- [Whispers] Oh yeah, oh yeah.
- And then you're gonna need a little more.
- [Whispers] Okay, okay.
- Okay all this breathy talk, you guys.
(laughs)
- Yep, still more, you gotta go to that line.
- [Whispers] Just a little bit more, it's okay.
- All right, guys, I swear to God.
Stop it! - Beautiful.
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So today Devin, Jen, and I are going to be
hanging out with a professional bartender named Bethany.
- My name's Bethany Ham,
I'm a bartender here in Los Angeles.
I've been running bar programs in LA for the past
eight years, and today I'm gonna be making three cocktails
based on Freddie, Devin and Jen's zodiac signs.
Prior to this I only knew things about my zodiac sign,
so this was fun to learn three other random zodiac signs,
and what their personality traits usually are.
- [Freddie] She's gonna teach us how to make the cocktails
and then we're gonna bring in some other people
from the office so that they can try to guess which
cocktails matches with which sign.
I think they'll all fail.
Hello ladies.
- Hi Freddie. - Hi Fred.
- Okay, so I've roped you into a drinking video.
- Okay!
- Ooh well ti-- what I meant to say?
(no signal beep)
[Devon] Well twist my arm Fred!
(laughs) That's what I meant to say.
- Well, tie my hair up.
- And call me Sally.
You know, I'm a Gemini.
- You are a Gemini. - You're such a Gemini.
- I am an Aries.
- Yeah, I see that for you, definitely.
I'm a Capricorn.
- So I don't know much about any sign except my own,
is that Gemini-esque? - Sounds like a Gemini.
- Yeah? Is that something a Gemini would say?
- Okay, I follow a lot of astrology meme accounts,
and like all of the Aries ones basically just
call Aries like, giant screaming babies.
That's like the stereotype I guess.
So like, what is the stereotype for Capricorn?
- That we only care about money.
Which is kind of funny because the other day
my friend was telling me that she like, fell in love with
this guy who doesn't have a job, and I was like,
I don't understand how you could do that.
- So I've talked to a few mixologists for
this video, and the first one that I talked to,
I told her each of our signs, and she was like,
"Oh, so the Capricorn, she should just have a cup of ice."
(laughs) - A cup of ice?
Because I don't wanna spend money?
- No, 'cause you're ice cold.
- Oh, I'm icy. - [Jen And Freddie] Yeah.
- I feel like I'm the least iciest.
I think mine's just gonna be straight whiskey.
It's gonna be like yep, this is the Capricorn drink.
I feel like Aries are really fun, because they're
fire signs, they can be impulsive, they're very talkative.
- Mine's just gonna be a baby bottle.
Like, here's some (beep) breast milk you infant.
- People hate Geminis.
I didn't know people hated Geminis until like,
Beyonce gave birth to her twins and people were like
"Oh my God, they're gonna be Geminis!"
I think mine matches pretty well with my whole vibe.
- Oh you know the drinks already?
- I know them already.
- Because Freddie's in charge of this situation.
- I'm in charge. - She's the director.
- But now we're gonna drink. - Now we're gonna drink!
I'm gonna go first.
- For Freddie, she's a Gemini, and they're notorious
for being the life of the party, so I thought that
the drink that would fit best would be a spicy Margherita.
So, this a shaken drink, so we're gonna build it
in these tins right here. - Okay.
- So you can just flip those over.
And we're gonna be building all of our ingredients
in the smaller tin.
So, your first ingredient, you should always start with
your cheapest in case you mess up.
So we'll start with our lime juice.
Basically make it to the cusp.
- The cusp! - More?
- Astrology speak, good for you.
- There we go. - To the cusp.
- The rising lime juice, perfect.
- Yes!
- And then you can put that right in there.
(gasps)
And then this is gonna be our orange liqueur,
so this is Clement liqueur d'orange.
- [Freddie And Devin] Okay.
We're gonna do a half an ounce of the demerara.
Now the fun part, we're going to add some ice
into this guy, just go for it.
- I'm here for support.
(ice clanking)
- (beep) I did wash my hands as well,
we all washed our hands. - Yes.
- And then we're gonna seal it, so you just wanna make sure,
since you're gonna shake it.
- This is my favorite part.
- Seal it down, and push it down.
You don't have to hit, I mean you can.
But it just makes it a little harder to open.
- That's okay.
- But if you want a challenge, I like it.
- I'm a little harder to open, I'm a Capricorn. (laughs)
- Flip it around, just so that you're, yeah.
And now you can shake shake.
(ice clanking)
Beautiful!
Before we pour it in though, I'm gonna have you kind of
rim the sides, make it wet, and then lay it into
the salts, so that's there's salt on the edge.
So, add however many peppers you want to this tin.
- Ooh, how many peppers does a Gemini get?
- Ooh! - Dump.
~- No, I'm gonna do three.
- And then take the muddler,
and then just crunch them up a bit.
- Ooh, this part's always fun, I love that sound.
