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
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Rolin’ with Brolin (a variation on the Brolin cocktail)
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
Nonna’s Hot Chocolate
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
Coffee Infused Cynar Foam
I’d been wanting to try to make a cocktail foam for some time, especially with how amazing the St Germain foam was on Matthew Biancaniello’s cocktail Last Tango in Modena. With how successful the coffee infused Cynar has been I thought that is would make an awesome foam… and it DID! Foam- 1 cup … Continue reading
Getting crazy with Trader Joe’s Cookie Butter
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
Bitterly Beautiful – Coffee infused Cynar Manhattan
There certainly is a theme here lately, as you can tell, Matt from the Library Bar at the Roosevelt has become a bit of a mentor for me. Taking the coffee infused Cynar, I made version of a Manhattan cocktail for a friends birthday, served on a rock. This is a variation on one of … Continue reading
Coffee infused Cynar
As you might be able to tell by now, I also have a great love for coffee, and always love coffee infused anything or any excuse to add coffee flavor into a cocktail. I shared with Matthew Biancaniello that I had made a coffee infused bourbon at home (rudimentary by his standards, yes I know) … Continue reading