Lush Life (Susan L. Schwartz)
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| 13 Sep 2016 | How to Drink Casa Herradura Tequila with Nicci Stringfellow, UK Brand Ambassador | 00:15:27 | |||||
I know I will be toasting to Nicci Stringfellow, the UK Casa Herradura Brand Ambassador on Mexican Independence Day this Friday. In fact, I might just be proclaiming a Grito de Nicci, not the historic Grito de Dolores, the battle cry of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, the priest who kicked off the entire revolution! ---- Hello everyone - Don't get confused! Before there was Lush Life, there was Best Sips Worldwide, I rebranded after the first season. Although I reference Best Sips – it’s Lush Life through and through – the same great guests, the same music, and the same me! ----- Did you even know that same agave plant that sits on your work desk can produce one of the most popular liquors in the world? Thanks to Nicci Stringfellow, my shot, lime, salt, days are long gone. Sip and savor have replaced them after she educated me on the marvels of 100% Agave Tequila. Nicci has worked beside the greats, including the legendary, “King Cocktail” Dale Degroff, the godfather of the contemporary cocktail and author of The Craft of the Cocktail. In her own right, Nicci has helmed some of the best bars in the world, including LAB & Opium in London, Biervana in Tokyo and Hakkasan in Mumbai. Lucky for Casa Herradura, Nicci’s passion was tequila and she grabbed the chance to represent such a wonderful brand. “It’s a dream job for me to be able to represent such an amazing tequila. There are few things I like more than Herradura. Not just the liquid, though its honeyed silk is indeed a thing of beauty, but the way of life that it represents; the spirit of the community that its sharing creates.” Casa Herradura has been producing 100% Agave tequila since 1870, in the same hacienda in Amatitán, Jalisco, the home of tequila in Mexico. You will not be alone in loving the stuff, as over 60,000 visitors stop by each year to visit the distillery. See how she makes her own version of the classic Old Fashioned on Mixology in a Minute on the Lush Life Youtube Channel Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 12 Mar 2019 | How Hard Work Can Lead to the Perfect Irish Coffee with James Goggin, Maverick Drinks | 01:18:19 | |||||
It really was just a coincidence that an Irishman is on our show the week of St. Patrick’s Day. I promise it wasn’t planned! And what a pleasant coincidence it is to have James Goggin of Maverick Drinks on the show today. Slainte, I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time by the best in the industry. I actually met James at the Embassy of Ireland almost one year ago and I knew he would make a great guest. He has that wonderful quality of making you feel that you are the only one that he is telling his tales to. A natural bon vivant and born for hospitality, his role as Brand Advocacy Manager for Maverick Drinks, the Craft Spirits distributor, fits like a glove. But let’s start with how he got from a small town in county Carlow to New Zealand and back again. Our Cocktail of the Week is the Teeling Irish Coffee. Ingredients:
Method: Preheat glass with some warm water and discard. Add the Teeling Whiskey, stout syrup, brewed coffee and stir to combine. Warm a large spoon and gently pour the cream over the back of the spoon and onto the coffee. Garnish with a light dusting of grated nutmeg and enjoy with friends! *Spiced Stout Syrup (makes approx. 1.5L of syrup):
Add all ingredients to a saucepan and bring to the boil, allow to simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to steep for 5 minutes. Strain through a fine sieve and cheesecloth and bottle. Keeps for 2 weeks refrigerated. Suggested Glassware: Irish Coffee Glass If this was way too much to comprehend, you know you’ll find this recipe and more St. Patrick’s Day cocktails on ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: http://bit.ly/2H8NbAw Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 03 Dec 2019 | How to Make a Whisky Sour the Bruichladdich Way with Adam Hannett, Head Distiller | 00:40:26 | |||||
Born and bred on the Scottish Island of Islay, one would assume that whisky was in our guest’s blood, but it took a venture off island to bring him straight back. I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time by the best in the industry. Adam Hannett thought he was destined for a life of marine biology, but that was not to be. Lucky for the whisky lover in all of us, he found his calling as the Head Distiller at the legendary distillery of Bruichladdich. He’s here with us today to prove that passion and energy make for great whisky. Our cocktail of the week is the Laddie Sour. Ingredients:
Method: Dry shake all ingredients together. Add ice and wet shake. Strain over ice into a rocks filled glass. Garnish with lemon zest. You can find this recipe, more Whisky recipes and all the cocktails of the week at ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: http://bit.ly/2OezxPG Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 14 Feb 2023 | How to Drink ISH Spirits with Morten Lee Sørenson | 00:40:24 | |||||
Before our guest launched his first non-alcoholic spirit, his mission was to make it easy to be a mindful drinker. Now six years later, thanks to his hard work, it is definitely getting easier to be a mindful drinker! Morten Lee Sørenson gave up drinking alcohol for 100 days. He found that it wasn't difficult not drinking alcohol, but it was quite difficult to find good alternatives. At that moment, he decided he was going to create products that made it a whole lot easier to be a mindful drinker, and ISH was born. Now you can find ISH spirits and wines not only in some of the best restaurants in the world but at your local and online! Today on Lush Life, we explore his journey from concept to 11 Madison Park! But before you get to meet Morten, I’m sure you know already that you can now watch this episode plus all the other Lush Life episodes as well as a whole lot more on Youtube, so check out the Lush Life Youtube Channel!! Just head to youtube.com/@lushlifemanual that's youtube.com/@lushlifemanual! Our cocktail of the week is Mindful Margarita: INGREDIENTS
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You’ll find this recipe, more alcohol-free cocktail recipes, and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com. Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/ish-spirits-with-morten-lee-sorenson ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to patreon.com/lushlife. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||
| 28 Jan 2020 | How To Make Award-Winning Tiki Cocktails in Chicago with Shelby Allison, Lost Lake Bar | 00:38:37 | |||||
When you’ve won Imbibe Cocktail Bar of the year, the Spirited Award for Best American Cocktail Bar at Tales of the Cocktail and been short-listed for the James Beard Foundation Award for best bar program, you might rest on your laurels. Well, not our guest today, she’s working as hard as ever. I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time by the best in the industry. With a father in the military, Shelby Allison traveled the world as a child, but has claimed Chicago as home now. Logan Square wouldn’t be the same without Lost Lake, the bar she opened more than five years ago to instant acclaim. I was in Chicago for a small break and was able to meet her at Lost Lake. Five minutes after it opened, the seats were full and the drinks were ordered. After taking the first sip, I now want Lost Lake to be my local. Our cocktail of the week is the Lost Lake. Ingredients:
Method: Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with one cup crushed ice. Blend for three seconds using a single spindle drink mixer. Pour into tropical glass, top with more crushed ice. Garnish tropically! You can find this recipe, more rum recipes and all the cocktails of the week at ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: http://bit.ly/2TG9qUR Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 07 Jun 2016 | How to Be the First Guest with Andy Mil, Cocktail Trading Company, London | 00:19:50 | |||||
The Cocktail Trading Company’s Andy Mil is winning award after award for his consistently creative libations - find out how he got so far at such a young age. ---- Hello everyone - Don't get confused! Before there was Lush Life, there was Best Sips Worldwide, I rebranded after the first season. Although I reference Best Sips – it’s Lush Life through and through – the same great guests, the same music, and the same me! ----- On my very first episode, I was lucky enough to grab the attention of Andy Mil of The Cocktail Trading Company, the extremely busy, award-winning London bartender on the cutting edge of creativity. Andy began his career as a chef working in some of the great London restaurants, though he found his calling when he moved from the back of the house to the front. He graciously sat down to talk me through this transition and how it lent itself to his award-winning cocktail making. If you’re in London, make a pit-stop to 68 Bethnal Green Road and order the Bee’s Knees or their Old Fashioned, one of the best I have ever had. No matter how original or traditional, you can’t go wrong at The Cocktail Trading Company. That’s why they keep winning those awards. Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 19 Sep 2017 | How to Make Your Way Through All These Gins With Olivier Ward, Gin Foundry, UK | 00:31:30 | |||||
He was always been one step ahead of the gin craze. Olivier Ward, our guest today, worked for the powerhouse Hendricks in its early days, wrote one of the first gin blogs, and ultimately founded the Home of Gin, aka the Gin Foundry. Gin Foundry has grown as fast as the gin industry! Just when you think everything that involves gin has been done, they come up with something exciting: the invention of the Ginvent, the Advent Calendar with a different gin for every day before Christmas, the creation of Junipalooza, the annual Gin Festival with over 50 gin distillers presenting, and the Ginsmith Awards, which are up and coming. Interested in all things gin - Olivier is your man! Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 15 Nov 2022 | How to Drink Edwards 1902 Vodka with Emma Hamilton | 00:44:50 | |||||
Have you ever described the potato as lowly? Well, the heritage variety of potatoes that is at the centre of today’s episode is anything but. In fact, it’s regal. Today on Lush Life, Emma Hamilton, the co-founder of Edwards 1902 Vodka, will attest to the fact that the King Edward potato should be respected, not only for being a tasty tuber but for being at the heart of an award-winning vodka. She and her founders have gone on to create a coffee liqueur, a rhubarb vodka, and so much more from the King Edward potato. Today on Lush Life, we’ll be earthing up the story of how it all came to be…that’s potato-growing lingo, by the way! Before we do that, did you know that you can now watch the podcast on Youtube, so check out the Lush Life Youtube Channel!! Just head to youtube.com/@lushlifemanual. Now on to Emma and Edwards 1902! Our cocktail of the week is the Edwards 1902 Rhubarb and Ginger-Tini, and this recipe makes two gorgeous cocktails. INGREDIENTS
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You’ll find this recipe, more cocktail recipes, and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/edwards-1902-vodka-with-emma-hamilton ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to patreon.com/lushlife Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||
| 25 Jul 2017 | How to make beer without hops with Annick De Splenter, Gruut, Ghent | 00:16:04 | |||||
It sounds insane to us modern folk, but beer without hops was a favorite of some of the 280 breweries in Ghent during the Middle Ages. At least that’s what Annick De Splenter, our guest today, discovered while doing her degree in beer-making at university. (Yes! You can study beer-making at university in Belgium!) ---- Hello everyone - Don't get confused! Before there was Lush Life, there was Best Sips Worldwide, I rebranded after the first season. Although I reference Best Sips – it’s Lush Life through and through – the same great guests, the same music, and the same me! ----- After her father sold the family brewery, Annick was on a mission to figure out how beer was actually made without hops and that it wasn’t all a medieval urban myth. Needless to say, she proved her naysayers wrong with her own brewery, Gruut, founded on four beers made with herbs: Wit, Blonde, Amber, and Brown made with nary a hop in sight. Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 19 Dec 2017 | How to Make a Fail-Safe Five Year Plan With Thomas Soden, Nine Lives Bar | 00:47:21 | |||||
I met today’s guest two years ago at a Mocktail Tasting Competition he was judging. I think at that time I was the only person in London who hadn’t heard of the famed Thomas Soden. From that day forward, Tom’s become what I call my spiritual guru, always available to advise me and answer my questions every step of the way. He’s had almost every job in the industry but it’s his enthusiasm for what he does and his giving spirit that have made him one of the best Bar Consultants in the world and his second home, Nine Lives. The Old English was our Cocktail of the Week:
Add the marmalade, honey & boiling water & mix together in a jug until dissolved before allowing to cool. Strain off any bits from the marmalade & mix in the Angostura bitters, Campari & Scotch whisky. Pour into a bottle & store in the fridge until required. When serving pour. over cubed or cracked block ice & garnish with an orange twist. Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 26 Jul 2016 | How to Make an 18th Century Cocktail with Sam Mitchell, Gillray's, London | 00:17:28 | |||||
How can an 18th Century cartoonist be the inspiration for modern day mixology? Sam Mitchell has found a way and lucky for us we get to sample his artistic creations? ---- Hello everyone - Don't get confused! Before there was Lush Life, there was Best Sips Worldwide, I rebranded after the first season. Although I reference Best Sips – it’s Lush Life through and through – the same great guests, the same music, and the same me! ----- James Gillray might not be as well known as his fellow 18thC cartoonist Hogarth, but does William have one of the great Gin Bars in London bearing his name? I think not. Gillray was known as "the father of the political cartoon" for poking fun at the mad King George III and others in his wake. Hogarth and he reigned supreme with their humorous, witty and biting caricatures. Now, as in the 17th C, the spirit known as Mother's Ruin is also reigning supreme in the city of its birth. Sam Mitchell who helms Gillray’s Bar at the London Marriott Hotel County Hall joins us today on the show to explain his take on this craze. He talks, among other things, about how he draws inspiration from the artist's work in creating the exciting menu. It adds to the enjoyment, but is not essential, to come along already versed in Gillray's work. Check out Sam rustle up a Regardez-Moi on Mixology in a Minute on my YouTube channel Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 07 May 2019 | How to Be the First Female Bartender at Dukes Bar, London, with Mariantonietta Varamo | 00:33:12 | |||||