- [Bethany] And now, shake again.
Beautiful.
And then you can dump this into the glass.
- Oh wow!
- [Devin] Well that's beautiful.
- [Freddie] Look at my little drink!
- [Jen] Cute! - [Devin] Super cute.
- Okay, now I'm gonna try it. (drink swishes)
I'm very excited.
- [Bethany] Good? - It's really good.
- I'm gonna try it the way bartenders try their drinks.
- Oh yeah, with the --
- Oh my God that's delicious. - Wow.
- I think I could've put one or two more peppers in there.
- Here, let's taste.
- I do love the peppers, that is so good!
- Oh no, that's a perfect amount.
- The thing is, I don't like spicy drinks,
but I like that one.
I think it's the (mumbles). (laughs)
- It's definitely the (mumbles).
- Who's next? - You're next.
- I'm next!
So, as the Capricorn on set, it has come to my attention
that we are making drinks with rum.
I don't like rum. - Perfect.
(laughs)
- Challenge accepted. - Awesome, yeah.
- For Devin, since she's a Capricorn, I wanted to make
a cocktail that would be very earth-sign friendly,
so I went with a basil daiquiri,
with an agricole rum, so it's gonna be nice and earthy.
And super like, what's the word I'm looking for,
with a Capricorn.
- Rich? (laughs)
- Like a very dependable person!
So put that ice into that glass.
And that's just to make sure your vessel is cold
when you pour your drink into it,
because your actual cocktail won't have ice in it.
- Yeah, I want a cold glass.
- First thing, we're gonna do an ounce of lime juice,
simple syrup in this one.
Rum time. - Rum time!
- [Bethany] Two full ounces of rum.
Put three basil leaves in?
- I'm gonna choose the best ones.
- And if your stem is on it, that's fine too,
because the stems have flavor in them as well.
And then ice. - Ice, ice, baby.
- Do you use the stick in this one?
- Nope, not in that one. - Not in this one.
- Since basil's so delicate,
you don't really need to muddle it.
(slaps)
Nicely done.
(shaking) There it is!
- Do you do the tricks, where you're like...
- Mmm, no.
Oh, so the trick to that one is when it's facing you,
and it's clicked down, you wanna go to three o'clock.
- Oh, you just did that with your thumb!
- I like the way that sounds.
- It smells so good, I love the basil.
- [Bethany] You can dump out this ice back into the ice.
And then you're gonna use your Hawthorne strainer,
and then pour into that.
(ooh-ing) - That's satisfying!
- [Bethany] Beautiful. - [Freddie] Love it!
- [Jen] Wow, so simple!
- So rich!
I like. Wanna taste?
Dip your bartender straws in there.
- You can taste the rum, but it's like,
pretty sweet as well.
- Zesty!
- Like me.
- All right, Capricorn time!
- Nope, Aries time. (no signal beep)
- Aries time! (laughs and whooping)
- All right, can't wait to get my breast milk!
- For Jen's, she's an Aries, I need to make
a really bold cocktail that was gonna stand out,
so we went with a Little Italy.
- Wow, that's so fun!
I'm also half Italian!
- Are you really? - Yeah!
- Little Italy is also a nickname I have for a body part.
- Oh! - Just kidding.
- So obviously, we have two Italian ingredients.
This is Cynar, so this is a digestif from Italy.
- Is this made out of artichokes?
- Yes!
It's gonna be 3/4 of an ounce, and now vermouth time.
Two ounces of the rye whiskey.
That's all for the ingredients, so now you're just
gonna add some ice into this to stir.
Here is your spoon - Big ol' spoon.
- [Bethany] Think of it, as like, a pencil in your hands.
- [Devin] Is that how you hold pencils, Jen?
(laughs)
- With stirred drinks you're not gonna be serving it
with ice, so I always like to check and make sure
it's cold enough.
I'd say stir a little longer. - Stir a little longer? Okay.
- Beautiful. - Gorgeous.
- I love being praised.
- And for this one, we're gonna strain with a
Julep strainer. - Wow.
- And the garnish on this one, is gonna be
your lemon zest.
Close.
- I did almost just cut myself, I was like, "Uh Oh!"
- But it was close!
Do you want me to do it? - Yeah, I would love that.
I like to leave it in the hands of the professionals.
- So you just want enough so that you don't get all
this white stuff, the pith. - Gotcha.
- [Bethany] And then we're just gonna hold it
away from the glass, get all those sweet oils on it.
And then I always like to give the stem some love.
So then it makes people's hands smell like lemon.
- It's like when you put perfume like here--
- Exactly! - Wow, this does look cool.
- Did you say "in here"?
- Sometimes. - Here, in your Little Italy.
- Sometimes in my little Italy!
- Give it a try.
- Wow, that's really good.
- Good, I'm glad you like it!
- Yeah, that's really great.
- It's like a negroni.
- So that's the Little Italy, for the little Aries.
