- Hello, wie geht es Ihnen?
I'm Steve the Bartender,
and today I'm going to show you how to make a Krauter Sauer,
which directly translates to herb sour.
This is the first time I'm going to be using Underberg.
I think it's pronounced "oond berg".
If you're German, please let me know.
My wife is behind the camera.
She has German heritage, she should know,
but she doesn't drink "oond berg", Underberg.
Australians would probably pronounce it Underberg,
but I'm sure that's not quite right.
It's my first Underberg cocktail based up here and Rebecca
who bought me two little three packs of Underberg.
to use in some cocktails.
I'm going to be utilizing it a few times
in some upcoming videos.
I'm really keen to,
I've seen some awesome looking cocktails.
I've mentioned in the past on Instagram,
with a big brandy balloon, crushed ice, orchids,
and a little upturned bottle inside the drink.
For those who don't know,
it's a German digestive liqueur
so there's a lot of herbs in there.
Herbs from like, 43 different countries
I think they advertise on the back of the packet.
Yeah.
Selection of the finest aromatic herbs from 43 different
countries.
But it's, for those that...
If you want a similar drink,
I'd say Jagermeister.
That's probably a closer similarity for those who aren't
familiar with Underberg.
This cocktail, herb sour, herbal sour.
So, let's get straight onto the drink
and we'll start with finding a cocktail shaker.
(laughing)
Thanks, babe.
(whistling)
(crashing)
Oh no.
Okay.
I've forgotten every single piece
of bar equipment that I need to make this drink, so, okay.
Let's get started,
now that I have all my bar equipment on the bar top.
Measure out 60 ml of Dolan Dry vermouth
or another dry vermouth that you have on hand.
60 ml, two ounces.
Don't tell anyone, but that was about 57.5 ml.
Just under two ounces.
It was close.
Then you have 22.5 ml, three quarter ounce of simple syrup.
And the same measurement of fresh lemon juice.
(metal clanging)
22.5 ml.
Oh, that is one juicy lemon.
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And,
one bottle of Underberg.
(paper tearing)
So these bottles are 20 ml.
It's roughly three quarter ounce.
(liquid splashing)
Fill your glass with ice,
give it a shake,
and we will soon have a herbal sour.
- [Steve's Wife] Krauter Sauer.
- Krauter Sauer.
(ice rattling)
Just bringing out my inner German.
- [Steve's Wife] Inner Schwob.
Inner Schwob.
- My inner Schwob, as my wife tells me.
For the freshly squeezed citrus,
I'll double strain that into a chilled coupe glass.
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(ice rattling)
And, for garnish, I'll express some lemon peel
over the top and discard.
And there you have a Krauter Sauer.
Herb sour.
Cheers.
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I freaking love that, that's awesome.
It's the herbal notes aren't overpowering,
but they're subdued by the citrus notes, the sugar.
It's kind of a low ABV cocktail
'cause you're using a vermouth, but...
You get those subtle flavors of the Underberg,
those herbal notes, without it being too overwhelming.
Like if you, if you drink it straight,
which is what you normally do,
you, you use that as a digestive,
so you have a big meal
and then you, you sip on your Underberg
straight, cold, however you like it.
But in this particular drink,
it showcases it very well.
You have those herbal notes,
and that's tasty.
I really like it.
Thanks for watching.
Make sure you try the cocktail.
Make sure you like this video
and I'll see you soon
for another video.
Cheers.
Auf Wiedersehen.
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Ooh.
- [Steve's Wife] Is it good?
- It's very good.
- [Steve's Wife] Sehr gut.
- So gut.
- [Steve's Wife] Sehr.
- Sehr gut.
- [Steve's Wife] Sehr gut.
- Sehr gut.
- [Steve's Wife] Sehr gut.
- Sehr gut, Ja?
- [Steve's Wife] Ja.
- Ja.
- [Steve's Wife] Ja. Super!
- Super!
- [Steve's Wife] Super.
- Super.
Danke sehr.
Bitte sehr.
- [Steve's Wife] Did you say (mumbles)?
- Dzien dobry.
- [Steve's Wife] Kartoffelsalat.
- Kartoffelsalat.
(laughing)
Gurkensalat.
Ooh.
- [Steve's Wife] (laughing)
Fleischsalat.
- Fleischsalat.
Kuchen.
- [Steve's Wife] What's that?
- Cake.
- [Steve's Wife] Kuchen.
- Kuchen.
- [Steve's Wife] Kuchen.
- Kuchen.
Wie geht es Ihnen?
Hello, Tante Christa!
- [Steve's Wife] Do you love that?
- Try this, that's fucking, that's wicked.
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