Can you say that one gelato changed your life? For our next guest, being served an ice cream cone introduced her to the world of hospitality and she never looked back. From the age of 12, Mariantonietta Varamo has been on a fast track to making her dreams come true. Thank goodness for us, she choose to be behind the bar. Little did Mariantonietta know when she left Italy for London that she would be the one to shake things up at Dukes Bar. As the first female bartender at that bastion of martinis and boulevardiers, she would be put to the test. She passed with flying colors and now she is managing GBR, Dukes Hotel’s other bar and restaurant. With this track record, who knows what she has planned next. Our Cocktail of the Week is the Misty Negroni. Ingredients:
Method: Build over ice in an Old Fashioned glass. Stir well and serve with a slice of orange. You’ll find the cocktail martini recipe and all the cocktails on ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: http://bit.ly/2IV4E0q Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 23 Jan 2018 | How to Make a Cocktail Emerge From a Story With Hammant Patel Villa, Courtesan London | 00:42:53 | |||||
Everything on Hammant Patel Villa’s menu has a tale, whether it emerges from his multicultural upbringing in the heart of this very neighborhood or Chinese history or his years working in business. These stories make each and every cocktail as rich in flavor as it is in individuality. From every sip emerges a multitude of images - how romantic is that! Our Cocktail of the Week is the Courtesan:
Mix together equal parts of the first three, then slowly top up with the Prosecco. Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 10 Nov 2020 | How to Fall Into Whisky with Fraser Campbell, Dewar's | 00:40:32 | |||||
My grandmother was the hippiest woman alive - she would have fit in at the coolest cocktail bar in any town. Her drink of choice was the Whisky Highball - which is having its heyday right now. But not just any whisky would do - there was only one, and it had to be Dewar’s. As you can imagine, my guest today loved that story. Why? Because he is Global Brand Ambassador. Needless to say, Fraser Campbell holds my grandmother in high regard, as well as every Dewar's Whisky drinker. He’s on a mission to bring people into whisky while they're having fun. Who doesn’t want to head down to the beach with some whisky piña coladas right now! I know I do! How Fraser is completing his mission can be found on today’s program. Our Cocktail of the week is the Coconut Highball. Ingredients:
Method: Add the Dewar’s, Lemon Juice, and Syrup to a chilled Highball Glass, filled with ice. Top up with the Soda. Stir ingredients from the bottom upwards to mix thoroughly. Garnish with slapped mint sprig and lime wheel. You’ll find this recipe, plus all the cocktails of the week, at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-to-fall-into-whisky Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 18 Jul 2017 | How to Make Herbs Work in a Cocktail with Alex Ciomârtan, Fix Me A Drink, Bucharest, Romania | 00:30:48 | |||||
The political revolution in Romania may have gone down in 1989, but our guest today is quietly starting one of his own. Heading down to his bar, Fix Me A Drink, don’t expect a menu of 300 drinks. Each one of Alex Ciomârtan’s cocktails is a masterwork of ingenuity. ---- Hello everyone - Don't get confused! Before there was Lush Life, there was Best Sips Worldwide, I rebranded after the first season. Although I reference Best Sips – it’s Lush Life through and through – the same great guests, the same music, and the same me! ----- Drawing not only on his studies in Western Herbal Medicine, Alex brings nostalgia, history and passion to each and every drink. After years of living in London studying, as well as drinking in the city’s greatest bars, Alex felt it was time to come home. He is one of very few mixologists, if not the only, in a city filled with bars that knows sometimes cinnamon is not just cinnamon. Depending on its terroir, even a small amount can make one cocktail taste completely different from another one. This attention to detail is making Fix Me a Drink, one of the hottest new bars not only in Bucharest, but the world. Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 11 Dec 2018 | How to Get To Be One Hundred | 00:55:34 | |||||
99 episodes ago I had a mic and “bottom’s up” to end the show. Now we have reached the 100th episode - I have a mic, bottoms up and 99 episodes of Lush Life Podcast! This is due to the hard work and dedication of everyone involved with a Lush Life Manual and Lush Life podcast, especially my producer Evo Terra who was with me when Lush Life was in the idea stage and who has remained my work partner throughout my Lush Life Journey and of course, my boyfriend and life partner Akis Stephanides, architect extraordinaire! You may not hear their voices but their presence is felt in every episode. Everyone who sat across from me has become part of the Lush Life family. I’ve been inspired by all their stories and lucky enough to have tasted some of the best drinks in the world thanks to their time and generosity. Of course there would be no show if you didn’t listen to it and I thank you for tuning in every Tuesday! Planning my 100th episode was easy, I had to revisit some of my previous guests who had gone on to other adventures. Really I just wanted an excuse to see them again. So today I’m back with Fabiano Latham, now Brand Ambassador of Reyka Vodka; Tom Soden, who’s now created Ace & Freak cocktails plus a billion other things; Anna Sebastian, now Bar Manager of Artesian, Dave Miller whose at Nuala Bar, and, of course, I had to finish up by going back to the beginning with my first interviewee ever: Andy Mil of the Cocktail Trading Company. Our Cocktail of the Week is The Puffin Collins, made with Reyka Vodka. Ingredients:
Method: Muddle tomato in shaker, add ingredients (not the soda…explosive). Shake like a Viking beast! Strain over ice in a highball. Top with soda and stir. Garnish with a cherry tomato on the vine. You’ll find this recipe and all the cocktails of the week on ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop Full Episode Details: https://wp.me/p90reB-3t6 Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 16 Jul 2024 | How to be the London Boozehound with Sam Gilani | 00:37:58 | |||||
Did it ever occur to you to ask your friendly bartenders where they like to drink? Because you know they know the best places in town. Well, don’t worry, our guest has. And lucky for us, he’s sharing that info. Sam Gilani was making Sazeracs when he was at university - that should tell you that he was bound to become The London Boozehound. He is not only a journalist with a massive Instagram following but also the founder of the Bartender’s Edit - that list of every bartender’s favorite hangouts. You’d be surprised what made the list, but I’m not going to tell you, Sam is. Before we begin, you can always watch this episode on Youtube, plus all the other Lush Life episodes, as well as a whole lot more; just head to youtube.com/@lushlifemanual that's youtube.com/@lushlifemanual! The cocktail of the week is the East 8 Holdup: INGREDIENTS
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You’ll find this recipe and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, plus links to most of the ingredients. Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/the-london-boozehound-with-sam-gilani ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to https://substack.com/@alushlifemanual. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||
| 04 Feb 2020 | Two Chicago Bars That Are Knocking It Out of the Park: The Violet Hour and Z Bar | 00:22:12 | |||||
Have you been to Chicago lately? I think it might be one of the most exciting cocktail towns in the world and I am thrilled that we’re going back to it this week to meet two more of its mixology maestros! I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time by the best in the industry. Last week, we heard from Shelby Allison of Lost Lake, a tiny slice of Tiki Heaven, in Logan Square. This week we’ll be hearing from Abe Vucekovich of The Violet Hour and Vlad Novikov of Z Bar at the Peninsula Hotel Chicago. First off, we meet Abe, General Manager of The Violet Hour in Wicker Park - probably one of the most iconic bars in the country. Winner of the James Beard Foundation Award for Best bar Program and about 1000 other awards, Abe gives us a history on how it came to be and the origin of a few of their classic cocktails. Our cocktail of the week is the Art of Choke. Ingredients:
Method: Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass over ice. Stir until chilled. Strain into a rocks glass over ice. Garnish with a mint sprig You can find this recipe, more rum recipes and all the cocktails of the week at ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: http://bit.ly/3aLGEYW Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 22 Jan 2019 | Welcome to Season 3 of Lush Life: it’s the place to meet the movers and shakers in the drinks industry. | 00:02:47 | |||||
Welcome to Season 3 of Lush Life Podcast. If you’ve listened to the first two seasons of Lush Life, you know this is the place to meet the movers and shakers, I couldn’t help myself, in the drinks industry. I keep reminding you that Lush Life is the how-to guide for living life one cocktail at a time. I think it’s time I explain what I mean by that. A few years ago I went through a pretty traumatic medical experience. The medicine I was taking affected my esophagus and I was unable to eat and drink easily. I happened to discover that vodka martinis slid right down with nary a problem, just like Mary Poppins and her spoonful of sugar. From that moment on, I felt that the dirty martini was a gift from the gods. As my body went through hell, I could always count on that martini to make me feel like myself again. Needless to say, I had quite a few of them. Getting to know the men and women creating my martinis was one of the joys I had over a difficult ten months. The stories of their lives and experiences inspired me so much that I created Lush Life podcast and then my blog Alushlifemanual.com. So grabbing a mic, I went out and now Season 3 is ready to launch. Each and every episode is a thank you letter to those who made me feel whole at a time when I was anything but. Can you tell that for the third season, you’ll be hearing not only from my guests but also from me a whole lot more. Not only will there be the recipes for the Cocktails of the Week, but I’ll make them with you. We’ll travel together to bars and distilleries around the world and I’ll be creating more Lush Guides to tell you what to drink and where to drink it in as many places as I can physically visit. Most importantly, how each guest makes me live life one cocktail at a time. Get ready for the cocktail adventure of a lifetime which will also be known as Lush Life Season 3, beginning next week with Mia Johannson of Bar Swift in London. ----- Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram New episodes every Tuesday, usually! | |||||||
| 02 May 2018 | How to Make a Spirit from Birch Water with David Wallwork, Freya | 00:36:54 | |||||
When our guest today, David Wallwork, was naming his birch spirit - only Freya would do. Sustainably sourced and distilled from wild birch tree sap and named for the Norse Goddess of love, life & beauty! If anyone knows anything about the Norse Goddess Freya, they know she has the reputation of being the ‘party girl” of Asgard. She can’t help it if she’s the goddess of nature and fertility. Our Cocktail of the Week is the Freya Spritz: Ingredients
Add the elderflower to a large chilled balloon wine glass & rinse to line the glass. Half fill the glass with large ice cubes and a squeezed wedge of lemon and add in 1,2,3 ratio of 25ml of Freya Birch Spirit, 50ml soda water and 75ml of the white wine. Stir & serve. You’ll find this recipe and all the cocktails of the week on ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 26 May 2020 | How A One-Way Ticket Can Change Your Life with Tomáš Čistý, 12 Hay Hill Club, Wrecking Coast Distillery | 01:08:36 | |||||
Whether someone gives it to you or you buy it for yourself, a one-way ticket out of town can, in some cases, mean the end of one life and the beginning of a new one. In our guest’s case, this was the start of something great. Landing in London, the light turned green and he was off. I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is, Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time by everyone in this industry. I met Tomáš Čistý when I was invited to interview the participants of a cocktail competition last year. The cocktail he created blew the judges away. After a ride on the rollercoaster of his life, as he calls it, he is now on the brake run, slowing down before another double dip might appear ahead. He’s now settled as Bar Manager of the private club 12 Hay Hill in London and Brand Ambassador of Wrecking Coast Distillery in Cornwall, and loving it. The Cocktail of the Week is the Cornish Highball. Ingredients:
Method: Add all of the ingredients to a highball glass filled with ice. Stir. Drink! -- Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-a-one-way-ticket-can-change-your-life Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 11 Apr 2023 | How to Drink Oxbow Rum with Olivia Stewart | 00:39:01 | |||||
How many of us can’t wait to leave home, but then circumstances involving a global pandemic sent us right back to where we began. Joining on this episode, sponsored by Louisiana Tourism, is Olivia Stewart, President of Oxbow Rum Distillery. After a childhood surrounded by sugar cane, she thought her future was in the big city. Now she is helming her family’s rum distillery in Louisiana. How did she get there? You’ll have to hear it from her! Have you ever been to Louisiana? I love it for its Creole and Cajun culture, Mardi Gras, and the beautiful city of New Orleans, but the Pelican State offers so much more, including the amazing live music scene covering everything from Jazz to Swamp pop and Zydeco, a fascinating history combining diverse cultures, over 400 festivals a year and adventures including kayaking on the bayous and lakes, hiking in the many National and State Parks throughout the state or the newly launched Louisiana Civil Rights Trail. As the Capital City of Louisiana, Baton Rouge is the heart and soul of the state’s eclectic culture. With over 300 years of history, Baton Rouge, affectionately known as the Red Stick, has a colorful story to tell, which can be tasted in its cocktails and restaurants, seen through the picturesque views of the Mississippi River, historical landmarks and the vibrant arts and culture scene. If you didn’t know already, it’s the home of the cocktail, gumbo, jambalaya, Tabasco hot sauce, King Cake, and beignets! Louisiana offers a food and drink experience that is second to none. Meet craft distillers, brewers, and mixologists who are working with local traditions and making a name for themselves on the Louisiana Culinary Trails or Louisiana Libations Trail. Let the endless beauty of Louisiana feed your soul and inspire you. You can check out more by visiting louisianatravel.com Now let's hear all about that journey from NY to Louisiana. You can also find a video of this episode, just head to youtube.com/@lushlifemanual that's youtube.com/@lushlifemanual! Our cocktail of the week is the Hand Shaken Daiquiri! INGREDIENTS
