well it's Thanksgiving season here in
the US and so we need a Thanksgiving
cocktail but before we get started you
might notice something different about
the video yes we are now filming in
beautiful 4k resolution the downside of
that is that all the imperfections get
put into focus so let me just take care
of myself a bit here give me a second
all right that should do the trick
okay let's see the thanks teeny how much
what the thanks teeny a fun and
delicious new novelty drink I invented
cranberry juice potato vodka and a
bouillon cube tastes just like a turkey
dinner hmm it's like Thanksgiving in my
mouth
I'll be the judge of that let's start
with some potato vodka which isn't
potato flavored but just distilled from
a potato mash add two ounces or 60 mils
of the vodka then we're gonna add four
ounces or 120 mils of our cranberry
juice or a cranberry juice cocktail from
concentrate for those watching in 4k add
to a shaker tin with ice shake for about
15 seconds and then double strain into a
martini glass and then we'll finish with
the most innovative component of this
cocktail the boo-yan cube and the first
thing you notice is it does not dissolve
on its own so we're gonna take a muddler
and see if we can break up this
dehydrated chicken stock cube into
something we can actually ingest and
already this is starting to look pretty
sad but who knows it may stop being sad
and be awesome instead let's find out
right away you get that hit of sodium
from the boo-yan cube and it just kind
of finishes like a vodka cranberry it's
like Thanksgiving in your mouth if your
Thanksgivings are very disappointing
let's see if we can't make a better
version of the
thanks teenie and so to get started
let's think about the types of flavors
that are iconically
fall and Thanksgiving related things
like cranberry cinnamon maple wine and
sage let's try to work some of those
flavors into something delicious we're
gonna start with some port which is a
fortified wine often served as a dessert
wine now there are many different types
of ports but here we're using a ruby
style which is a deep colored red port
that will impart some red berry and
cinnamon flavors so let's add one ounce
or 30 mils of our Ruby port and we have
some maple syrup here try to use grade-a
dark and robust taste maple syrup half
an ounce or 15 mils to balance that out
we're gonna add 3/4 of an ounce or about
22 mils of fresh lemon juice now these
flavors are gonna pair really well with
a dry gin which is what we're gonna use
here if you prefer dark spirits during
this time of year go ahead and use a
whiskey maybe a wild turkey here we're
gonna add one ounce or 30 mils of our
gin now wouldn't be Thanksgiving without
cranberry so instead of using cranberry
juice we're gonna be using a heaping bar
spoon of canned cranberry sauce just
drop it right in add everything to a
shaker tin with ice shake for about 15
seconds and the shaking is going to mash
up and incorporate that cranberry sauce
once you're done just put it aside now
we're gonna serve this over crushed ice
so put some ice in a Lewis bag like this
and bang on it so the camera bounces
around after it's been nicely pulverized
pour the ice into a rocks glass like
this then we're gonna double strain our
new and improved thanks teeny into the
rocks glass and we can already see that
beautiful deep red color and we're gonna
finish this cocktail with a garnish of
sage which has a very warm herbal aroma
so pick a small bunch of sage and then
we're gonna clap it in our hands to
release the aroma after that drop it
over the top of the
all right this thing is starting to melt
so it's time to give it a taste
Cheers right away you can taste the
richness of the port wine and the berry
flavor and it's nicely balanced by the
lemon and cranberry and when you get
your nose in there that sage aroma is
fantastic
barney stinson may be awesome but he
could really step up this cocktail game
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