Thanks to one of my favorite mixologists and people, Evelyn Chick, I have had what I feel is the best Old Fashioned ever, dubbed The Crane Project for the amount of times I drank them during my time in Vancouver. Unless you live in Canada, or smuggle bottles of the stuff back with you, as … Continue reading
After being served this amazing deconstructed white russian by Brynn Smith from Soto in LA, I was inspired to try and make one at home myself. Rather than simply mixing coffee liquor, vodka and cream Brynn Hand shook a creamy foam in a cocktail shaker to top the drink off. I thought it would be … Continue reading
Wait a minute didn’t I just do a post on flips!? Not soon after the PF flip did I come up with one of the best tasting flips ever! I call it my breakfast flip cause it has all the goodness of breakfast wrapped up into a cocktail! My favorite Collingwood Maplewood aged Canadian Whisky (which you … Continue reading
The blog got a little behind with some unfortunate life changes and then some time spent on another project, Rizzo & Crane, that I will write about soon. Playing a little catch up with some post of some creations that came up in the home bar over the last year or so. This cocktail was … Continue reading
One of the main reasons I wanted to make the coffee cynar foam was for the idea of this cocktail. Every young Italian American boy has memories of their Nonna, in this case it was my great grandmother, who came to the US at the age of 18. She used to always put a dash … Continue reading
In Honor of LA I thought I’d make more beer cocktails! In the top right I made of course the fan favorite The Blond Likes Gin except now served with a nice lemon slice garnish which is how I think it shall be served from now on. I also took another crack at making something with … Continue reading
I love the fall and I love Old Fashioneds, what better way to welcome the fall weather than with some Old Fashioneds sweetened with Maple Syrup rather than sugar. Its delicious! I made one standard old fashioned with bourbon and maple syrup and one Rum old fashioned with Ron Zacapa which was also quite nice. … Continue reading
You’re probably wondering where The Drunken Crane has been. Sorry folks, life got busy and although I was making plenty of cocktails at home I just didn’t have time to keep up with the blog. You’re about to see a whole lot of updates! I was absolutely obsessed with Trader Joe’s Cookie Butter for a … Continue reading
Here is an up and coming project for you fellow cocktail enthusiasts out there! This past Saturday I was in the mood to experiment and try out some new cocktails, but I had no clue what to make. I decided to just turn to a random page in a cocktail book and make whatever I … Continue reading
I picked up this cocktail book out of curiosity while shopping at Whole Foods: Food & Wine Cocktails 2012 Its got all the basics, not bad really. I came across the Capricious cocktail, a variation of a martini. All I had was sweet vermouth at home, but I thought I would give it a whirl with … Continue reading