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You’ll find this recipe, more Louisiana cocktails, and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/oxbow-rum-with-olivia-stewart ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler... | |||||||
| 02 Mar 2021 | Serving up Season 6 of Lush Life | 00:03:40 | |||||
Daffodils are my favorite flower, and it seemed that last year’s lockdown began, just as the daffodil season ended. What does that mean? I don’t know, but this year, as the daffodils begin their new season, well, so am I! I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time. Next Tuesday, I bring you Season 6 of Lush Life. Out of necessity, lockdown made me a home bartender. As I sat there sipping my handmade G&T, I knew that if I were going to survive lockdown, as well as make myself anything more than a two-ingredient cocktail, it was time to brush up on my at-home bar skills. I began grilling my guests for their advice. This season, I go one step further. Now instead of asking just for their top tips for the home bartender, I want to know everything. So welcome to my How to Drink season. We’ll be dissecting a particular spirit, a tool, a garnish to learn everything we can about it, from its history to, most importantly, how to use it to make fantastic cocktails. We’ll be talking flavor, Calvados, Liqueurs, Reyka Vodka, and so much more with some of my past Lush Lifers, as well as lots of new guests! I will also be learning how to read again - opening those dogeared cocktail books I’ve been devouring in the past year with the geniuses who wrote them. So join me next week when class is in session. The Avallen & Tonic is our cocktail of the week! Ingredients
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You’ll find this recipe, plus all the cocktails of the week, at ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||
| 07 Dec 2021 | How to Drink Latin American Spirits with Lynnette Marrero | 00:47:01 | |||||
Yes, it’s a biggie. My 200th episode, and who should join me but one of the biggest names in cocktails and my constant companion during the lockdown, Lynnette Marrero. 199 episodes ago, I had a mic and “bottom’s up” to end the show. Now we have reached the 200th episode - I have a mic, bottoms up, and 199 episodes of Lush Life Podcast! This is due to the hard work and dedication of everyone involved with A Lush Life Manual and Lush Life podcast, especially my producer Evo Terra who was with me when Lush Life was in the idea stage and who has remained my work partner throughout my Lush Life Journey. Everyone who sat across from me has become part of the Lush Life family. I’ve been inspired by all their stories and lucky enough to have tasted some of the best drinks in the world thanks to their time and generosity. Of course, there would be no show if you didn’t listen to it, and I thank you for tuning in every Tuesday! Planning my 200th episode was easy; I spent my lockdown with Lynnette Marrero. For those of you who don’t know her. Where do I even begin? Her bio is longer than this entire podcast. She began her career working at the Flatiron Lounge in NYC alongside Julie Reiner and has worked as a bartender, senior bartender, bar consultant, and Rum Ambassador for Diageo. She is now the Bar Director at Brooklyn hotspot The Llama Inn and the newly opened Llama San. She’s won tons of awards for her work, including the James Beard Award as one of America’s Leading Female Mixologists in 2009. She’s received the Tales of the Cocktails’ Spirited Awards for World’s Best Bar Mentors and the inaugural Philanthropy Award with co-founder Ivy Mix for their work in Speed Rack. She most recently won the Altos Bartenders’ Bartender Award 2021. The award is voted for by a group of bartenders who are asked to name one peer who pushes the boundaries of what it means to be a great bartender. How did I spend lockdown with her - well, Marrero launched the Masterclass.com Mixology platform in March 2020, just as the world went insane, helping home bartenders live life one cocktail at a time. How could I not have her on the program? Our cocktail of the week is Lynnette’s Clara Bow: INGREDIENTS
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If you want to make the grenadine from scratch, then head to this recipe at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll find even more recipes and all the ingredients in our shop. ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and | |||||||
| 11 Apr 2017 | How to Drink Champagne Gremillet with Jean-Christophe Gremillet, Balnot sur Laignes | 00:15:14 | |||||
A true family venture, Champagne Gremillet, was born when Grandmother Lulu planted those first vines in 1978. In the past, the Aube region where Gremillet sits, was considered second class to their northern friends near Marne and Épernay. ---- Hello everyone - Don't get confused! Before there was Lush Life, there was Best Sips Worldwide, I rebranded after the first season. Although I reference Best Sips – it’s Lush Life through and through – the same great guests, the same music, and the same me! ----- They were the farmers, not the blenders. It took a riot in 1911, when the big houses in the north, tried to exclude the Aube from Champagne appellation. Only later in 1927 was the region fully included. Silly as the best Pinot Noir grapes are found there. I leave it to Jean-Christophe to tell you the rest of the family history! Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 12 Nov 2019 | How to Drink Sake with Seafood with Satomi Dosseur, Sake Sommelier | 00:23:05 | |||||
Convincing people to enjoy a glass of sake while tucking into a pepperoni pizza is going to be a tough job. Our guest today is ready to take on that challenge. I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time by the best in the industry. I lured Sake Sommelier Satomi Dosseur away from an event we were both attending to give me the lowdown on the liquid that was front and center that evening. The event was being thrown by the Japan Food Product Overseas Promotion Center to explore how Sake & Seafood were the perfect match. After a lifetime of not knowing anything about this most ancient of spirits, I certainly know a lot more now after our chat. Did you know that...well, I’ll let Satomi tell you, Our cocktail of the week is Sake Martini: Ingredients:
Method: Chill your Martini Glass. Add all the ingredients to a mixing glass with ice. Stir and then strain into the Martini Glass. Garnish with a cucumber slice or olive. You can find this recipe, more Martini recipes and all the cocktails of the week at ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: http://bit.ly/2WAkD96 Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 21 Jul 2020 | How To Evolve Like a Butterfly with Daniyel Jones, House of Angostura | 01:11:36 | |||||
When everyone you serve wants a Pina Colada, how do you keep up with global cocktail trends? Our guest’s story proves where there’s a will, there’s a way! I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is, Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time by everyone in this industry. Daniyel Jones, Global Brand Ambassador for the House of Angostura, criss-crosses the world teaching all and sundry about Angostura Bitters, the most globally distributed cocktail ingredient in the world and historically one of only three ingredients that makes up the classic cocktail. During our chat, not only does he take us on his journey, but also reveals how to win a cocktail competition. He also explains how Chicago embraces Angostura Bitters like no other city in the world. Our cocktail of the week is the Amore Amaro! Ingredients:
Method: Add all the ingredients to a shaker. Add ice and shake, shake, shake. Double strain into a coupe. Spray a lime peel over cocktail. Garnish with the peel Served with a smile :)) -- You’ll find this recipe, plus all the cocktails of the week, at alushlifemanual.com where you’ll find links to all the ingredients. Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-to-evolve-like-a-butterfly Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 19 Mar 2019 | How to Bottle Cocktails That Will Have Them Wanting More with Eleanor Holcroft and Charles Roche , Liquid Intellect | 00:53:03 | |||||
Sometimes the worlds collide and two people not only find each other but also speak the same language. The language that Charles Roche and Eleanor Holcroft speak is cocktail creation. Charles and Eleanor who, from the depths of their underground kitchen, have concocted Jam Doughnut Negronis, Chicken Dumpling Martinis, and Cookie Dough Old Fashioneds and that’s just the beginning. Their bar consultancy company, Liquid Intellect, has created cocktails and menus for brands and bars all over the world. Our Cocktail of the Week is Boys to the Yard. Ingredients:
Method: *Blend the strawberries with Pectinex at 50 degrees for 10 minutes. Transfer to centrifuge and spin for 30 minutes at 4000RPM. Combine the clarified strawberry juice with apple cider vinegar & sugar at a ratio of 3:1:2 **Blend the strawberries with Pectinex at 50 degrees for 10 minutes. Transfer to distillation flask and distill at 40 degrees until all the liquid has distilled to the collection flask. Whilst the strawberry juice is distilling, add 1L of tonic water the Ultrasonic Homogeniser with a burnt stave of Cedarwood. Blast on full power for 10 minutes. Once infused, combine the Cedar wood tonic with the distilled strawberry juice in a ratio of 1:1. If this was way too much to comprehend, you know you’ll find this recipe and all the cocktails on ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: http://bit.ly/2VYEwoO Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 16 Mar 2021 | How to Drink Liqueurs with Jamie Campbell, Bols Brand Experience Manager | 00:35:48 | |||||
Would you be surprised to learn that the liqueurs you love might be over 400 years old? I mean the recipe. Bols Distillery in Amsterdam has been producing liqueurs since the 16th C, so how perfect to have the Bols Brand Experience Manager teach us how to drink liqueurs! I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is, Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time. My friend Jamie Campbell was a guest on Lush Life previously, but that was before he donned the title of Bols Brand Experience Manager. Now we talk all day about how much we love liqueur-based cocktails. Those lovely dessert cocktails, the Martinez, and the herbal hot toddies are all made with liqueurs. It’s a vast category and perfect to examine in this, my How to Drink, season. But before we get started, just a heads up that The cocktail of the week is coming up right after we chat to Jamie. If you live in the UK and want to buy any of the spirits I talk about, then head on over to Spiritskiosk.com, where you, as a Lush Life listener, will receive 10% off the entire site by quoting this code: ALushLife10SK. Have fun shopping! Now let’s talk liqueurs! I think the Grasshopper is the most disco of all disco cocktails, and that’s why it’s our cocktail of the week! INGREDIENTS
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The best dessert! -- You’ll find this recipe, more disco cocktails, and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-to-drink-liqueurs-with-jamie-campbell ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||
| 12 Feb 2019 | Where to Drink in Morzine, France | 00:24:13 | |||||
I am so excited Lush Life is getting out of the studio and onto the slopes with our first Lush Guide. I‘m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion and this is Lush Life Podcast - every week I’m inspired to live life one cocktail at a time by the best in the industry. Maybe it was speaking to Mia Johansson from Sweden for the past two weeks, but I couldn't help wanting to jump into the snow. So I headed to Morzine France - a skiers paradise - quaint, pretty, with great slopes. Honestly, I prefer Après-Ski to ski and I am definitely not poo-pooing vin chaud, shots of toffee vodka or Jägermeister, or the endless amounts of white wine you drink with fondue - hey, I did an episode praising Savoie White Wines - but sometimes you just need a good old-fashioned in a civilized bar with a mud-free floor, or that perfect pint of craft beer. I found all this and more in Morzine and sat down with a few of the folks who are offering alternatives to the definition of apres ski...but the fun of a Lush Guide is there is always more! After the podcast, head to ALushLifeManual.com to discover what the local spirit is and where to drink it, also did you know there is an igloo bar on the mountain - so much good stuff! First we head to Laury’s Bar, then Beanies and then end up with a beer in our hand at Bec Jaune. Our Cocktail of the Week is the Dead Rabbit. Ingredients:
Method: Rub the ginger slice around the rim and drop it into a glass. Add in the Jameson’s, Martini Rosso and dashes of Creole Bitter. Stir with ice and top with Ginger Beer. Garnish with Burnt Rosemary You’ll find this recipe and all the cocktails of the week on ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop If you head to my sister site, Bestbitworldwide.com, you’ll find out what to do in Morzine when you’re not in the bar - fun things to do from skiing to night sledging to snowshoeing plus where to eat fondue and other cheesy Savoie treats. Full Episode Details: http://bit.ly/2MQ2peN Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 28 May 2019 | How to Create Two Successful Brands in a Row with Alex Carlton, Stryyk Not Rum | 00:35:44 | |||||
Creating one successful brand is hard enough, but two - well as our guest today, Alex Carlton discovered, it’s just as exciting the second time round. I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time by the best in the industry. I met with Alex on his birthday a few weeks ago, having just received the best gift an entrepreneur could. A fantastic review of his Stryyk Not Rum. STRYYK, the distilled zero-proof spirit, was born out of Alex’s inherent need to create. Having already had a massive success with his Funkin smoothies, purees and drinks mixes, he just couldn’t rest on his laurels. This time he is set to dominate the non-alcoholic beverage market..or should I say... He’s set to strike gold again with Stryyk but, before I think up even more bad puns...I’ll let Alex take the floor. Our Cocktail of the Week is the STRYYK Espresso Martini. Ingredients:
Method: Shake and double strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with coffee beans. You’ll find the cocktail martini recipe and all the cocktails on ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: http://bit.ly/2HsaG7n Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 25 Jan 2022 | How to Drink Bankhall Sweet Mash with Vince Oleson | 00:42:53 | |||||
It might be known for rock, ballroom dancing, arcades, and even The Cure’s Robert Smith, but one wouldn’t automatically think of Blackpool, England as the home of Sweet Mash. Thanks to the efforts of our guest today, you will now. Moving from New York City to Blackpool England is only a small step if your goal is to redefine what an English whiskey can be. Vince Oleson, Distillery Manager of Bankhall Sweet Mash, has taken that step. He is bourbon bent and hell-bound, to co-opt the title of the famous song by Hank Williams, Jr. Although, on their way to having liquid in the barrel for 3 years in oak casks, Bankhall’s Sweet Mash was just too good not to share. Vince is here with me today to chat about what makes it so good and what will be waiting for us when those 3 years are over already! FYI we do say whiskey and bourbon interchangeably in the ep when describing Bankhall, but it is a sweet mash, bourbon style liquid technically! The cocktail of the week is ‘From New York to Blackpool’ INGREDIENTS
