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Whiskey Cocktails- My second book!

Whiskey Cocktails

Rediscovered Classics and Contemporary Craft Drinks Using the World’s Most Popular Spirit

Whiskey Cocktails Rediscovered Classics and Contemporary Craft Drinks Using the World's Most Popular Spirit
Author:

Warren Bobrow

Format: Spiral, 160 Pages
ISBN: 9781592336395
Publisher: Fair Winds Press
Price: $22.99
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Grab your bow tie and a rocks glass, because we’re talking all about one of the most classic – and classy – spirits. Whether you like bourbon, scotch or rye, whiskey’s diverse and complex taste will be your new go-to drink for parties, gatherings, or evenings in your study with a roaring fire. Whiskey can be an intimidating drink to the uninitiated. Most folks may not be able to drink it straight. We’ve got you covered. The Cocktail Whisperer, Warren Bobrow, author of Apothecary Cocktails (Fair Winds Press) incorporates some of the best whiskeys into hand-crafted cocktails that bring out the subtle notes and flavors of any good bourbon or scotch. Whiskey Cocktails features 75 traditional, newly-created, and original recipes for whiskey-based cocktails. This wonderfully crafted book also features drink recipes from noted whiskey experts and bartenders.

One of the best new whiskey books of 2014 – TastingTable.com

“In the cocktail movement, most cocktail books have ignored the whiskey drinker’s palate, making us flip through pages of vodka, gin, and rum recipes before getting to a good whiskey recipe. In Whiskey Cocktails, Warren Bobrow did us all a favor. He makes cocktails with Scotch, Irish whiskey, Canadian whiskey, bourbon, Tennessee whiskey and a few others. Bobrow freshens up classic cocktail recipes and offers a few recipes that will surely become classics themselves. Finally, we, whiskey drinkers, have our own cocktail book to cherish. Thanks, Warren, for skipping all those other spirits. Whiskey Cocktails treats whiskey as the rightful king it is. – Fred Minnick, author of Whiskey Women: The Untold Story of How Women Saved Bourbon, Scotch & Irish Whiskey

“Warren has done it again. Whiskey Cocktails is a sublime journey of the senses with mouthwatering recipes and exquisite photography. Warren leads you on a historic and personal tour and keeps you reeled in with his graceful prose that emanates from the heart. An ardent sensualist, he approaches cocktails in the way an untarnished artist approaches the canvas–guileless, ingenious, and heartfelt. His cocktail compositions are true works of art that will stand the test of time. His commitment to sourcing unique, refreshing, quality ingredients to enhance his cocktails is second to none and it shows in the elaborate, delectable concoctions he wields.” – Robert Sickler, Master of Whisky

“Before I made the drinks, I could already taste them. Warren’s ability to articulate the subtlety of the flavors in his recipes makes possible tasting by reading.” – Allison Goldberg, founder, Fruitations Craft Soda & Cocktail Mixers

“Warren Bobrow uses his great knowledge of mixing flavors to provide a book of extraordinary whiskey cocktails that will be enjoyed by all.” – Michael Veach, bourbon historian, The Filson Historical Society (Louisville, KY)

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Runaway Mountain Train Cocktail

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Runaway Mountain Train

By Warren Bobrow

This little gem usually takes a whiskey made from Millet (an alternative grain) but in this case I’m using Barrell Bourbon from Kentucky. (122 Proof) I also concocted a vinegar drink called a shrub. What is a shrub? It’s a beverage that was very popular before refrigeration that uses fruit, sugar and vinegar to make a syrup that lasts far longer than fruit alone. In the centuries before refrigeration, people were required to use pickling techniques to make fragile foods last. Fruit unfortunately lasts only so long without chilling. But with the magical mixture of sugar, vinegar and fruit comes a tangy relationship that is good for digestion too!

Ingredients

  • 4 oz. Blueberry-Raspberry Shrub
  • 3 oz. Bourbon Whiskey (Barrell Bourbon)
  • 1 teaspoon Maple syrup
  • 2 oz. Club Soda
  • pinch of sea salt
  • Chocolate Bitters

Directions

  1. To a Boston Shaker fill 3/4 with ice
  2. Add the Shrub, the Maple syrup and a pinch of sea salt along with the whiskey
  3. Cap and Shake!
  4. Pour into a utility glass with a couple cubes of ice
  5. dot the bitters over the top and serve!

When you’re on this runaway mountain train you won’t want to be coming back anytime soon!

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Travels and Essays- From DrinkupNY

Thursday, January 15, 2015

Cocktail: Travels and Essays

By Warren Bobrow, Cocktail Whisperer

Four Roses Small Batch forms the base of a very fall flavored cocktail that is meant to propel you towards the crescendo-the Christmas weekend.

