Hi! Hi, Ollie. I'm Josh. ā¦What?! Threw me off. I thought you were gonna go āHi, Iām Josh.ā
Everyone knows. And he's Ollie. Thatās kind of undermining the intro here! Hi, Iām Josh! Iām Ollieā¦ This is JOLLY! That wasnāt a very JOLLY intro butā¦ Yeah, I feel quite Jolly! What we thought weād do today,
is review some traditional English drinks. Traditional English drinks? Josh: How far back are we going? How traditional? Ollie: The first one is from the 1820s. Josh: Oh, thatās pretty traditional! Okay! Chris: This seems like Robinsonsā¦ Thatās the first one! Chris: Is it?
Josh: Wait, what? Ollie: Thatās the first one!
Josh: Robinsonās?! Yeah thatās a traditionalā¦ Robinsonās barley water. There you go! Thatās classic Englsih. Barley water is something they have in Korea! Yeah butā¦ Ollie: This isnāt anything like that.
Josh: No one knows that in Englandā¦ This is particularly English, I would say. Also, thatās not water! That says orange on it! Itās bright orange! Basically, back in the day, in the 1830s, They realised that if you boil barley with lemon peel, It like stopped really sick people vomiting. Chris: WOW! I love that.
Josh: WHAT? So we pour a bit in, like squash, pour water in on top. So I donāt think I ever had this growing up. And thatās why when I first went to Korea,
and you were like letās have some barley water, I was like, sweet! Love it! And you drank it and youāre like,
What the HECK is this?! Chris: Cheers, everyone.
Ollie: Letās do it! That's Classic!
Thatās childhood memories right there. You know like different senses have
different abilities of conjuring up memory. Ollie: The taste is quite good.
Josh: Oh! A bit strong for me. Ollie: Thatās Good. Josh: Weird! That feels like Iāve been playing in the garden. Chris: Yeah, right?
Ollie: Iāve got a bit of mud on my knees. This is like drinking memories. Oh, Itās so good. Drinking memoriesā¦ That should be the ad campaign. Fruit Barley from Robinsonsā¦
Itās like drinking good memories. Funnily enough, now that I know what it is,
and Iām drinking it, I can kind of taste the wheat! The Barley! The grain! Itās just like whiff.
Itās like walking through a field of wheat. Josh: Alright,
Ollie: Next Up, Itās been around in the UK since the Middle Ages. The Middle Ages?! Yes. Dandelion and Burdock. Oh my gosh. Chris: Dandelion and Burdock?!
Josh: Wow! Okay! This is that old! This is old! The thing is, Iāve seen this in pubs and stuff, Josh: So you can buy it around in England!
Chris: Yeah, I have actually seen it. Itās just so traditional,
that we didnāt even know itās traditional. Oh wow, I've never had that,
and that smells freaking weird. Itās fizzy as well! Quite interested in this one. I thought I had this before but that's so weird! Itās like half way between root-beer and tooth paste! And Dr. Pepper? Maybe! Oohā¦ So this is like the original soft drink! The original Dr. Pepper! Cheers! Dandelion and Burdock. Letās do it! Thatās... That's quite pleasant! That isn't as strong as I thought it was gonna be. The smell is definitely stronger than the taste. Chris: Which is weird!
Ollie: Althoughā¦ It tastes a lot like anesthetic. Chris: You donāt like it.
Ollie: Joshās tongue has already gone numb. If this was like a medicinal drink from the Middle Ages, I reckon they stole the recipe for this,
made it taste good, And then released it as Dr. Pepper. Ollie: Thatās a bold claim, thatās also liable... Chris: Liable. Isn't that liable? Ollie: I'm gonna distance myself from that statement.
Chris: Iām not supporting Josh in thisā¦ Ollie: Alright, so,
Josh: Okay. Come on. Next up. Cider. Okay. Everyone knows cider. Cider is not really an English drink, it was actually
invented in the Mediterranean region, Josh: REALLY?!
Ollie: But the reason I included it is because The cider that we have in England is
slightly different from cider anywhere else, And itās certainly different from cider
that they have in Korea and the US. Coz American cider is not alcoholic. Really? Is that not just apple juice? No, well itās like a kind of... I think itās fizzy? I mean cider in Korea is basically Sprite. Itās not alcoholic?! Oh no, itās, itāsā¦ lemonade. Cider is literally just like Sprite. Weird! Cider in the UK is always alcoholic. Yeah! It can be like beer percentage?
But it often is a bit stronger. So this is 6% so thatās a strongā¦ Thatās 7.4?! Oh my days! Josh: This is traditional cider.
Ollie: Yeah. And this is like the classic,
west-country kind of cider container. Which may look little bit like maple syrup container. So what have we got? Weāve got vintage dry cider andā¦ ...Scrumpy Cider which I think is probably sweeter. Scrumpy cider! That sounds... Josh: That's a good name.
Ollie: Another thing, this isnāt fizzy. Josh: Yeah, this is traditional cider. Chris: Oh REALLY?! Ollie: This is flat.
Josh: Yeah! It's dry! Yeah! Chris: No...
Ollie: Have you not had flat cider before? No! Josh: Are you serious?
Chris: Yeah! No! Here, try some dry cider first. This is a strong one. Okay. Josh: See?
Christ: That looks like whiskey! Almost no bubbles. Chris: OH MY GOODNESS! Chris: OH MY GOODNESS!
Josh: What does it smell like? X2 STRONG cider! Ollie: Oh wow.
Josh: This is traditional cider! Ollie: That smells like a pub toilet.
Josh: This is traditional cider! Josh: No it doesnātā¦.
Ollie: It does. Chris: Okay, shall we go?