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You’ll find this recipe, more whiskey recipes, and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll find all the ingredients in our shop. ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||
| 28 Jul 2020 | How to Help the Home Bartender Featuring this Season's Top Guests! | 00:19:11 | |||||
What a few months we have had. I can’t ignore that most of the world has been stuck inside while bars and restaurants have had to close because of the coronavirus. Since all bars and restaurants were closed, I know I’ve had to make myself a cocktail or two or many. Thank goodness I had advice from the world’s best - the Lush Life family. I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is, Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time by everyone in this industry. Since lockdown began, I’ve been asking my guests what their advice for the home bartender would be. For today’s program, I have compiled them all into one episode to send you off on your own while Lush Life takes a short break for the rest of the summer. I’ll still be hard at work transcribing the past episodes, and bringing you loads more recipes and so much more. To keep up to date with everything, you can sign up to my weekly newsletter at alushlifemanual.com. We’re building today’s episode, starting with a shot of Denis Broci, the Manager of all the Bars at Claridge's Hotel in London, but we also have Rebekkah Dooley, Daniyel Jones, Jack Sotti, Sasha Filimonov, Vasilis Kyritsis, Johnny Livanos, Elliot Ball, and Lauren Mote! Our Cocktail of the week is the Bourbon & Lemonade. Ingredients:
Method: Add bourbon to a highball loaded with ice. Top it up with lemonade. Stir. Garnish with a sprig of mint. If you want it a tad sweeter, add honey syrup (1:1). If you want to make it far a picnic, just add 1.5 oz for each person to your jug and then top it up with lemonade. Add ice and you are good to go! Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 02 Oct 2018 | How to Complete a PhD While Sipping Pisco with Javiera Lorenzini Raty, Pisco Waqar | 00:34:54 | |||||
Thanks to the hard work of our guest today, Pisco Waqar is a whole lot easier to find on the shelves in London than it was even three years ago. Javiera Lorenzini Raty, Brand Ambassador for Pisco Waqar, fell in love with Pisco and John Donne at about the same time. I don’t usually say that in a sentence that’s for sure. Her passion for English poets may have led her to London, but her studies as a sommelier led her to Waqar and she couldn’t pass up the chance to work with her favorite Pisco here in Europe. Our cocktail of the week is the Pisco Sour. Ingredients
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| 28 Mar 2023 | How to Write about Drinks with Millie Milliken | 00:58:00 | |||||
Do you remember Plato’s work, Symposium? Yep, that took place at a drinks party. Philosopher David Hume said that drinking was an antidote to philosophical depression, and Kierkegaard wrote an entire treatise on wine. Our guest today is another student of philosophy who found her calling in the drinks industry. I am so pleased to have my friend and fellow drinks journalist, Millie Milliken, on the program today. Not does she have nearly 10 years of food, drink, and events writing experience in print and online, but in 2022 she won both the IWSC Spirits Communicator of the Year award as well as The Alan Lodge Young International Drinks Writer of the Year Award. Needless to say, she is a great writer. How did she become specialized in drinks? Well, I will let her tell you. You can always find a video of this episode, plus all the other Lush Life episodes, as well as a whole lot more; just head to youtube.com/@lushlifemanual. Our cocktail of the week is the Savoury Martini: INGREDIENTS
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You’ll find this recipe, more Gin Martini cocktail recipes, and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll also find most of the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/drinks-writing-with-millie-milliken ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to patreon.com/lushlife. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||
| 17 Jun 2016 | How to Be a Legend with Alessandro Palazzi, Dukes Bar, London | 00:19:10 | |||||
Of course, it would take a suave Italian to understand the suavest of drinks. Whether Gin or Vodka, Alessandro Palazzi of Dukes London shakes, stirs and shapes every Martini served at Ian Fleming’s favorite bar in London. ---- Hello everyone - Don't get confused! Before there was Lush Life, there was Best Sips Worldwide, I rebranded after the first season. Although I reference Best Sips – it’s Lush Life through and through – the same great guests, the same music, and the same me! ----- James Bond - we all know what car he drives and his drink of choice. Even I use his famous tagline in my intro! But this man must hear, shaken not stirred more than any other, Alessandro Palazzi, the martini maker extraordinaire at Dukes London, Ian Fleming’s home away from home and the most famous Martini bar in the world. As the Martini is one of my favorite cocktails, I was thrilled to sit down with the man who makes them for a living. Needless to say, you can’t visit Dukes London without having their signature drink. Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 13 Apr 2021 | How to Drink Amaro Montenegro with Matteo Bonoli & Rudi Carraro | 00:42:30 | |||||
Described as the “liqueur of the virtues” by one of the most famous 19th C. Italian authors Gabriele D’Annunzio, it’s no wonder that Amaro Montenegro is Italy's #1 Premio Amaro. It’s full of secrets too, which also might be why it’s so successful. Can one spirit be virtuous and secretive at the same time? We’ll have to ask its Master Herbalist and Global Brand Ambassador? I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is, Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time. Velvety, smooth, inviting, no wonder D'Annunzio and his fellow Italians love it. I am thrilled to have Matteo Bonoli, the Master Herbalist, and Rudi Carraro, the Global Brand Ambassador, on Lush Life to introduce me to Amaro Montenegro’s virtues and secrets. But before we get started and If you live in the UK, then head on over to Spiritskiosk.com for your bottle of Amaro Montenegro. You’ll receive 10% off the entire site by quoting this code: ALushLife10SK, that’s all one word: ALushLife10SK. If you are in the USA, you can find it on Drizly.com.
We have two simple Amaro Montenegro cocktails for our Cocktails of the Week, the Monte & Tonic and the Montenegroni: Monte & Tonic INGREDIENTS
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For the Montenegroni, you’ll have to listen or go to my site where you’ll find this recipe, more Montenegro cocktails, and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-to-drink-montenegro-with-matteo-bonoli-and-rudi-carraro ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||
| 08 Nov 2022 | How to Drink Your Grandfather's Manhattan with Abigail Gullo | 00:55:58 | |||||
It was her grandfather’s Manhattan that inspired our guest to love the art of making cocktails, but what was it about that Manhattan that would lead her to New Orleans? I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time. Joining us today on our episode sponsored by Louisiana Tourism is the fabulous Abigail Gullo. Creative Director, Loa Bar in the Beaux Arts wonder that is the International House Hotel which won the best Hotel Bar in America in 2019. She was the First winner of the Heaven Hill Bartender of the Year and a legend in the business. Originally a New Yorker, she has found her home in the Big Easy. Have you ever been to Louisiana? I love it for its Creole and Cajun culture, Mardi Gras, and the beautiful city of New Orleans, but the Pelican State offers so much more, including the amazing live music scene covering everything from Jazz to Swamp pop and Zydeco, a fascinating history combining diverse cultures, over 400 festivals a year and adventures including kayaking on the bayous and lakes, hiking in the many National and State Parks throughout the state or the newly launched Louisiana Civil Rights Trail. If you didn’t know already, it’s the home of the cocktail, not only the Sazerac, gumbo, jambalaya, Tabasco hot sauce, King Cake, and beignets! Louisiana offers a food and drink experience that is second to none. Meet craft distillers, brewers, and mixologists who are working with local traditions and making a name for themselves on the Louisiana Culinary Trails or Louisiana Libations Trail. Let the endless beauty of Louisiana feed your soul and inspire you. You can check out more by visiting louisianatravel.com The French 75 is a New Orleans classic and our cocktail of the week. This is how we make it the Loa way. INGREDIENTS
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If using gin and making it the Loa way, Abigail suggests garnishing it with fresh herbs from your garden, like Basil, Rosemary, Sage, Mint, Lavender, or Thyme. You’ll find this recipe, more Louisiana cocktails, and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-to-drink-your-grandfathers-manhattan-with-abigail-gullo ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and | |||||||
| 29 Nov 2016 | How to Drink at Trader Vic’s with Odysseus Malice, London | 00:13:47 | |||||
We think we all know the legend of the Odyssey after reading Homer. Today we meet a modern day Odysseus whose journey from the Philippines took a different turn and landed him in the world of Mai Tai's, Pineapple and Bamboo. ---- Hello everyone - Don't get confused! Before there was Lush Life, there was Best Sips Worldwide, I rebranded after the first season. Although I reference Best Sips – it’s Lush Life through and through – the same great guests, the same music, and the same me! ----- We discover how our Odysseus was anointed with the moniker Tiki Man! Holding court at Trader Vic’s at the London Hilton Park Lane for almost a decade could be the reason. Cocktail trends have come and gone, but Vic Bergeron’s (the founder of Trader Vic’s) concept of finding a Polynesian paradise, wherever you are in the world, has never waned. Odysseus clues us into the how and why the Mai Tai is still its number one order! Watch Odysseus rustle up an original 1944 Mai Tai for my Mixology in a Minute Series on Youtube Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 21 Feb 2017 | How to Drink at the Waldorf Astoria with Jason Vickers & Pablo Moreno Garcia, London | 00:15:43 | |||||
Lipstick covered, mirrored walls, feather boas swinging from chandeliers, over-flowing champagne-filled coupes? Yes, you are in the right place - the Aldwych’s swingin’, speakeasy Miss Homage. Good Godfrey, the former band leader of the original Waldorf, may have broken her heart, but Miss Homage is having the last laugh. ---- Hello everyone - Don't get confused! Before there was Lush Life, there was Best Sips Worldwide, I rebranded after the first season. Although I reference Best Sips – it’s Lush Life through and through – the same great guests, the same music, and the same me! ----- Jason and Pablo channeled her spirit and are with us today, scissor kicking and camel-walking us through the steps it took to create this very modern cocktail bar with a 20s twist. Click here to see Pablo makes us a Siena Secret on Mixology in a Minute Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 22 Oct 2019 | How to Make the Aperol Spritz, Venetian-Style with Russell Norman, Polpo | 00:42:21 | |||||
Like many others who came before him, our guest today fell in love with Venice at first site. Unlike many others, he brought Venice home with him..in a big way. I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time by the best in the industry. We’re not talking a t-shirt or gondola-shaped ashtray, Russell Norman brought us Polpo - the restaurant that introduced Cicchetti and, for our purposes here, the Aperol Spritz to London and the UK. I met up with Russell in the original Polpo on Beak Street, to hear how his first date with Venice developed into a long, long lasting relationship! I apologise now for all the background noise you’ll hear…this is London during the day on a busy street. Just pretend every honk is made by a vaporetto on the Grand Canal. You could fight me and say that the Aperol Spritz is not a classic cocktail and I promised it would be all classic cocktails this season. Well, I’m fighting back to say that yes it is. Aperol was invented in 1919 by the Barbieri brothers and the spritz is ages old. During the time when the Austrians owned Venice in the 1800s. The Austrian soldiers found the wines a little too alcoholic and added in a bit of water. Thus the spritz was born. Fast forward to the 1950’s when the Italians added Aperol to their spritz and, now, it’s everywhere and so easy to make. Of course, our Cocktail of the Week is the Aperol Spritz. Ingredients:
Method: Add all the ingredients to a wine glass with ice, stir. Garnish with an olive if you want it really Venetian. I would be remiss if I didn’t share the recipe for the Cynar Gin Fizz that Russell and I enjoyed during our chat, and you can find that recipe, the Aperol Spritz and all the cocktails of the week at ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: http://bit.ly/2oDUXf5 Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 22 May 2018 | How to Recreate a Love Story in a Cocktail with Sandy Kaur and Mario Romano, Vijay’s Lounge | 00:21:44 | |||||
Our guests today are the guardians of Lady Charlotte Fitzrovia’s daring love story. It was up to Sandy Kaur and Mario Romano to recreate the world of Lady Charlotte and her lover at Vijay’s Lounge in London’s busy centre of town. How did they even start? I’ll let them tell you all the details. Our Cocktail of the Week is the Ananda Brew created by mixologist Topesh Chatterjee who hails from New Delhi. Ingredients
Fuse all ingredients in a shaker, and simply shake it! Serve the final result in a martini glass, and garnish with a slice of orange and a cinnamon stick. Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 20 Sep 2016 | How to Drink at Lost+Found Drinkery with Dinos Constantinides, Nicosia, Cyprus | 00:21:42 | |||||