I’m very fond of holiday flavors and aromatics along with the taste of the place that says New England.  The spices that come to mind when I think of this history are imprinted into my collective memory of childhood. This classic potpourri of scents is very easy to prepare because you can acquire the ingredients as easily as opening the DrinkupNY site and making a few well-timed clicks.

I love bourbon whiskey and fine bourbon whiskey can be purchased with many different producers on their labels.  At this time of the year I’m naturally attracted to Four Roses Small Batch, because the combination of four different blends make this drink sing the clarion song of refreshment.

As illustrated above, I seek the flavors of the fall in my cocktail glass and Sorel from my friend Jackie Summers makes perfect sense when a “Manhattan” of sorts is whipped together.  Sorel is a combination of Caribbean herbs, roots and spices along with very potent, New York State distilled alcohol.  It’s passionately made to Jack’s specific recommendations and each sip brings a smile to your face.  I think it mixes like a dream.

Instead of using Sweet Vermouth and Rye whiskey with Angostura Bitters in your “Manhattan” may I please suggest using the Four Roses Small Batch Bourbon Whiskey along with a nice measure of Sorel?  As not to confuse the basics of my plan, may I also include a portion of the brilliant cranberry soda and cocktail syrup from my friend Allison Goldberg in the form of her Fruitations Syrup? Why yes, yes I shall.

The reasoning for flavors that speak of the fall is very simple.  The mindset of the season is of freshly cut firewood and the snap of the fire in your cocktail glass.  I’m pretty understanding when it comes to the effort that goes into making a craft cocktail and this one is no different.  The ingredients just speak for themselves.  When you use quality ingredients the best is always the ones that speak clearly of the place.  The combination of cranberry, bourbon whiskey and Caribbean spices are their own representation of my past.  And that brings a smile to my face.  As we all know, when the person who is preparing your drinks is smiling, that energy translates through to the drink.  I’m fascinated by this technique for excellence and hope that you experiment the same way.

Sorel when combined with whiskey makes for gleeful revelry.  Add to this a few teaspoons of cranberry syrup and then finish it all off with a splash or two of Lapsang Souchong tea.  Serve it over an ice spear in a tall glass with a large sprig of fresh mint.  And add a lemon zest or an orange zest that has been dipped in bittersweet chocolate.  The possibilities are endless for finishing bitters, but may I suggest the Creole Bitters from The Bitter Truth?  They are spiced just right for a tropically influenced holiday slurp.  With an ounce or so of seltzer water to finish, this drink is deceptively easy to put a few into you.  But be careful there is kick in there, so unless you have a hollow leg, let’s just say that this drink is not at all weak!

Travels and Essays
Ingredients (for two persons who drink more than they read)
3 oz. Four Roses Small Batch Bourbon Whiskey
2 oz. Sorel
4 oz. Lapsang Souchong Tea
2 oz. Fruitations Cranberry Soda and Cocktail Syrup
4 oz. Seltzer Water
3-4 drops Bitter Truth Creole Bitters
Ice spear
Mint sprig

Preparation
To a large Boston Shaker (or in two equal batches) fill ¾ with regular bar ice
Add the Four Roses and the Sorel
Add the tea
Add the Fruitations Cranberry Syrup
Cap and shake hard for 15 seconds
Add your ice spear to a Collins Glass
Pour the mixture over the top
Finish with a splash or two of seltzer water
Add the bitters
Garnish with the mint sprig (slapped first)

Yum!

Cheers from DrinkUpNY!

About Warren Bobrow
Author of: Apothecary Cocktails-Restorative Drinks from Yesterday and Today- Fair Winds Press- Beverly, Massachusetts. Apothecary Cocktails was nominated for a Spirited Award, 2014 Tales of the Cocktail.  His forthcoming book, Whiskey Cocktails will be released October 14.  Bitters and Shrub Syrup Cocktails follow with publication in spring ’15.  Warren is a master mixologist for several craft liquor companies.

Warren consults about mixology and spirits, travel, organic wine and food.  He’s written for web-blogs and magazines like: Williams-Sonoma, Whole Foods: Dark Rye, Distiller, Total Food Service Magazine, Beverage Media Group, DrinkUpNY, Edible Publications, Foodista, Serious Eats, Mechanics of Style and Beekman1802.  He was in the Saveur-100 in 2010.

Warren is a former, mostly self, trained cook from the pot sink on up.  Johnson/Wales and the ACF apprenticeship were thrown in for good luck.  Warren was the former owner/co-founder of Olde Charleston Pasta in South Carolina: *Dissolved his business after Hurricane Hugo in 1989* – to a career in private banking, (nearly 20 years; “a very grand mistake”) to this reinvention in 2009 as the Warren he’s finally become.

Warren is available to do highly personalized, interactive mixology events, local, national and international.
PS: Warren’s second book, Whiskey Cocktails is on the market now!
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