Cocktail Whisperer
I’m very familiar with the STIIIZY vape-pen system since these marvelous contraptions have accompanied me back and forth (several times) across the country via air. Thus they pass the most important test of my many vape cartridges. That would be the leaking under pressure test. STIIIZY passes, every time.
I’m a massive fan of the “High” end of the cannabis flower business. It stems from my background in boutique rum for about a year. In a life much unknown to my cannabis friends, I was the national brand ambassador for a craft-centric rum company owned by a Russian company. They brought me to the Moscow Bar Show and they helped me in my quest to seek and sell the finest craft spirits over the mundane, mass-produced corporate ones. Their specialty was un-manipulated rum, which brings me to my current day dilemma. Too many multi-state cannabis brands focus on mass quantities of any given cultivar. I’m happy that their deeply corporate metrics allow them to grow three hundred thousand square feet of only a couple strains of cannabis, but really what I’m looking for is an adherence to quality over sheer quantity.
Cannagars are my passion and the people who make them are equally as intriguing. I love to seek cannagars out in my quest to discover the art of ultra-high-end cannabis. Until a couple of years ago, no one had any idea what a cannagar was, or what valuable ingredients goes into one. That was then.
When Christopher Louie moved to Colorado from New York, the market had not been established yet. He saw the financial opportunity to do something brilliant and educational too. To smoke one a hand-made Xiaolin Cannagar is an emotional and philosophical experience. And while not everyone can say that they’ve enjoyed a Xiaolin Cannagar, they are available legally in Colorado.
We spoke to three cannabis influencers on how to bring cannabis to the dinner table.
With the simplest of ingredients, one can make a delicious canna-punch. Warren Bobrow, the Cocktail Whisperer, says the key ingredient in his take on the classic Gin and Juice is the orange juice made with roasted oranges. The botanical gin, says Bobrow, “acts as a guide dog, if you will, for the THC. It’s really lovely!”
2 oz. botanical gin of your choice, with 0.25 g of THC-rich cannabis
4 oz. roasted orange juice
2 oz. ginger beer syrup (Bobrow uses Pickett’s)
4 oz. club soda
Fee Brothers Cardamom Bitters
For a final finish, Bobrow suggests a celebratory swizzle.
I originally interviewed David Tran and James Zachodni for Forbes mere hours before they announced that Dope Media was acquired by High Times, allowing both highly regarded cannabis industry entrepreneurs to evolve into a new chapter of their professional lives. David and James are going forward into places not unknown in their former lives, drawing from decades of experience in nightlife, media, marketing, and event production.
These are some really cool people in the cannabis space who I want to spend more time learning from. They get it.
‘Nuff Said… And thank you for spending time with me during Hall of Flowers.
From Mainstream Media to Marijuana
Writer & Producer Sharon Letts’ life is all about the plant
Sharon Letts’ life is all about the plant, but what does that mean? Well, to start with, Sharon Letts is a brilliant published author and journalist. She has worked in television and also is a determined poet. But what I find most intriguing about Sharon is her deep humility. She has faced many, many struggles and survived to live another day. May I please present, a cancer fighter and winner, Ms. Sharon Letts.
Sean Knutsen is President and CEO of Boveda Inc., the leading producer of 2-way humidity control solutions for a variety of moisture-sensitive products.
I met Sean in Denver on my trip to discover people, places and things that had to do with the legal cannabis industry. What I found along the way was an intricate view into multiple levels of the plant. And even deeper than the plant herself, were the personalities who raise the bar with intriguing products that are needed, not just desired. Sean brings to market a practical solution to moisture problems in cannabis.
Warren Bobrow=WB: Tell me about yourself? Why cannabis? When did you decide to leave traditional business for a much different path in legal cannabis?