{"id":57754,"date":"2022-10-27T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2022\/10\/27\/warren-bobrows-craft-cannabis-cocktails\/"},"modified":"2022-11-02T17:45:32","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T01:45:32","slug":"warren-bobrows-craft-cannabis-cocktails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2022\/10\/27\/warren-bobrows-craft-cannabis-cocktails\/","title":{"rendered":"Warren Bobrow\u2019s Craft Cannabis Cocktails"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Picture a musical about two young people in love but being together in the real world turns out to be more complicated. Clad in a pink poodle skirt and a white button-up is the craft cocktail, a positive darling of the food and drink world. In walks cannabis, the misunderstood Schedule I bad boy in a rolled-up black T-shirt, a joint behind his ear and a leather jacket tossed over his shoulder.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Will these two ever share a glass? Will society let them?<\/p>\n

The truth is, these two main characters are great together, no matter what federal law says. Just ask famed master mixologist and cannabis writer, Warren Bobrow, who wrote the insanely comprehensive Cannabis Cocktails Mocktails & Tonics: The Art of Spirited Drinks & Buzz-Worthy Libations.<\/em><\/p>\n

The book opens with some background on our Mr. Misunderstood, who was once a healing herb just like any other. But the cannabis plant has been held back by a few sadistic school principals\u2014namely the 1937 Marihuana Tax Act and the 1970 Controlled Substances Act. Today, cannabis is still trying to shed the stigma created by politicians since Prohibition, with some state-by-state success since the 1970s. California is one of those states that has legalized cannabis for adult use\u2014and it\u2019s the most populous state in the country.<\/p>\n

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This bodes well for Bobrow, who, when he isn\u2019t writing, runs California-based Klaus Cannabis-Infused Beverages. The company sells ready-to-drink THC-infused, terpene-forward canned mocktails (state regulations don\u2019t yet allow edible cannabis products as alcoholic beverages). The emulsifying technology he uses for these drinks, from a company called Vertosa, is only in California right now, and Klaus is only licensed for sale in the state.<\/p>\n

But before the Nanogen technology Vertosa uses even existed, Bobrow\u2019s cannabis cocktail book introduced 75 delicious recipes\u2014many of which allow our star-crossed lovers, the craft cocktail and cannabis, to be together at last. Take the Mezzrole Cocktail, for example, a Manhattan-style drink made with cannabis-infused sweet vermouth.<\/p>\n

The book teaches readers how to decarb cannabis at home to safely make pantry items, including tinctures, syrups and shrubs. Decarboxylation was a very new concept to most at the time the book was published (2016), and though Bobrow didn\u2019t invent it, he\u2019s known for perfecting the process.<\/p>\n

Bobrow still sees cannabis\u2014good old THC\u2014as an herb, with the ability to heal and make you feel good. He doesn\u2019t bother with CBD, which he likens to \u201csnake oil.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s sold in gas stations,\u201d he says, remaining skeptical that it does anything good or bad. \u201cThere\u2019s no feeling in it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The slogan for his business is \u201cKlaus cares,\u201d Bobrow says, because \u201che really does care; he cares about what you put in your body.\u201d (Oh, did I forget to mention the eight-inch-tall face of the company, Klaus the Soused Gnome?) That\u2019s why Klaus makes drinks that are only 16 calories, and six-tenths of a gram of sugar. Someone who cares this much has taken the time to get to know what cannabis has to offer and is keeping that summer romance with craft cocktails alive.<\/p>\n

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The Mezzrole Cocktail<\/h4>\n

\u00a0I\u2019m a huge fan of Manhattan-style cocktails; they make great aperitifs. This drink is named after Milton \u201cMezz\u201d Mezzrow, a jazz musician who lived in New York City\u2019s Harlem in the 1920s. And, as Mezz himself would\u2019ve known, the term for a well-rolled cannabis cigarette was a \u201cmezzrole\u201d\u2014so I just had to commemorate both man and medicine in this elegant cocktail. <\/p>\n

It combines cannabis-infused sweet vermouth, handmade cocktail cherries and quality bourbon into a small, but well-formed libation that\u2019s deeply healing. When you\u2019re infusing your vermouth, consider choosing a Sativa-Indica hybrid strain called Cherry Pie. It\u2019s redolent of sweet and sour cherries, and it complements the toasty, oaky flavors inherent in the liquors. As for making crushed ice, it\u2019s best to place the ice in a Lewis bag\u2014a heavy canvas bag that\u2019s made for the job\u2014before whacking it with a wooden mallet or rolling pin.<\/p>\n

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The Mezzrole Cocktail is a Manhattan-style drink made with cannabis-infused sweet vermouth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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