Cheap vs Expensive Cocktails | How to Drink

Does the quality and price of the spirit matter in your cocktail? Let's find out by testing bottom, middle and top shelf spirits in some classic cocktails and seeing if there is a large difference in how they taste?

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00:00 - Does spirit quality matter?
00:40 - Old Fashioned
04:16 - Gin Martini
07:21 - Daiquiri
10:01 - El Presidente
13:07 - Vodka Soda
16:09 - Margarita
19:13 - What did we learn?

Old Fashioned:
Build in glass over ice
2 oz. or 60 ml. Bourbon
.25 oz. or 8 ml. Simple Syrup
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Twist of orange
Cheap - Early Times
Middle - Four Roses
Expensive - Old Fitzgerald

Gin Martini:
Build in mixing glass
1.5 oz. or 45 ml. Gin
.5 oz. or 15 ml. Dry Vermouth
2 dashes Orange Bitters
Add ice and stir
Strain into glass
Twist of lemon
Cheap - Fleischmann's
Middle - Tanquaray
Expensive - Monkey 47

Daiquiri:
Build in shaker
2 oz. or 60 ml. Rum
1 oz. or 30 ml. Lime Juice
1 oz. or 30 ml. Simple Syrup
Add ice and shake
Strain into glass
Cheap - Palo Viejo
Middle - Bacardi Silver
Expensive - Hamilton 87

El Presidente:
Build in mixing glass
1.5 oz. or 45 ml. Rum
1.5 oz. or 45 ml. Lillet Blanc
.25 oz. or 8 ml. Dry Curaçao
Barspoon of Grenadine
Add ice and stir
Strain into a glass
Twist of orange
Cheap - Bacardi Gold
Middle - Plantation 5 year
Expensive - R.L. Seale's

Vodka Soda:
Build in glass over ice
1.5 oz. or 45 ml. Vodka
Seltzer
Twist of lime
Cheap - Popov
Middle - Titio's
Expensive - Crystal Skull

Margarita:
Build in shaker
2 oz. or 60 ml. Tequila
1 oz. or 30 ml. Triple Sec
1 oz. or 30 ml. Lime Juice
Add ice and shake
Strain into glass
Cheap - El Toro
Middle - La Gritona
Expensive - Don Julio

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