the official outpost in the Cowan Scotch whisky and today I'm going to serve you the Highland Park 30 penicillin we just rewind a little bit you said your name is cash black that is right Warner raised in Las Vegas Nevada what a name okay I'm myself but not much of a drinker what makes this particular alcohols so special any alcohol aged over about 18 years is you know it's phenomenal in the sense that it actually survived there's a lot what they call the devil's cut which actually evaporates and the best thing about Highland Park 30 is one of my favorites because it's really smooth and gentle and it's going to show you all those key flavors that are normally associated with the Scotch but you're gonna have none of the hang time mm-hmm yeah are we doing a bad thing by having this Scotch as a penicillin you know I tell people every time they ask me if you can have it the way you like it especially for a person who's never had Scotch before it's usually a cocktail that I give them to be like this is the bridge to actually enjoying scotch first you're going to have a half ounce of honey then also you have a little bit of lemon juice the idea of that is to give it a little bit of a bump to bring out that citrus in that orange then also you have ginger juice which is actually going to pair with that Pete and actually counteract it a little bit finally that's when we add the Highland Park 30 shake it put it over our 10-pound ice fear which has our logo etched with a laser on the inside of the ball and it's dyin eyes water which means it's going to take on the chemical properties of whichever spirits you put it with I usually do just a little lemon zest over the top of it that's all you need fellas these glasses are six hundred and fifty dollars a piece ooh so please Cheers gingerly all right it's good for me and now I am so happy that somebody has arraigned in your chair same for me also this is a pleasant surprise what we have here is curry masala spiced pecans a 26 month age gotta cheese and applewood smoked bacon fresh out of the oven this is complimentary and is actually designed to bring out a different note within your scotch so try meet you individually and enjoy your little owls on the glass they actually make four in a very nice grip so you ready to I just try to act like we're in a nice place gentle tears don't even touch okay touch right Harry jinx yeah it just like fizzles and it's like this bang in your mouth and it's awesome I think it's really interesting that you take a sip of this drink and it's bright and pretty at first and then you get this wash of kind of smoke and darkness happening shadow of the Scotch kind of just cast over you're like huh what that is truly what the show is - by the way we got the bright beautiful colors here and then the spooky shadow with its cloud over the show Adams the $650 crystal glass that it's too precious - precious for this world I won't try the bacon yeah uh yes suddenly that shadow is not so spooky haha this bacon is a rainbow it's a beacon of light let's cover the cheese sure looks like a little nugget of gold it's all about the preachings baby that is really really different who would have known that when you eat different foods things taste different in your mouth you've made so much growth on this show right you don't people talk about alcohol they talk about like the notes and the complexity and like the different flavors and and you're just like what I'm actually experiencing that here you know boys night over do you like the apples yeah ten pound yeah Wow ten pounds of pleasure per square minute of being there what was your most worth it winter well let me let me take you down memory lane good times at Davey Wayne's I thought when we left there that was gonna be the clear-cut winner six bucks for a quality good tasting cocktail can't beat that but I can't believe I'm saying this ten pound is my worth it winner today really she's I'm shocked for me drinking is not about getting drunk I want it to be something that I can like walk away with a whole new perspective best buds right best buds ten pound bar can you even call that a bar it's more like a secret Scotch Club kind of wish we had just had the Scotch straight up but I know that we needed to get you some juicy cocktail I think my were that winner overall is Pacific Caesar Clifton's you're really gonna be rewarded making the trek all the way to the Pacific Seas because it is really special you really do see some you've never seen before like a boat in the middle of a bar so we the winner [Music] Davey wins he said that he wins he said a hit house take me home Matt sir buddy so why do we share should we cut here leaving out was that the out um no I was stupid oh yes

Channel: BuzzFeedVideo

Views: 10,030,865

Rating: 4.9022079 out of 5

Keywords: worth it season 2, Luxery Food, $ Vs $$$, worth it, buzzfeed video, BuzzFeedVideo, Food, Series, cocktail, tasty, Andrew, food adventure, Funny, BuzzFeed, PSSC, Steven Lim, cocktails, buzzfeed, People Try, cheap vs expensive

Id: cV7sxafvBgo

Length: 13min 38sec (818 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 30 2017

Reddit Comments

[u/defcaasi]

The worth it series is my guilty pleasure/only buzzfeed video that I watch.

[u/AyekerambA]

Ok before you all rush out and start kegging up old fashioneds and pushing them with n2, keep a few things in mind:

Nitrogen is 80 times less soluble in fluid as co2. Meaning, if you want ANY absorption into the booze, you have to push it at 40-50psi and agitate it beforehand, which they are not doing unless their tap lines are 50 feet long, and I promise, they're not. Another good indicator is they're not serving on a stout faucet, which is specifically designed to shake loose n2 and co2 to get you a nice creamy stout pour. These taps have VERY specific restrictors that cause 30-50 psi worth of fluid to pour very slowly. If their regulator was anywhere high enough to get a small amount of n2 into the solution, the drink would come flying out of that regular tap and soak half the bar, unless of course, they have comically long lines.

That bartender saying it adds creaminess is just plain wrong. Then again, perception and expectation are half of taste, so if you've been told it's gonna be creamy, it probably will be.

But for $6 a glass, I'd listen to that bartender recite beat poetry with a lisp until I was shitfaced.

[u/rattledamper]

The Ryan Reynolds wannabe serving them the scotch cocktail at the end has "faux refinement" nailed, but he doesn't actually seem to know what he's talking about in some important respects. He refers to the alcohol that's lost during aging as the "devil's cut." It's the "angel's share." As far as I know, "devil's cut" is a marketing term Jim Beam invented. He also refers to the cheese he gives them as "a 26 month aged gowda cheese" with the first syllable on the cheese's name rhyming with "how." Unless I'm ignorant (and I'm reasonably certain I'm not on this particular score), "gouda" rhymes with "Buddha." I don't think I'd care, but he's laying on the "fancy schmancy" pretty thick.

[u/pf019]

Was the second one priced highly purely because of the size? It would've been interesting if they went to a relatively high-end bar instead and had, maybe, a $30 cocktail, and then compared that to the last one.

[u/drays]

I would like the six minutes of my life back that was consumed by watching those idiots.

[u/[deleted]]

Ugh, 13 minutes, anyone have time stamps so I can just get to the meat?