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Warren Bobrow=WB: Please tell me about yourself. Why cannabis products? Tell me about your business?
Mike France=MF: Timing, opportunity, and a new lifestyle. I was frustrated by private equity and venture capital in different ways and thinking more and more about taking a shot at something myself – but I didn’t have any good ideas. Turns out a friend of mine started running a cannabis company and he called me up and told me I had to see what was happening in the industry – this was 2014, before most of the legalization. What I saw was really exciting.
More and more states are moving toward legalization, strains have evolved, and now you can learn about the best drinks to accommodate your preferred cannabis strains.
Today we are reviewing “Cannabis Cocktails, Mocktails & Tonics: The Art of Spirited Drinks and Buzz-Worthy Libations” by Warren Bobrow and doing a deep dive on the best matches between beverages and marijuana.
-Topic Focus-
As the name suggests, this book focuses on the best combinations of cannabis and alcoholic beverages and boasts over 75 unique recipes to enjoy throughout this interesting book.
Familiarize yourself with a solid decarboxylation process in order to maximize the psychoactive effect that cannabis can produce.
You will find more than just alcoholic beverage recipes here. The range of recipes found here is quite interesting. You can find detailed steps to create your own infused milk-based drinks, various teas, concentrated oils, compound butters, and more. Pretty cool, huh?
There is also a degree of information focusing on the social perception of cannabis and how it has evolved in recent years. This recent evolution in understanding cannabis is what allows breathing room to our innovators and creators to experiment with topics such as infusions, concentrates, beverages and more.
-About the Author-
Warren Bobrow’s expertise on these topics becomes clear very quickly in this book. Warren has experience writing content focused on cocktails and drinks for publications such as Eater, Foodista, Total Food Service, Saveur and Whole Foods, Distiller and Beverage Media, Serious Eats, and many more. Warren also has experience teaching his craft at Stonewall Kitchen in Maine.
In 2010 Warren was asked to participate as a Ministry of Rum judge in the Fête de la Gastronomie in Burgundy. You can explore more of his content at “The Cocktail Whisperer”, his popular blog and through his variety of books. Some of the books written by Bobrow include “Shrub Syrup Cocktails”, “Apothecary Cocktails”, and “Whiskey Cocktail and Bitters”.
-Reading Experience-
Infusions, extractions, and mixing your own beverages can be challenging but “Cannabis Cocktails, Mocktails & Tonics: The Art of Spirited Drinks and Buzz-Worthy Libations” by Warren Bobrow shed some excellent light on the topic. Online guides can be confusing or outright incorrect so having guidance from a seasoned veteran like this author makes a powerful difference in the quality of your own extractions/infusions.
You can tell that the author has experience teaching as each recipe and process is broken down in a way that even a rookie to cannabis and mixing can keep up with.
-Summary-
So much reliable information condensed into 160 pages here in this book, it’s great!
The detailed processes do not skip steps and make sure to be very clear all the way to completion. Some of these recipes seem downright exciting to try out and would make for fun social gatherings to experiment with friends.
This book is fun, insightful, and has a ton of value to offer without an overt amount of fluff or ranting.
If you would like to start getting your mix on and see what “Cannabis Cocktails, Mocktails & Tonics: The Art of Spirited Drinks and Buzz-Worthy Libations” then get your copy here and get started:
With more and more states legalizing marijuana — or making medical marijuana an accessible option — it’s high time to learn how to cook delicious foods that will both give and satiate the munchies. You may or may not be surprised by this, but learning the art of cooking with marijuana involves more than making pot brownies — it’s a precious skill. Like any other ingredient, cannabis can elevate the taste profile of many dishes, salty or sweet, when prepared correctly. It can take your flavors higher, is what we’re saying.
Remember: Marijuana remains illegal at the federal level, and has been decriminalized in some states but not others.
With that warning out of the way, put away your pipe or rolling papers and light up the stove because it’s time to get baked using the best cannabis cooking books.
Cannabis Cocktails Mocktails and Tonics by Warren Bobrow
If your kitchen utensils consist of a shaker, muddler, and bar spoon, whip up some cannabis cocktails with the straightforwardly named recipe book: Cannabis Cocktails, Mocktails, and Tonics. Author Warren Bobrow walks through the totally cool and geeky process of de-carbing cannabis to release its psychoactive effect while laying down the history of cannabis as a social drug. The name of this cannabis cookbook should have been: How to drink cannabis for every meal, since it includes coffee, tea, lemonade, mood-enhancing syrups, and — of course — cocktails.