Cyprus has loads to offer its citizens and visitors alike: lovely beaches, hot sun, great food, and architectural wonders. Still, for a country that has been around since the 10th millennium BC, you couldn’t find a good cocktail anywhere. Thank goodness for Dinos Constantinides – he has literally upped the bar for everyone in town. ---- Hello everyone - Don't get confused! Before there was Lush Life, there was Best Sips Worldwide, I rebranded after the first season. Although I reference Best Sips – it’s Lush Life through and through – the same great guests, the same music, and the same me! ----- His combination of inherent creativity and business savvy have made his bar Lost+Found Drinkery one of the World’s 50 Best Bars for two years running, according to Drinks International, one of the leading drinks journals. Nicosia, the capital whose location in the beach-less centre of the island, is often forgotten by the more than three million who visit the famed Cypriot seashores in summertime every year. Lost+Found Drinkery is out to change that. Since the financial crisis, much has had to change in the capital city. Bigger, glitzier institutions have shut down and locally sourced, smaller places have begun to crop up in their place. (Read my piece for the Mail on Sunday about the transformation of Nicosia here.) Dinos has tapped into that desire for change – leading way from frozen margaritas, daiquiris and pina coladas to Negronis, Old-Fashioneds and Crustas. Even if you are prone to a cold, fruity drink, a Tiki cocktail quite a different entity at Lost+Found Drinkery where ingredients include homemade syrups & bitters, fresh fruit and ice, like you have never seen it. There are seventeen (yes, one seven) water filters in-house so the ice is exactly as it should be. If you're a frequent customer, you can invest in your own Tiki glass, which is kept under lock and key on the wall. Make sure you use it though, as you can forfeit your spot very easily. Today, Dinos reveals to us how and why he created Lost+Found Drinkery & why two menus are served - one for those new to the bar and the other for his regulars. NB: If you do order a mojito, don't be surprised if it comes in a plastic cup. See how Dinos makes his version of the classic Crusta on our YouTube Channel. Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 11 Sep 2018 | How To Be The Guardian Of A Story with Stephanie Jordan, La Hechichera Rum | 00:40:48 | |||||
La Hechicera Rum is one of those brands I have fallen head over heels in love with. Maybe it was its history recounted so beautifully by owner Miguel Riascos right here on Lush Life in April of this year. Maybe it was my own wonderful adventure to Colombia and tasting La Hechicera in situ or maybe it was because of today’s guest, Stephanie Jordan. I met her when she was Brand Ambassador of La Hechicera Rum earlier this year. Even then, I could tell hers was a story that needed to be told. Our cocktail of the week is the Oro Fashioned, which pays homage to the belief that somewhere in the New World was a place of immense wealth called El Dorado. Ingredients
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Serve in a classic tumbler, twist an orange zest on top and garnish with a dehydrated orange wheel. You’ll find this recipe and all the cocktails of the week on ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 23 Jun 2020 | How To Understand All The Different Pieces Of The Puzzle with Sasha Filimonov, Hendrick’s Gin | 00:34:50 | |||||
The motto for Hendrink’s Gin is “No other gin tastes like Hendrick’s Gin because no other gin is made like Hendrick’s Gin.” That sentiment could be true about anyone I interview, but it’s especially apropos in regards to my guest today, Hendrick’s Gin UK Brand Ambassador. Sasha Filimonov never set out to be in the hospitality industry, in fact, she was on track to having her dream job when the financial crisis changed all that. Her journey to Hendrick’s Gin UK Brand Ambassador took many twists and turns until the day that two of her passions collided - her love of martinis and the world of Hendrick’s Gin. Today she joins all the different pieces of the puzzle that led to her dream job. Our cocktail of the week is Hendrick’s Gin Tini Martini (a miniature version). Ingredients:
Method: Spray Tini Martini glass with dry vermouth (or pour in 4ml and give it a rinse). Add gin to mixing glass with ice. Stir down until chilled. Strain into chilled Tini Martini glass. Garnish with a slice of cucumber. You’ll find this recipe, more Espresso Martini recipes and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, as well as links to all the ingredients. Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-to-understand-all-the-different-pieces-of-the-puzzle Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 21 Sep 2021 | Season 6 is on its way back, plus Lush Life Book Club news! | 00:05:15 | |||||
Welcome back! I missed you. How did the summer fly away so quickly? Here we are in the middle of September already, but there is so much fun on the horizon. I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is Lush Life Podcast, where every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time. The most exciting news of the year so far is that I will be live at Oriole, one of the best bars in the world, to launch Lush Life Book Club. Every week during London Cocktail Week, which is actually the entire month of October, we’ll be deep-diving into a famous cocktail book and meeting its author or authors for an evening of cocktail history, cocktail recipes, and, most importantly, cocktail drinking. Tuesday, October 5. Jared Brown & Anistatia Miller will join me to discuss The Distiller of London, sponsored by Sipsmith. If there is no distillation, there is no spirit; if there is no spirit, there is no cocktail. Jared is the co-founder and master distiller of Sipsmith, as well as a multi-award-winning drink historian. Anistatia is a multi-award-winning drink historian with 35 years in the publishing industry. I welcome Jared and Anistatia as they guide us through the art of distillation. Wednesday, October 13, I’ll be Shaking It Up with Mia Johansson, Bobby Hiddleston & Edmund Weil to discuss their book Shaken: Drinking with James Bond and Ian Fleming, sponsored by Ketel One. Cocktails are at the heart of every James Bond novel, and I am thrilled to be joined by Mia and Bobby of the award-winning London bar, Swift and Edmund, and their business partner and owner of Oriole, to explore more than just the Vodka Martini, shaken, not stirred. Then on Tuesday, October 19 – Olivia Williams, author of Gin Glorious Gin and The Secret Life of the Savoy, is my guest thanks to Bulleit and Kentucky Tourism. The recipe for any cocktail at the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel in London includes a healthy dose of history. Olivia invites us to check into London’s most iconic hotel, where she’ll guide us through its vibrant history while we sip its most inventive classic cocktails. And if that weren’t enough, on Tuesday, October 26, I will be with Jason Clark, author of The Art and Craft of Coffee Cocktails, and Pippa Guy, Let’s Get Fizzical, sponsored by Tanqueray. Acting as Brand Ambassador for an iconic spirit is a full-time job. Adding another full-time job on top of that is almost impossible. Our two guests have done just that by creating and writing two esteemed cocktail books. We’ll discuss what it takes to venture out and write your own cocktail book. So that’s what’s on tap for London Cocktail Week. Beginning in a few weeks, the Lush Life Podcast will be coming straight to your ears, plus you can always catch up on everything at alushlifemanual.com. Our cocktail of the week is Autumn Apple Old Fashioned, and it’s perfect for this weather. INGREDIENTS
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You’ll find this recipe, more Louisiana cocktails, and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to 11 May 2021 | How to Drink El Bandarra with Alex Virgili | 00:37:15 | | ||||
Where in the world does an hour turn into the whole day. Every Saturday and Sunday from 12 - 3, the Barcelonians, surrounded by their friends and family, spend the entire afternoon sipping vermouth before lunch even begins. Today’s guest is gunning for the whole world to embrace La Hora del Vermut! Exporting cultural traditions is not an easy task; it is made slightly simpler when that tradition revolves around drinking. Alex Virgili, General Manager of El Bandarra, had me longing for La Hora de Vermut, and it wasn’t even the weekend. Born into a wine-making family, he is on a mission to make wine-drinking fun by taking those traditions of the past and reinventing them to enjoy today. He’s with me to reveal a few of these traditions. Our cocktail of the week is the Al Fresco Spritz: INGREDIENTS
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You’ll find this recipe, more vermouth cocktails, and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-to-drink-el-bandarra-with-alex-virgili ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||
| 02 Nov 2021 | How to Write a Cocktail Book with Pippa Guy & Jason Clark | 00:46:43 | |||||
So I have one question for you before I begin: Are you Team Bach or Team Coward? Bach said: “Without my morning coffee, I’m just like a dried-up piece of a goat.” While Noel Coward asked, “Why do I drink champagne for breakfast? Doesn’t everyone?” So how do you wake up in the morning Sponsored by Tanqueray Gin, I was joined at the final Lush Life Book Club at Oriole bar in London by Pippa Guy, the Brand Ambassador of Tanqueray Gin, and Jason Clark, Brand Ambassador of Talisker whisky. Both former guests on this very podcast reveal their secrets to writing a cocktail book. Pippa’s book “Let’s Get Fizzical” is an inspiring mix of classic cocktail recipes such as bellinis and mimosas and offers tips, tricks, presentation ideas, and technical know-how to make your cocktails as sensational for the eye as they are for the palate. Jason recently designed and launched his first cocktail book "The Art & Craft of Coffee Cocktails" to inspire bartenders to care more about coffee & baristas to get more creative with coffee mixology. If you want to hear how this got where they did, you’ll have to catch up on Lush Life - Jason’s episode is #104 - How to love the things you hated as a child, and Pippa’s is #171 How to Make History We have one coffee cocktail and one fizzy cocktail as our cocktails of the week. We start with the coffee and then celebrate with the fizz Our first is the Coffee & Tonic. You’ll need INGREDIENTS
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For the Blueberry Bellini, you’ll have to find it at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||
| 30 Apr 2019 | How to Open a Bar & Launch a New Product at the Same Time with Monica Berg, Pour | 01:06:51 | |||||
Strawberries only on Sunday could be the name of one of her cocktails, but as our guest today revealed her grandfather would truly only allow his strawberry jam to be enjoyed as a treat on Sunday. The strawberry season in Norway is only three weeks after all and he made jam so they could eat them all year round and that meant having a little bit only on Sunday to make it last. Monica Berg, one of the glittering stars of the cocktail world, is here with us today. Her journey from Norway to London brought with it a respect for the transience of food at its peak eating time, as well as a keen business savvy thanks to her father making her create budgets from the time she was little. No wonder she can juggle not only the opening of a new bar in London, Tayor+Elementary, but also the launch of a new generation of liqueurs, Muyu. She is also a co-founder of Pour the non-profit organization devoted to exploring new ideas, sharing information, and exchanging inspiration within the drinks industry. Pour will be holding its first symposium in London, but more about that after we hear all about Monica. Our Cocktail of the Week is the Jasmine Highball. Ingredients:
Method: Add the Muyu Jasmine Verte to a Champagne glass, add the Champagne slowly, stir. Enjoy! You’ll find the cocktail martini recipe and all the cocktails on ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: http://bit.ly/2Gg9i7A Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 30 Nov 2021 | How to Drink Sing Gin with Richard Thompson | 00:25:46 | |||||
Yorkshire is known for its turbulent weather and wildly romantic hills and dales, which influenced not only the Bronte sisters but our guest today. We have Richard Thompson, Co-Founder of Sing Gin, with me today on the program. When his father brought home a still, they were not sure what would come of it. Throwing caution to the wind, he and his family produced an award-winning gin that comes from and is tied to the Yorkshire landscape. He is here to tell us what transpired. In the words of Emily Bronte, kind of, we’ll discover: “It was not the flax bending to the gin, but the gin embracing the flax.” So let’s get to it. Our cocktail of the week had to be the Sing Gin Floradora: INGREDIENTS
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You'll find this recipe, more Sing Gin recipes, including the Rose Gin Fizz, and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||
| 09 Apr 2019 | Take the Maker’s Mark Distillery Tour! Kentucky, USA | 00:31:02 | |||||
Can you ever have enough bourbon? Not as far as I am concerned. Therefore after a trip to Glendalough, we are heading straight back to Kentucky. This time to take a tour of Maker’s Mark Distillery - virtually. When I say a tour, I mean a tour. Today the lovely Matty will guide us through the ins and outs of the Maker’s Mark Distillery in Loretto Kentucky. Discover why Maker’s Mark is called so, what’s in its mash bill, why the bottles have their distinctive look and more... Then we’ll head over to the bar to make one of Maker’s Mark's most popular cocktails and even get yourself a t-shirt from the Lush Life cocktail collection. After the episode make sure to check out alushlifemanual.com where you’ll find photos of all the places you are about to visit. Our Cocktail of the Week is the Maker’s Mark Manhattan made with Maker’s 46. Ingredients:
Method: Combine ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. Stir and strain into a chilled cocktail glass neat or on the rocks. Garnish with a cherry. You’ll find this recipe and all the cocktails on ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: http://bit.ly/2I6kVzd Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 08 May 2018 | How to Honor an Irish Whiskey Legend with Peter O’Connor, Roe & Co | 00:39:39 | |||||
Our next guest was born for the role of brand ambassador with his love of the chat, his eagerness to teach, and his lively and generous spirit. I finally pinned down my friend Peter O’Connor, the European Brand Ambassador for the Irish Whiskey Roe and Co, and got him to start from the very beginning. Our Cocktail of the Week is the Roe & Co Peaches and Cream Ingredients
Shaken and served in a Nick & Nora glass. Garnished with bee pollen, bitters and cut flower. Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 11 Jun 2019 | How to Convey Your Personal Experience in a Cocktail with Ago Perrone, The Connaught Bar | 00:36:26 | |||||
I felt right at home with my next guest, even though we had never met. The Connaught Hotel is a place I have been returning to since I was a child. As my parent’s port of call when visiting London, The Connaught has seen me roam its halls, sleep in its beds and also try smoked salmon for the first time in the now legendary dining room. We only stopped staying there because now I live in London. Meeting Ago Perrone, Director of Mixology for the Connaught Bar, was like being reintroduced to an old friend after so many years. I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time by the best in the industry. What can I say about Ago Perrone that hasn’t already been said. Winner of a myriad of personal awards, including CLASS Magazine’s Best Bartender of the year and winner of the Bacardi Legacy. Now he has led the Connaught Bar to be one of the best bars in the world. Over two episodes this week and next, we’ll explore what it takes to earn such accolades. This week sees Ago deciding what path to take in life...and how that choice led him to the doors of the Connaught Bar and next week what happened after those doors opened. We start his journey in a beautiful part of the world, Lake Como. Our Cocktail of the Week is the Mulata Daisy. Ingredients:
