Author: Warren_Bobrow
You’d be hard pressed to find an authority figure when it comes to cannabis cocktails. But Warren Bobrow, the author of Cannabis Cocktails, Mocktails and Tonics, doesn’t think that’s because the combination is a bad idea. He should know — he literally wrote the book on the subject. He’s a strong believer in a good cannabis cocktail. It’s just that everyone else (other than a few brave bar owners) is too scared to tackle the subject.
“I don’t think anyone has had the nerve to do it, nor have they found a publisher to take that type of risk,” Bobrow tells me over the phone, chuckling. “This is not a big lucrative project. I wish it was, but there’s so much preconceived stuff about it.”
https://vinepair.com/articles/warren-bobrow-cannabis-cocktails/
It’s getting towards my favorite cocktailian time of the year. We’ve all been under a great deal of stress, me included. Isn’t it time to relax a little bit and take a break?
No one is saying you should drink alcohol to remove your problems. That’s really not the point with cannabis. For starters, I use it for a very specific set of reasons. Some medical and some recreational. It’s that balance in life that makes cannabis my favorite way to relax my mind and get to the art of writing about cannabis.
See? I’m feeling better already. Probably because my morning “wake-and-bake” with a puff or two from holistic, Oregon horticulturist named Green Bodhi has gotten me pretty lit. IG: @GreenBodhi
I want to share that creativity with others.
The fall weather evokes a certain sense of being in a wonderfully languid, pre-sleep mode for weeks on end. The days turn shorter and the night seems to drag into hours rather than mere minutes. The air is chillier too and I want to drink things that warm me up inside before I slip into a dream-state. Cannabis, when infused into things like hot tea and woven with a certain measure of artisan rum – like the ultra-authentic rum brand named Foursquare, then sweetened to taste with a touch of homemade simple syrup – (I’m using sugar cane juice, it’s just better for you, no white sugar allowed!)
Then you have something in your grasp that will set your mind to rest and warm your body deeply.
My cocktail – or mocktail should you want it alcohol free – just make an infused syrup instead of a spirit, is pretty easy to make. The hardest part is the cannabis infused dark rum, which – if you have a LEVO2, can do the job of infusion quite easily at no more than 130 degrees F for three hours. Otherwise use the old-fashioned method of using your trusty electric hot plate (never gas stove), double boiler and your spirit of choice. Do the infusion in a well-ventilated place and have a fan running on your worksite at all times. Alcohol fumes run along the floor and you don’t see them, don’t be that person who ignites them by using a gas stove.
Meanwhile, in Woodland California..
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It’s a pivotal week for the cannabis industry and we hope everyone plans on exercising their right to vote tomorrow. In addition to a tense presidential race, we have five states with ballot initiatives to legalize medical or adult-use cannabis in 2020. We’re looking at you New Jersey, Arizona, South Dakota, Montana, and Mississippi.
Outside of the political chaos we’re undoubtedly about to witness, it’s also an exciting week because it marks the launch of Klaus, a new line of cannabis beverages from the mind of Warren Bobrow. Commonly referred to as “The Cocktail Whisperer,” Warren is a former Forbes columnist and author of more recipe books than you can count on one hand, including Cannabis Cocktails, Mocktails & Tonics. Warren has always been a big supporter of BudsFeed, and we were excited to see Klaus take the #1 spot in this week’s Top 5 Seeds. Klaus might just be what the doctor ordered to help with the aforementioned political chaos.