The Hapy Kitchen story starts with head chef, Carla Burns.
For years, Carla has enjoyed mixing the gazillion combinations of food ingredients, cannabis strains and terpenes to dream up new recipes, experiences and effects in the form of mouth-watering, mind-pleasing, artisan edibles.
She embraced Hapy Kitchen’s values of quality and integrity made popular with the Paleo Bar and quickly took charge of the kitchen and the team. With her passion for learning and drive for perfection, she and the Hapy Kitchen crew started producing some of the best tasting truffles, chocolate bars, caramels, gummies and tinctures Oregon has tasted.
But taste is only one focus for Carla. She also smiles when a strong THC test result comes back from the lab and, most importantly, she takes immense pride knowing she’s making something that people need when seeking a calming effect.
Carla believes artisan edibles should be accessible to all Oregonians and makes sure the edibles coming out of her kitchen are affordable without sacrificing taste.
The proliferation of coworking spaces, like WeWork and The Yard, has reshaped modern corporate culture in the past decade. Mainstream companies have embraced the obvious benefits of sharing infrastructure and costs, along with working near fellow entrepreneurs who are navigating the same business challenges. It’s a networking dream to meet other professionals, combine resources and brainstorm with industry solutions. However, not all exciting and burgeoning industries may stand to benefit from joining the coworking movement. For cannabis entrepreneurs that are navigating a slew of unique regulatory and logistical challenges, a co-location space that offers niche industry solutions with like-minded peers may be a new alternative investment.
No plans for Valentine’s Day? Try making cannabis cocktails at home with your loved one. The combination of spirits and cannabis can elevate you both while keeping you relaxed and ready for anything. Here are five cannabis cocktails to try this February 14th.
Background on Vessel: We are based in Carlsbad, California. We officially launched in October of 2018, starting in out of our founders garage and have skyrocketed ever since. We now have a beautiful, two story, state of the art office in the “Carlsbad Research Center” next to the Callaway Golf Headquarters. The most notable vape pen battery we have is our “wood series” which is one of the only vape pens on the market to feature real wood. This is what started the buzz around our brand, in addition to our creative. Since, we’ve launched cases, charge stands, and have plenty more products in the works for 2020. In late 2019, we launched the B2B sector of our business offering custom designs and colors for select brands in the United States and Canada.
Notable Press/Partnerships: We recently partnered with Leafly.com at the MJBIZ Conference in Las Vegas. We are the first company Leafly has ever partnered with at such an event, and we are honored it was at the world’s largest cannabis conference. Rolling Stone also listed us as one of the “cannabis products we love” in an online editorial as well as featured us in their 2019 “Weed” issue. The Rolling Stone coverage was an unpaid, a purely organic mention.
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If cannabis, pop culture, games, cash prizes, and the war on drugs had a baby, it would be called the “Daily Bonfire.” The first cannabis gaming app where iPhone and Android users can test their cannabis IQ for a chance to win $420 and support nonprofit organizations such as ACLU, NORML, and MAPS, “Daily Bonfire” begs the question: “Think you’re smarter than a stoner?” Well, if you play your cards right, you may hit the “Daily Bonfire” jackpot (pun intended)… with longtime cannabis lover, activist, journalist, “Cooking on High” Netflix foodie, comedian, and “Daily Bonfire” host, Ngaio Bealum.
Zoe Wilder at Kitchen Creek Farm in Southern Oregon. PHOTO CREDIT: HARLEE CASE/LADIES OF PARADISE.
I’ve known and worked with cannabis empressaria Zoe Wilder for several years. There is a quiet cadence about Zoe. She is pragmatic, deeply intellectual and takes massive risks in a burgeoning field that rewards ambitious female entrepreneurs who get it. Zoe is one of those cannabis entrepreneurs who has the innate desire to be in the know with her clients. Because at the end of the day, her clients aren’t just cold metrics, but individuals who are making history with Zoe right alongside them. You see, it’s a rare circumstance where the representative of the public relations agency is enjoying the path of enlightenment, too — a win-win for all who follow in this path, that of creating a new dialogue and a new direction.