Method: Shake all ingredients over ice and and double strain into a champagne coupe glass. Garnish with cacao powder on the rim. You’ll find the cocktail martini recipe and all the cocktails on ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: http://bit.ly/2JQtoIB Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 06 Sep 2016 | How to Drink at the The Savoy's Beaufort Bar with Anna Sebastian, London | 00:23:09 | |||||
You would think that following in the footsteps of Auguste Escoffier, Henry Braddock and César Ritz would be daunting, well, not for Anna Sebastian. Under her watchful eye as its Senior Bar Manager, The Savoy’s Beaufort Bar has continued to flourish since the day it opened in 2010. ---- Hello everyone - Don't get confused! Before there was Lush Life, there was Best Sips Worldwide, I rebranded after the first season. Although I reference Best Sips – it’s Lush Life through and through – the same great guests, the same music, and the same me! ----- There really should be only one way to enter The Savoy – by taxi. It’s the closest to experiencing how the swells might have felt at the turn of the 20th Century, when it was first built. Driving in on the right-hand side (American!), your chauffeur or the doorman would help you exit without having to go around the cab, all thanks to a special Act of Parliament. Still, as much as hopping back in time sounds exciting, there would have been no Beaufort Bar to make your local. After a three-year long restoration and refurbishment of the entire hotel, it opened to great fanfare on October 10, 2010 at 10:10.The Beaufort Bar was born that evening. The sun may have gone down, but, every night the lights switch on in this evening-only drinking establishment and the drinks pop-up. I use this term because the menu is literally a Pop-Up Book specifically created for the Beaufort Bar. Fifteen hand-crafted cocktails make up the menu, including “character” cocktails dedicated to the famed entertainers and icons who walked the halls of this venerable hotel. Anna Sebastian reigns supreme over this hallowed spot. Under her watchful eye, the Beaufort Bar was awarded the title, Best International Hotel Bar in 2015 by Tales of the Cocktail, the world’s annual premier cocktail festival in New Orleans. Anna herself was also nominated for Bar Personality of the Year 2016 at Imbibe Live, Europe’s largest drinks conference. Anna explains that she “didn't know that the hospitality industry really existed at this level - I didn't know you could travel the world, deal with such an eclectic mix of guests as well as create something and be part of history in so many ways.” Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 03 Oct 2017 | How to go from Archeologist to Brand Ambassador with Mikey Pendergast, East London Liquor Company | 00:25:25 | |||||
His parents both did it and they never wanted our next guest to go anywhere near it. Like kids usually do, he didn't listen. Somehow Mikey Pendergast found himself on a fast track to becoming an archaeologist. That was until he stepped behind a bar. Now they can breathe more easily as he is now plotting a course of his own that doesn’t include shovels or picks. As Brand Ambassador of the East London Liquor Company, the only digging Mikey does is into the annals of spirit-ual history in order to create more than a hundred drinks over his career. Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 13 Dec 2016 | How to Drink Belsazar Vermouth with Fliss Gransden, UK Brand Ambassador, Belsazar Vermouth | 00:20:35 | |||||
No one drinks vermouth on its own, do they? As UK Brand Ambassador for Belsazar Vermouth, our guest today, Fliss Gransden, is on a mission to right that wrong. Not only does it taste fantastic, but its low alcohol content means you could drink it all night! ---- Hello everyone - Don't get confused! Before there was Lush Life, there was Best Sips Worldwide, I rebranded after the first season. Although I reference Best Sips – it’s Lush Life through and through – the same great guests, the same music, and the same me! ----- Founded in 2013, Belsazar Vermouth wants to change everyone’s opinion of what vermouth could be by making it all about the wine. Vermouth has been around since the inception of the cocktail itself and almost always used as a mixer. Using the best wines from the South Baden region of Germany, the product is a complete transformation from the old stuff. It’s Fliss’s job to educate, not only the public, but the bartenders as to how to serve it. She reveals how she does it on the podcast today. Her background working in the most cutting-edge bars in town and her knowledge and passion for Vermouth make her the perfect person for the job. Watch Fliss make the Rose Winter Tonic at Dirty Bones, Shoreditch here on our Youtube Channel PS: Thanks to Dirty Bones Shoreditch for letting us film Fliss in their restaurant! Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 09 Jan 2018 | How to Make the Best Alcohol-Free Cocktail With Ben Branson of Seedlip | 00:33:46 | |||||
Why would you want to substitute your Old-Fashioned for some fruity concoction in the middle of January, That was before our guest today, Ben Branson, followed a random google search to a book written in the 17th century called The Art of Distillation. The next day, Seedlip was born, but I’ll let him tell you the story. Our Cocktail of the Week is Ben’s Espresso MartiNO:
Put everything except the coffee beans in a shaker. Shake. Double Strain and Serve in a Coupe Glass. Garnish with the 3 coffee beans. Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 20 Oct 2020 | How to Be Incessantly Curious with Charles Gibb, Fever-Tree | 01:08:23 | |||||
It’s not every day that I can say my guest has gone from tanks to tonic. His French 75s now come in a glass, and he’s never looked back. I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is the Lush Life Podcast, where every week, we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time. Incessantly curious and globally mobile, Charles Gibb, CEO of Fever-Tree North America, is always ready for a challenge. If you’re planning a start-up in a foreign country, then he’s the one to call. He’s with us today to show us all how it’s done. Our Cocktail of the week is the Sparkling Paloma. Ingredients:
Method: Add tequila to a highball glass. Add ice and top with Fever-Tree Sparkling Pink Grapefruit. Garnish with a juicy pink grapefruit wedge. -- You’ll find this recipe, plus all the cocktails of the week, at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-to-be-incessantly-curious Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 25 Oct 2022 | How to Drink Asian Rice Wines & Spirits with Marie Cheong-Thong - Part 1 | 00:46:55 | |||||
What a way to begin Season 7! By attempting to tackle the category that is Asian Rice Wine and Spirits? We would be truly destined to fail if we didn’t have such a spectacular leader to guide us through. How can I describe Marie Cheong-Thong? She is not only one of eight spirit committee members of the IWSC but also Chairman of the British Sake Association, a Council Member of the Association of Wine Educators, a member of both the Circle of Wine Writers and the Guild of Food Writers, Educator on Asian Rice wine and spirits at the Wine and Spirit Education Trust and so much more - including my friend and our guest today. I cannot think of anyone better to be our leader as we head into this massive category. Think of this episode of Asian Drinks 101 - at a glance! If you live for Lush Life, would you consider supporting us... Just go to patreon.com/lushlife, and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. You could get Lush Life Merchandise, personalized bar suggestions, exclusive content, and so much more! Go check it out at patreon.com/lushlife. Now let’s dive in! The cocktail of the week is the Grapefruit Chuhai! INGREDIENTS
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You’ll find this recipe, more highball cocktail recipes, and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/asian-rice-wine-and-spirits-with-marie-cheong-thong ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to patreon.com/lushlife Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||
| 05 Jun 2018 | How to Make the Hangover-Free Cocktail with Sigi Klein, Gelbes Haus | 00:28:38 | |||||
Our next guest spent her early years in the woods foraging for tasty treats, leaving her mother in constant fear that she might nibble on a poisonous mushroom. Happily, we can report that Sigi Klein is alive and well and using those same herbs to build her cocktails. Working at Gelbes Haus, the oldest cocktail bar in Nuremberg, Sigi revealed how she ended up as a Chef de Bar in the first place. Our Cocktail of the Week is the Schorsch Ingredients
Crush the cloves and put them in the shake. Then add 4 slightly crushed mint leaves. Add the other ingredients to the shaker with ice and then shake it. Then fine strain it into a chilled cocktail coupette. Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 26 Feb 2019 | How to Make Your Own Gin with Ian Hart and Hilary Whitney, Sacred Spirits | 00:42:44 | |||||
It sounds so easy. Master vacuum distillation and then create the gin that Alessandro Palazzi has selected for the most famous martinis in the world at Dukes Bar in London. But as our guests today, Ian Hart and Hilary Whitney of Sacred Spirits know, it’s not as easy as as all that. What is easy is checking out our Lush Life Merchandise at www.alushlifemanual.com/merch I’m trying to convince Alessandro to serve his martinis in the lush life mug. We can always hope and dream. You can serve yours in one and at the same time you are helping to support this very podcast. I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time by the best in the industry. We were talking gin with Ian and Hilary - more specifically vacuum distillation, which they are both pros of now. But there was a time when Ian’s neighbors feared for their lives. It really is amazing how he is still alive... Our Cocktail of the Week is the Sacred Rosehip Spritz. Ingredients:
Method: Take a large wine glass and fill with ice. Add sparkling wine, Sacred Rosehip Cup and soda water in a 3-2-1 ratio. Top with a slice of orange. Alternatively, make it up in a large jug with plenty of ice and slices of orange. You’ll find this recipe and all the cocktails of the week on ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: http://bit.ly/2GOXvO0 Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 29 Jan 2019 | How To Be A Surgeon & A Nurse At The Same Time with Mia Johansson, Bar Swift, London, Part 1 | 00:44:34 | |||||
We are beginning Lush Life Season 3 with a guest who somehow manages to be a surgeon and a nurse all at the same time. To be a great surgeon you need absolute precision and knowledge of your craft and to be a great nurse you need compassion, warmth and patience. Mia Johansson combined these attributes in a mixing glass and out came Bar Swift. Determining who wants or needs to be hugged and/or a martini is an art and Mia has mastered it. She has been Imbibe’s Personality of the Year Award, trained at Hix and Milk & Honey, and of course co-owner of Bar Swift in Soho - which by the way is one of the fifty best bars in the world, according to drinks international magazine and anyone else who’s ever had their sgroppino. If you want to know what Mia’s favorite bars are in Stockholm, you’ll have to wait until the not-so bitter end. Our Cocktail of the Week is the Piccolina - just like surgeons and nurses work together - here, port and sherry are collaborating to make an assume cocktail. Ingredients:
Method: Stir it all together over ice in any mixing glass, strain into martini glass. Pop a green olive in. You’ll find this recipe and all the cocktails of the week on ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/mia-johannson-swift-bar-london Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 05 Nov 2024 | How to Prioritise Inclusion with Equal Measures’ Vicky Ilankovan | 00:43:44 | |||||
We are exploring a very important issue and, even if you aren’t in the drinks industry, it’s something you need to address if you have a business - how are you prioritizing inclusion in your workplace? Vicky Ilankovan, the Executive Director of Equal Measures UK, is with me to help you answer that question. Equal Measures is the award-winning non-profit spearheading the delivery of intersectional inclusivity in the drinks & hospitality industries. She has a proven track record of promoting companies, developing and restructuring systems, diversifying services, and building communities of engaged stakeholders. As her career spans everything from editorial, marketing, PR, and events, to global distribution, business development, project management, drinks consultancy, and spirits awards judging, she has a panoramic understanding of the hospitality and drinks industries, its networks, and operation. I am honored to have her on the program. Before we begin, you can always watch this episode on Youtube, plus all the other Lush Life episodes as well as a whole lot more, just head to youtube.com/@lushlifemanual that's youtube.com/@lushlifemanual! Also If you love the show, we would so appreciate your support! You can get our advice on anything to do with home bartending, where to drink in every major city, special recipes, plus a Lush Life mug! Just head to alushlifemanual.substack.com and sign up! The cocktail of the week is the Bajan Divorce: INGREDIENTS
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You’ll find this recipe and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, plus links to most of the ingredients. Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/iequal-measures-with-vicky-ilankovan ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to https://substack.com/@alushlifemanual. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday,... | |||||||
| 07 Jan 2020 | How to Make Single Malt Whiskey Out West with Thomas Mooney, Westward Whiskey | 00:50:59 | |||||
Welcome back to Lush Life! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. We swing back into action with a guest who was always the guy at the office who doing whisky Tastings. I had no idea that position even existed. I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time by the best in the industry. Whiskey was Thomas Mooney, the co-founder of Westward Whiskey’s, drink of choice. So much so that he really was the guy who arranged whiskey tastings at the office. He thought one day he would retire and then have a whisky distillery, but that dream became a reality sooner than he thought. We begin the year with a classic American cocktail with a french name, The Boulevardier. Think Negroni but replace the gin with American Whiskey. So we have sweet vermouth, campari and whiskey. Supposedly a man named Erskine Gwynne, an American who whilst living in Paris in the 1920’s, founded a magazine called Boulevardier. The authors published in his popular magazine drank as good as they could write - Hemingway, Joyce, and Noel Coward to name just a few. Today we have a take on the classic boulevardier recipe from Will Meredith head bartender of award winning London Bar Lyaness. He calls it the Crystal Garden Boulevardier.
