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Cranstonian

Name: Cranstonian
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 37.5 ml Mezcal; 30 ml Cranberry juice; 15 ml Orange-red aperitivo; 15 ml Lime juice; 4 drop Margarita Bitters

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (28)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₄ fl oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
1 fl oz	Cranberry juice (sweetened)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
4 drop	Difford's Margarita Bitters

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an Urban Bar Freddo Old Fashioned

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
RIM glass with Tajín seasoning (moisten outside edge with lime or orange juice and drip into Tajín).
Prepare garnish of dehydrated lime slice wheel.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with dehydrated lime slice wheel.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Cranstonian contains 130 calories

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
13.13% alc./vol. (26.27° proof)
13.8 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2022 by Bryan Cranston, star of Breaking Bad, and originally made with Dos Hombres mezcal, the brand he cofounded with co-star Aaron Paul.

Review

Mezcal-forward, but in flavour rather than a spirituous way, indeed this bittersweet aperitivo s relatively restrained on the boozy front.

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Comments & Discussion

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ida lindquist 3w

Unfortunately a bit lacking, the aperol and cranberry were both too subtle. Ended up feeling overdiluted

Cassandra Adams Premium Member 2y

Loved this, surprised that there aren't more positive comments. Difford's review sums it up excellently. The smoke of the mezcal comes through subtly late, whilst the Aperol/cranberry combo softens the approach.

Massimo Cremieux 3y

Ì tried this with package pomegranate juice. Too sour for me. I’ll add agave syrup

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson 3y

More convincing as a chemist than a mixologist.

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