oh hey friends welcome back it's anders today i'm going to show you how to make the
gun shop fizz i'm not a gun guy but i'm a cocktail guy and this is a great cocktail
it's not like any cocktail i've ever made on this channel i'm telling you this because it's
the truth it is out of this world there is no redder cocktail out there so it's perfect for
valentine's day it was created in new orleans so it's perfect for mardi gras and i have not tasted
this for about five or six years so i don't really remember what it tastes like but i remember liking
it and i usually prep out all of my cocktails and get the recipes just so so that when we put out
these videos you have a recipe that i'm confident you're gonna like this one i'm just going with the
original recipe i'm not gonna tweak it i didn't try it because i want to have a real reaction
hopefully i still like it one way to find out if you're new to the channel hit that
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let's go back in time to 2009 because that's when this cocktail was invented in new orleans
by two bartenders kirk estopinol and max pizuniak i apologize to both of you if
i am butchering those names but this cocktail was great because it called for a very unusual
ingredient that being peychaud's aromatic bitters now other aromatic bitters specifically angostura
it's not entirely unusual to use that as a base spirit but to use peychaud's aromatic
bitters is quite different so now let's go back further in time to 1830 when antoine
amédée peychaud who was an apothecary in the french quarter of new orleans created peychaud's
bitters he used an old creole recipe and was considered the father of cocktails until people
figured it out that he was probably born after you see first print of the word cocktail so i don't
know how he pulled that one off but he did create the sazerac and that's pretty impressive the name
of the cocktail is the gun shop fizz and that is really to honor this apothecary this pharmacy
because antoine's pharmacy is now an antique gun shop and swords it's all about old weapons
anyway peychaud's bitters there's really no substitute in this drink for pechaud's bitters
if you were to compare it to angustura bitters it's lighter and fruitier it has
a lot more licorice root a little mint little cherry to me it kind of tastes like an herbal
bubble gum flavor but bitter it's also bright red which the kid in me is like oh this is fun
it's red let's make this drink i've got a lot of tools here so get your list i've got
boston shaker bottle opener [ __ ] muddler we get to muddle a knife hawthorne strainer fine mesh
strainer and a collins glass because this will be served in a collins class now the ingredients
this is going to be unusual we are going to wait hold on i've got a muddler rolling around here
better now the ingredients we are going to need peychaud's bitters fresh lemon juice simple syrup
this is a one-to-one simple syrup typically i do my semi-rich simple syrup but this recipe called
for one to one and i'm not changing the recipe so i'm going with a straight one to one simple syrup
then we are going to need this a grapefruit because we want grapefruit zest orange zest
hold on yeah uh ah strawberries a little cucumber then we're going to need a red bitter italian soda
the peychaud's bitters i'm using is pechaud's and the red bitter italian soda is stappi
for the bitters if you really get into this cocktail definitely get a bigger bottle this is
five ounces and it's enough to make two and a half cocktails for the bitter soda the original recipe
called for sanbitter which is made by san pellegrino and for some reason i was under the
impression that it wasn't made anymore but i found it online so i've got some coming in a couple
days i'm going to have some but i already had the stappi on hand i will put a link for both of them
and you can choose which one you want to use this stuff is like a non-alcoholic campari and soda
it's meant to be as an aperitif to have before a meal you don't really see that here in this
i think that's my cue to move on let's build i don't know the best way to display this need
a fruit basket yeah we're making a fruit salad all right so i'm going to start by muddling so
we're going to take these ingredients all the produce and we're going to muddle to muddle
i'm going to do it in my smaller cheater tin just because it's shorter and i just have
more control and i can actually get to the bottom of it but if you want to muddle in the larger one
i'm not going to stop you that's fine but let's start by taking two strawberries
i'm going to take a little green tops off just throw them right in there two slices of cucumber
oh no i guess i could use a knife i forgot my peeler
and you'll need a peeler because we need swaths so three swaths of orange one two three
drop it right in there and then three swats of grapefruit i'm not gonna make them too big
i want them to match the orange
so put that right in there and muddle away this is gonna take a little work
really be strong it's going to get all of the oils and break up that cucumber all right
and once it looks thoroughly disgusting then you are getting close press and twist people
press and twist press and twist there okay here it is this is what we want we want fruity mush
set that off to the side let it sit for a couple minutes while we build the rest of the cocktail
all right we'll start with the peychaud's bitters i'm going to take the little stopper top off
just because getting two ounces with that on is gonna make you give up on
this cocktail and two ounces of peychaud's bitters
put the stopper top back on because if you want to make a sazerac later
and you don't have that on you'll be disappointed then one ounce of lemon juice
and one ounce of simple syrup
i guess all that we have to do now is add ice and shake so let's do that
we can shake away all the fruit is going to be in the top so you want to shake it good
to incorporate everything so give it a good shake yep looks right now put ice in your collins glass
and then you're gonna want to double strain this because there's lots
of matter inside the shaking tip so double strain on top of the ice
and this could take a while look how red that is this is what valentine's
should look like i don't know what that means but there's gonna be a little bit
of room on top and that's where the bitter soda goes top it off with the italian soda
red on red
and then the garnish will just be a slice of cucumber
but i'm also going to do a strawberry i just like that cucumber
a slice strawberry there it is then all we need is the straw
the gun shop fizz if this doesn't scream new orleans and valentine's day i don't know what does
i hope it tastes good cheers everyone
oh man oh wow
i love it i really love it there's a lot to say about this let me try to explain it to you the
cucumber's really cooling the strawberry is really sweet so i get all of that i don't get the orange
so much i definitely have grapefruit and then like a cherry bitterness on the end very refreshing you
don't get the burn of alcohol at all but it's in there so be careful uh would you like to try it
yes i would oh what do you think the first thing i thought was watermelon oh i could see that yeah
i could see watermelon and candy yeah i think the candy is that peychaud's bitters to me it gives it
like there's like a bubblegum quality to it this was a clever cocktail and definitely the most
surprising we've had on the channel so far oh now i get the orange happy valentine's day my friends
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of course this was fun i hope all of you had fun you know what i did i had fun