Our cocktail of the week is: Crystal Garden Boulevardier. INGREDIENTS
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To learn Will’s inspiration for the cocktail and how to make the Basil Bitter and the Peach Stone Aperitif, you’ll have to visit my website where you can find this recipe, more Whisky recipes and all the cocktails of the week at ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop.
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| 06 Nov 2018 | How One Rumfest Can Transform Your Life with Pete Holland | 00:50:55 | |||||
Our guest didn’t realise he was a lover of rum until he sipping it at his first RumFest. His wife’s comment “wouldn’t it be fun to go to the Rum Fest in London for the weekend” changed everything for him. Now Pete Holland has given his life over to this molasses based spirit and has never regretted it. He is the man behind TheFloatingRumShack.com and one of the UK’s Authorities on Rum. Now he is also the Brand Ambassador for Old Fashioned Week here in London. Our cocktail of the week is Agri’Old Fashioned in celebration of the forthcoming Old Fashioned Week. Ingredients:
Method: Build in a rocks glass, stir to perfection. Garnish with a lovely orange zest. You’ll find this recipe and all the cocktails of the week on ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 17 Dec 2019 | How Irish Whiskey is Made in Hell with Geoff Speiran, The Dublin Liberties Distillery | 01:05:11 | |||||
If you didn’t listen to last week’s episode, then press stop and go back to that one now! You’ll meet Geoff Speiran, the Global Whiskey Ambassador for The Dublin Liberties Distillery. Once you know all about Geoff, then you are ready to take on our tour. I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time by the best in the industry. Welcome to Hell! Not your usual greeting except when you are in the Liberties section of Dublin. Why was it know as Hell? You’ll just have to find out on this episode of Lush Life. Geoff will guide us through Dublin’s newest distillery and then take us through a tasting of a selection of The Dublin Liberties Distillery range of Irish Whiskeys. What a way to end the year! Our Cocktail of the Week is a take on an Old Fashioned called “A Measure of Attitude”. Ingredients:
Method: Pour all the ingredients into a mixing glass and stir. Serve into a tumbler glass with a block of ice. Express a lemon peel over the cocktail and discard peel. You can find this recipe, more Irish Whiskey recipes and all the cocktails of the week at ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: http://bit.ly/341vo6o Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 05 Jul 2016 | How to Drink at the 21 Club with Mark Tubridy | 00:26:41 | |||||
Prohibition gripped New York in the 20s, but there was one place you could always get a drink if you knew those in the know. The 21 Club’s Mark Tubridy lets us in on the secret that got you into one of the oldest drinking establishments in the Big Apple. ---- Hello everyone - Don't get confused! Before there was Lush Life, there was Best Sips Worldwide, I rebranded after the first season. Although I reference Best Sips – it’s Lush Life through and through – the same great guests, the same music, and the same me! ----- Today we take you across the pond to New York’s 21 Club. Bartender Mark Tubridy guides us through a mini-history of cocktails in the Big Apple from one of the bars that started it all. He graciously sat down to talk me through prohibition to modern day. Avery Fletcher, the Director of Sales & Marketing of the 21 Club, joined the party as well. Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸
WHERE YOU CAN HEAR ME DRINKING NEXT:Savoring for a Sazerac, then be sure to check our next podcast when we grill Nola London’s Ian McIntrye about why he and his partners set up a New Orleans bar in the heart of Shoreditch. ARE YOU A REGULAR LISTENER OF LUSH LIFE?You can get this and all future audio files automatically downloaded to your mobile device easy. If you’re on iOS, you can listen with iTunes. Android users can get it on Google Play. Or click the player to listen to just this episode. (But trust me, you’ll want to subscribe!) | |||||||
| 15 Feb 2022 | How to Drink Gin in the City of London with William Borrell, City of London Distillery | 00:34:51 | |||||
Heading to the City of London is like going home! Fleet Street, one of its most famous addresses, was always the denizen of journos who were known to enjoy a tipple or two. My guest today welcomes me back with a Gimlet that’s pure London through and through. Very few businesses are allowed to use the livery of the City of London and William Borrell, the Director of the City of London Distillery and Founder of Vestal Vodka, explains how it all happened plus so much more on today’s episode, sponsored by the City of London. Did you know the City of London is just one square mile and forms the oldest part of London and was founded by the Romans more than 2,000 years ago - it even has its own mayor, the Lord Mayor, and government and is run independently from London? The City has so many things to see and do, before and after work, from quirky independent cafes to internationally-renowned cultural institutions, world-class modern architecture to historic heritage sites. From high-end shopping to vintage stalls, from street food to Michelin-star restaurants, and of course from small boozers to glitzy wine and cocktail bars, there is a little bit of everything for everyone. The City of London is a vibrant part of London with its own unique atmosphere, culture, and history just waiting to be re-discovered. The “Square Smile '' campaign is designed to raise awareness of the benefits of returning to the City and face-to-face interaction as firms increasingly give their staff more flexibility on where they locate through hybrid working. It showcases the City’s vibrant offerings – ranging from world-class culture, heritage, cuisine, entertainment, retail, architecture, BARS, and so much more. Visit www.squaresmile.london for great ideas of places to visit, to see, discover, and drink. The cocktail of the week is Grapefruit Gimlet: INGREDIENTS
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You’ll find this recipe, more City of London Distillery recipes, and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll find all the ingredients in our shop. ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||
| 14 Mar 2017 | How to Drink Veuve Clicquot with Fabienne Moreau, Reims | 00:10:34 | |||||
The Veuve in Veuve Clicquot is Madame Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot. Married at 21 to François Clicquot, she was widowed only six years later. Left in control of his company, she stuck in and truly created the brand as we know today. ---- Hello everyone - Don't get confused! Before there was Lush Life, there was Best Sips Worldwide, I rebranded after the first season. Although I reference Best Sips – it’s Lush Life through and through – the same great guests, the same music, and the same me! ----- Her innovations, including riddling (shaking the bottles to loosen the sediment, giving the champagne its flavor), and business acumen are lauded today. In the shadow of International Women’s Day last week, Best Sips is proud to have the Historian of Veuve Clicquot here today. FYI: Veuve Clicquot arranges the annual Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award which “champions the success of business women worldwide who share the same qualities as Madame Clicquot!” Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 30 Mar 2021 | How to Drink Italicus with Giuseppe Gallo | 00:40:10 | |||||
Is it possible to fulfill this brief: to create a brand that every single Italian, who lives in Italy and abroad, when they see the bottle and read the name, is going to make them proud? Our guest not only fulfilled his own brief but also has the whole world wanting it. I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is, Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time. Giuseppe Gallo is a drinks industry legend, from overseeing the place to be, the Sanderson Hotel Long Bar in London, to gathering awards as the Global Brand Ambassador of Martini, one of the most iconic brands in the world. Now he’s masterminded the creation of Italicus Rosolio di Bergamotto from a historical Italian recipe that hadn’t been consumed for almost 100 years. Today I sit down with him to have a deep dive into what Italicus tastes like, how to use it to make incredible cocktails, and how he created a spirit that every Italian can be proud of. But before we get started and If you live in the UK, then head on over to Spiritskiosk.com for your bottle of Italicus. You’ll receive 10% off the entire site by quoting this code: ALushLife10SK, that’s all one word: ALushLife10SK. As the clocks have turned back in the USA and Europe, we have an extra hour to enjoy our cocktail of the week, the Italicus Spritz. INGREDIENTS
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-- You’ll find this recipe, more Italicus cocktails, and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-to-drink-italicus-with-giuseppe-gallo ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||
| 23 Mar 2021 | How to Drink Avallen with Stephanie Jordan & Tim Etherington-Judge | 00:54:41 | |||||
What is the word for when you discover that one thing and then everything else makes sense and the doors to everything open up, inviting you to walk in? For some, it’s kismet. For my guests, it’s Avallen. I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is, Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time. Stephanie Jordan and Tim Etherington-Judge had no idea that it would be Calvados that they would be producing when they had the idea to make the first planet positive spirit. Now it all makes sense. For our purposes today, in this our How to Drink season, we three explore what Calvados is, how it’s made and why the bees are buzzing for Avallen. But before we get started, just a heads up that The cocktail of the week is coming up right after we chat to Stephanie and Tim. If you live in the UK and want to buy any of the spirits I talk about, including Avallen, then head on over to Spiritskiosk.com, where you, as a Lush Life listener, will receive 10% off the entire site by quoting this code: ALushLife10SK. Now let’s find out How to Drink Avallen and don’t miss the birds having their say toward the end of the chat. I had the honor of naming our cocktail of the week, The Queen’s Knees. For those who make cocktails often, it’s the Avallen take on the Bee’s Knees but invented by the Queen Bee herself, Stephanie Jordan. INGREDIENTS
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-- You’ll find this recipe, more Avallen cocktails, and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-to-drink-avallen ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||
| 28 Apr 2020 | How to Make Your Coffee Spiritual with Martin Hudák of Maybe Sammy and Mr Black | 00:44:15 | |||||
I met today’s guest under pretty cool circumstances. Picture the sit-down dinner of the UK finals for the Diageo World Class competition - one of the hardest cocktail making competitions in the country. There were eleven finalists and each table of ten was served by one of the competitors for the night. At my table was one of the senior bartenders of the American Bar of the Savoy Hotel - it’s tough to get better than that. I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is, Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time by everyone in this industry. Who knew that under that sharp white jacket and smooth persona, Martin Hudák of Maybe Sammy and Global Coffee Ambassador of Mr. Black, has a passion like no other - for coffee and coffee cocktails. He kept it under wraps until winning the World Coffee in Good Spirits Award in 2017. Since then, he’s gone on to move to Australia, open an award winning bar of his own and win the International Bartender of the Year. Through the miracles of modern science, I was finally able to interview him in Australia and discover what led him to go down under and how his coffee loving became spiritual. On today’s program, you’ll discover:
The Cocktail of the Week is the La Finca. Ingredients:
Method: Add all the ingredients to a mixing glass. Stir. Strain into a rocks glass with one big ice cube. Garnish with the fig. -- You can find this recipe, more recipes and all the cocktails of the week at ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-to-make-your-coffee-spiritual Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 29 Nov 2022 | How to Drink 52 Martinis with Forest Collins | 00:42:14 | |||||
How is it possible that you move to one of the chicest, if not the chicest, cities in the world and not find an even passible martini? Today’s guest is living proof that anything is possible! Today joining me is the inimitable Forest Collins, founder of 52martinis.com, which chronicles her search for the best cocktail bars in Paris as well as loads of other cocktail news from all over France. She is the creator of the iOS app Paris Cocktails and host of the radio show and podcast Paris Cocktail Talk. As a freelance writer, she has written for Drinks International, Serious Eats, the World’s Best Bars site, PUNCH drinks, and so many other publications about the Paris cocktail scene. Forest is the Academy Chair for France for the World's 50 Best Bars and President of the France chapter of the Les Dames d’Escoffier. We met during Venice Cocktail Week, and now I can’t imagine a time when I didn’t know her. But before you get to meet her too, did you know that you can now watch Forest’s episode plus all the other Lush Life episodes as well as a whole lot more on Youtube, so check out the Lush Life Youtube Channel!! Just head to youtube.com/@lushlifemanual! Now here is Forest.