- Now we're gonna put some of our co-workers to the test,
and see if they can guess which cocktail
goes with which sign.
- And these aren't just any co-workers, these are co-workers
at Buzzfeed who love astrology.
- Yep! - And love drinking.
What celebrity is this? - It's you!
- [Devin] Tom Cruise, or Tom Hanks.
- Wow, yeah, it's Tom Hanks.
- Wow, we're shooting.
(laughs) - No we're not.
- I'm excited and scared, all at the same time.
- Oh good. (laughs)
- Thank you for having me, to combine my two
favorite things, mixology and astrology.
- Cute!
- So here's the thing, I don't know if this is just
a Gemini thing, but I only know things about Geminis.
- That is a Gemini thing.
- Okay, good.
- We expect you to get the Gemini drink correct, then.
- So which one are you tasting first?
- [Alaina] Let's go with what I imagine is this
tequila-based one, 'cause then I'm gonna get
silly afterwards.
- I'm assuming because it has a lime, it probably has
a tequila, and tequila is the party drink,
and that makes me think of Geminis, because we're fun.
- Oh God!
This is definitely a jalapeño margarita.
This is gonna be too easy. (laughs)
- I still think a spicy margarita's gonna be Aries,
like, it's just the spice, it's the fire, a little reckless.
- It's the fire sign, so like, I would think this is you.
- Maybe. - Or it would be you.
- I don't think you are those things, to be...
- I could be! - She loves fire.
- I do like fire. - You do love fire!
You like playing with sharp objects.
- So she's got some earth energy book-ending her fire.
- Exactly.
- [Ryann] This tastes like, to me, a responsible,
like a, the mom!
- If this is the Capricorn one, it will get the job done
because I will keep drinking it until I am drunk.
- You keep coming back to that Capricorn drink.
(no signal beep) - Or is it?
Or is it?
- Let me guess, this one's the wrong cocktail.
Does this have simple syrup in it?
- Yep. - What, wow, that was cool.
(laughs)
- We're all drunk! (silly noise)
- This feels like a responsible drink, and I feel like
Gemini is gonna be wilder.
- So this is like, kind of a mojito.
- This is called a basil daiquiri.
- A basil daiquiri, okay.
- (scoffs) She thought it was a mojito.
- She thought the basil leaf was mint!
(laughs)
- [Alaina] And I imagine this one is whiskey-based,
just from what it looks like.
- And it's called the Little Italy.
- Oh, this is a Little Italy?
Okay, all right.
So she only knew your signs, she didn't know
anything else about you.
- This one has an orange peel in it, and this feels like
it is straight-up on-the-rocks, wow.
- Maybe this is a Gemini twist.
A literal, like a lemon twist.
- Oh wait, no!
It smells very fruity, okay. (gags)
- The problem is, I want to get it right,
which means I'm gonna spend too long trying to guess.
I'm gonna say Little Italy is the Capricorn. (buzzer)
I'm gonna say the spicy margarita is the Aries. (buzzer)
I'm gonna say the basil daiquiri is the Gemini.(buzzer)
- You got them all wrong. (laughs)
- No, can I re-guess?
This is gonna be too easy. (laughs)
- I think this is the Aries. (buzzer)
Because it's spicy.
I think this is the Gemini (buzzer) because of that
lemon twist.
This good ol' boy, she gets the job done.
Capricorn energy. (ding sound)
- Everyone pick up their respective cocktails.
(exhales) - Almost!
- Can I guess who this is?
I think this is you Devin (ding sound).
Because I feel like this is the one that is responsible,
the one that's like "We are gonna get this done right now"
and like, to the point.
I don't know Aries' like, personality, but I do know
Aries is the God of war, this gives me very much
brute war strength, and because you are an Aries,
I'm gonna give this to you Jen. (ding sound)
- Okay. - Ooh, yes, a spicy margarita!
Is that what this is?
Wow, what a great way to describe a Gemini!
- [Freddie] I'm crying! (laughs)
- I feel like we are spicy margaritas!
I'm 100% right, I'm right?
- You are 100% right!
- Yes, Yes, Yes!
- You got all of them correct!
- That was so fast!
(cheers)
- My second guess was that
you were the Little Italy. (buzzer)
You were the basil daiquiri. (buzzer)
And you were the spicy margarita. (buzzer)
My new final answer!
- No. (laughs)
- You got them wrong! - Well obviously this
is the right one! (laughs)
- I love that you intuited that this one
was Capricorn, though.
You took a couple sips and you were like "I don't know,
"I'm getting Capricorn off of it."
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- And then I lowkey confirmed it for you.
- You were better at guessing what was in the drinks,
which is more impressive.
- Zodiac cocktail taste-test.
- Lady tested.
- [All Together] Lady zested!
- 'Cause lemons. - Yeah, shots!
(laughs) - Shots!
- Let's get drunk! (whooping)
- Did you put that whole lemon in your mouth?
- Yeah, but it didn't fit.
- Well now it's dead. - It didn't fit.
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