Josh: Cheers guys! Cheers! Cider! Traditional British cider. Thatās made the little bits here go ZING! Why are traditional drinks so strong?! I donāt usually like cider, And I would say that has reinforced my opinion. It needs to be summer.
I feel like it needs to have hay bales around us. And then that would be awesome.
You know environment makes a difference. Ollie: It does.
Josh: Itās almost... it's almost sour! There's like, a real twang to it! Josh: Itās like sharp.
Ollie & Chris: Yeah. It is sharp. Do we wanna try the Scrumpy one? Oooh! Smells almost like syrup by comparison. Alright! Cheers! I donāt know about that. Thatās kind of got a cheesy hint to it! It tastesā¦ somehow tastes more like fart. I think itās better than the vintage dry one. Chris: Tastes like warm urine.
Ollie: Yeah. It does. OKAY! Thatāsā¦ Alright.
So that was cider, we have one more drink, Chris. Chris: Okay.
Josh: One more! Alright! Well, you always crack out the weird one last so
Iām kind of interestedā¦ what youāre gonna do. Have you heard of plague water? Josh: Oh noā¦ Oh no!
Chris: PLAGUE water?! Josh: Thatās not a thing!
Chris: Surely thatās not a thingā¦ Well, not any more, but we made some. Josh: What do you mean we made some?!
Christ: What do you mean?! Let me just read. Plague water is the name given to a variety of medicinal waters of supposed potency against the Plague. Most commonly, it was distillation of various herbs and roots which were believed to be affectatious. Typically recipes contained no less than
22 herbal products, both leaves and roots... Josh: TWENTY TWO?!
Ollie: steeped in white wine or brandy and then distilled. Many of ingredients sound very strange to us indeed,
But on further investigation, A lot of herbs grow wild locally, or can be grown in herb garden or can be bought from online herb stockists. Oh my gosh Ollie. WHAT?! Oh my goshā¦ This looks like death in a bucket! That looks like it would give you the plague. Weāve been fermenting this for the last week. Chris: No you havenātā¦
Josh: NO! Can you just consume all the stuff inside? What is that?! We need to strain it because
thereās lots of herbs and stuff. We had to go to an online stockistā¦ Buy 22 herbs and spiciess 22 herbs and spicies?! Chris: Oh... My... Daysā¦
Ollie: So... Here are some of the... Chris: You bought A LOT! So weāve got lemon balmā¦ dried sageā¦ Chris: Mugwort?! That isnāt real?! Josh: NO!
Chris: Thatās not real! Itās used to stimulate and ease menstruation,
Assist digestion and liver function, expel parasitesā¦ Chris: Expel parasitesā¦
Ollie: And relax the nervous system! Iām not sure, Ollie. This hasnāt given me great confidence. Okay, but it's medicinal. I would say your chances of getting the Plague
are massively reduced if we consume this. Oh my goodness. Give it a smell. OH MY GOSH! I can smell it from here! Here, let me smell it. That is unbelievable! Ollie: Oh wowā¦
Chris: You donāt need to go that close. Smells like compost. Alright, letās pour it and strain. Careful, Chris. This is amazing. Doesnāt this feel a little odd?
It feels like weāre conjuring up something. It does. A little like a spell. Ohā¦ In Jesus name, no. Okay. Letās do this. I wanna ladle it out. Why are you ladling it?! Here we are my potionā¦ Oh my Lord have mercy. This is quite impressive! Ollie: Thanks man!
Josh: Plague water! I mean... You can not find buy this ANYWHERE.... Iām quite interested in what itās gonna taste like. Is this alcoholic? Yeah. Itās fermented in white wine. Wow, this is an interesting drinking experience.
Letās hope we donāt all get ill. I feel like there is a good chance
we won't get the plague, But we might get some other form of sickness. Seriously. Alright. Cheers. Are you ready to relax your nervous system? Weāre gonna get mugworts everywhereā¦ How are you guys a straight faced...?! That isā¦ Itās so sour! Itāsā¦ I... I donāt know if I like it or hate it! It smells like herbs but taste like strained vomit. Josh: Like acid!
Chris: I donāt know! Such a wimp! I just wanna gagā¦ itās horrible! Chris: I donāt know! I feel likeā¦
Ollie: Yeah! I could keep going! Chris: Itās kind of... it's intriguing! Chris: Iāve never tasted anything like it!
Ollie: It is. It is. You know what? It kind of tastes like freshly cut grass. You know? NO!! That is better than I thought it was gonna be. Definitely. Our expectations were rock bottom. Yeah. Mine was like,
if I projectile this over the camera, will it break it?! Itās fine! If thereās a choice between
drinking that and getting the plague, I would choose that any day. I think itās kind of nice. Iāve been taking big gulps. If you a take big gulp of that,
it freakin' hits in the back of your throat. Chris: I don't know!
Josh: One shot it. Do it. X2 I dare you x2. Thatās gonna be harder to down...
That's gonna be hard to handle. No problem! Itās definitely harderā¦ definitely harder if Iām honest. Heās right. That is a lot harder. You quivered...The lip quiver! Iām covered in sweat. Wow! Thatās just.. sweat has literally just goneā¦ You know when you're just about to vomit? Your bodyās gone, AAHHHH! Ollie! What are you doing! Feel me! Iām so clammy! x2 Feel! Alright, so thatās been traditional British drinks.
Have you enjoyed that, Chris? Semi. It was fun. I mean Robinsonās... Let's drink more memories.
I liked that. Let's do it. Agreed. But the plague, less so. Thankfully we abolished the plague a while ago. Yes. It was good news that has gone. Mainly so that we donāt have to drink this anymore. Bubble bubble boil and troubleā¦ No! In Jesus name. Weāll see you JOLLY soon guys. See you later!