Our cocktail of the week is Forest’s own favorite Martini: INGREDIENTS
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You’ll find this recipe, more cocktail recipes, and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/52-martinis-with-forest-collins ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to patreon.com/lushlife Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||
| 16 Jul 2019 | How to Make a Great Rum Cocktail with Alex Jollivet and Tom Wiggett, The Duppy Share | 00:41:49 | |||||
Meeting in primary school doesn’t always predict a future business career together, but in the case of our guests today, it most certainly did. They also went to the same prep school, university and lived together in London...oh and did I mention they both love rum! I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time by the best in the industry. Alex Jollivet and Tom Wiggett also drank together and while Tom was enjoying a thousand variations on the G&T, the only mixer Alex was being offered with his rum was Coke, not that there is anything wrong with a good Cuba Libre, in fact I make a Cuba Libre range of Merchandise so check it out at A Lush Life Manual.com/merch. Still it can get monotonous, so what are two guys to do - well these guys created Long Tail Mixers. Three different mixers that were developed specifically to compliment rum, whiskey, bourbon..whatever brown spirit you have on your shelf. Our Cocktail of the Week is the Sundown Spice, a combination that will have you dreaming of the beach in the Caribbean. Ingredients:
Method: Fill your Long Tail Glass with 3 ice cubes. Pour in The Duppy Share Rum, add Long Tail Island Spice Mixer. Cut a lime wedge and add for garnish. If you want to hear more about Duppy Share - go back and listen to my episode titled How to move from insurance to rum in five easy steps! You’ll find this recipe and two more from Long Tail, plus all the cocktails of the week at ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: http://bit.ly/2LCIktM Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 26 Oct 2021 | How to Read The Secret Life of the Savoy with Olivia Williams | 00:55:20 | |||||
London is one of the most popular cities to visit - great restaurants, bars, hotels, but it wasn’t always that way. One man’s vision changed everything when he opened a hotel that would become one of the most influential in the world. Our guest today introduces us to that man. For those of you who haven’t guessed already, that hotel is the Savoy in London, and that man is Richard D'Oyly Carte. Sponsored by Bulleit Bourbon and Kentucky Tourism, our guest Olivia Williams introduces us to the three generations of the D'Oyly Carte family who pioneered the luxury hotel and the modern theatre, propelled Gilbert and Sullivan to lasting stardom, inspired a P. G. Wodehouse series, and popularised early jazz, electric lights, and Art Deco. Olivia Williams is a journalist and author. She graduated with a master’s degree in modern history from Oxford University, and in her final year, she won a Rupert Murdoch student scholarship. She wrote her first book, Gin Glorious Gin: How Mother’s Ruin Became the Spirit of London, in 2014. Her second book, The Secret Life of the Savoy, was published in 2020. Olivia has been a guest on Radio 4, Bloomsberg, Sky Arts, and CBS News and has often contributed to The Economist, Country Life, House & Garden, and the Evening Standard. Now it’s time to go inside the Savoy. Our cocktail of the week is the Hanky Panky, a Savoy invention. The Hanky Panky was Ada Coleman’s most famous cocktail. It was created for the actor-manager Sir Charles Hawtrey in the 1910s, who staggered into the American Bar one evening and begged “Coley” for some sort of pick-me-up. She made him a drink. He downed it pretty quickly and staggered out again, presumably much refreshed. The following evening he returned to the American Bar and asked Coley to knock out “some more of that hanky panky.” So she did. It’s remained a popular cocktail ever since! INGREDIENTS
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You’ll find this recipe and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||
| 30 Jun 2020 | How to Keep the Chefs Happy with Jack Sotti, Tanqueray Gin | 01:03:31 | |||||
It’s rare that one would move to another country purely because of how it looked in a film...but our guest did just that and it only took the perfect job opportunity to tempt to return to the UK. I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is, Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time by everyone in this industry. Jack Sotti, Senior Tanqueray Gin & World Class Ambassador at Diageo fell in love with New Zealand after seeing the Lord of the Rings movies. He bought a one way ticket to Auckland and the rest is history. After wangling his first bar job there, his career took off and continued to rise, winning Australia’s Bartender of the Year at the Diageo Reserve World Class Australian finals in 2015. You’ll have to hear how he won that and what he did after in today’s episode. Our cocktail of the week is Nocellara Gimlet. Ingredients:
Method: Muddle the olives in the shaker. Add ice and shake hard to pulverise the olives. Fine strain into a Nick and Nora glass. Garnish with a Nocellara Olive. If you are confused by the UK use of millilitres and want to know how many ounces to use or vice versa, you can find a downloadable cocktail measurement converter on my website alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll find this recipe, more gimlet recipes, plus all the cocktails of the week, as well as links to all the ingredients. Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-to-keep-the-chefs-happy Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 11 Feb 2020 | How To Find Your Ancestral Spirits with Johnny Neill, Berkshire Botanical | 00:43:35 | |||||
Not everyone was born to be in the drinks industry, our guest was, but he just didn’t know how much, until he just happened to sign up with ancestry.com. I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time by the best in the industry. Johnny Neill knew all about his father’s connection to the gin world from as far back as the 18th C, but it took a membership to ancestry.com to find out that the other side of his family was busy making whisky at about the same time. Now with the success of Whitley Neill, he’s making expressions tied to the culinary proclivities of specific members of his family - quince, raspberry and now his own. He’s here today to tell us how it all came to be. Our cocktail of the week is the Yattendon Martini: Ingredients:
Method: Put all the ingredients in a coupe glass, stir, garnish with a Pine Needle. You can find this recipe, more gin recipes and all the cocktails of the week at ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: http://bit.ly/2vEnZhD Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 21 Mar 2017 | How to Drink at Theo Randall at the InterContinental with Vittorio Gentile, London | 00:23:28 | |||||
Vittorio hails from Southern Italy with a degree in Economics, but he was quickly seduced by hospitality world. Upon moving to London, he worked his way up to Head Sommelier for Theo Randall at the InterContinental in just three years. ---- Hello everyone - Don't get confused! Before there was Lush Life, there was Best Sips Worldwide, I rebranded after the first season. Although I reference Best Sips – it’s Lush Life through and through – the same great guests, the same music, and the same me! ----- One of his job requirements was over seeing not just the wines, but the entire beverage menu for the restaurant. That’s where his inherent creativity with spirits kicked in and now he is pairing food with cocktails as well as wine. Click here to see Vittorio makes us the Martini D'Amalfi on Mixology in a Minute on Youtube. Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 24 Jan 2023 | How to Drink Glen Moray Whisky with Iain Allan | 00:38:21 | |||||
Behind the doors of Warehouse 1, up north in Scotland’s Speyside, there is something brewing that we are all going to want to sample. Especially after you’ve heard it all from my guest today! Here to reveal the wonders of not only in Warehouse 1 but also the entire Glen Moray range is Iain Allan, Global Brand Ambassador and Visitor Center Manager for Glen Moray Distillery. An Elgin local, who traveled all over the world but chose to settle in his hometown due to all the wonderful whisky found on his doorstep, Iain’s 18-year reign at the distillery has seen the whisky world grow and change! Today, we’ll find the hows and whys! But before you get to meet him, I’m sure you know already that you can now watch this episode plus all the other Lush Life episodes as well as a whole lot more on Youtube, so check out the Lush Life Youtube Channel!! Just head to youtube.com/@lushlifemanual that's youtube.com/@lushlifemanual! Our cocktail of the week is Glen Moray Elgin Fizz: INGREDIENTS
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You’ll find this recipe, more festive cocktail recipes, and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/glen-moray-whisky-with-iain-allan ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to patreon.com/lushlife. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||
| 16 Apr 2024 | Serving up Season 8½ of Lush Life | 00:03:01 | |||||
I think relaunch is the word of the moment. It is Spring, after all. Not only will I be relaunching Season 8 of Lush Life, bringing you exciting episodes about sustainability, horse racing, the Beatles, absinthe, and so much more! But the big news is I have just re-launched my cocktail tours in London’s Soho- Long story but I first started them in Nov 2019 and well we know what happened then. Now, I am thrilled to say that they are up and running! So next time you are planning a trip to London, check out londoncocktailtours.com! So, let’s toast to all this relaunching. Since this time of year is all about apples - this is one of my favorite autumn cocktails (and one I always start the season with!) It’s the Avallen Autumn Old-Fashioned: Ingredients
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You’ll find this recipe, plus all the cocktails of the week, at ALushLifeManual.com. ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to patreon.com/lushlife. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||
| 01 Dec 2020 | How to Make Your Spirits Bright with the Stafford & Northcote | 00:33:56 | |||||
Usually, at this time of year, I’ve gathered together a list of my favorite Christmas cocktails served in bars throughout London. Hopping from bar to bar to try their cinnamony, gingery, gingerbready concoctions is always my late November treat. Alas, as we are all very well aware, this year is unlike any other, but that hasn’t stopped me. I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is, Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time. Hotels, restaurants, and bars have been shut for four weeks, and they are due to open tomorrow - at least in London. Still, Christmas cocktail creation is happening all over the country! On today’s show, I’ll be joined by my friend and former Lush Lifer Benoit Provost and Salvatore Megna of the American Bar at the Stafford here in London and also Jonny Stuchberry and Harry Morris from the Bar at Northcote up in Lancashire as they reveal what Christmas flavors they are drawn to, what’s on their cocktail menu this year, and their top tips for the home bartender. Also, check out my favorite Christmas spirits, cocktail books, and gifts for the year at alushlifemanual.com. Hang on until the end to discover what American Whiskey I found when I opened the first door of my boozy advent calendar! Our Cocktail of the week is the American Bar at the Stafford’s Candy Cane: INGREDIENTS
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You’ll find this recipe, plus all the cocktails of the week, at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-to-make-your-spirits-bright ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||
| 10 Jan 2017 | How to Drink at Westin Doha’s Hunters Room & Grill with Thor de Mendoza & Gary Jones | 00:15:41 | |||||
One is from India and the other Spain, but together they have conquered the Doha cocktail scene. Thor de Mendoza, Venue Manager, and Gary Jones, Bartender, of the Hunters Room & Grill at the new Westin Doha Hotel & Spa have drawn local and foreign crowds to their happy hour, thanks to their creative cocktail & mocktail menu. ---- Hello everyone - Don't get confused! Before there was Lush Life, there was Best Sips Worldwide, I rebranded after the first season. Although I reference Best Sips – it’s Lush Life through and through – the same great guests, the same music, and the same me! ----- Inspired by the best grill rooms around the world, the Hunters Room's meat-heavy menu deserves to be accompanied by the best cocktails there are. Thor and Gary have used their ingenuity to create what they call their Grilled Mixology Collection. Grilled fruits are the basis for many of their iconic cocktails, such as the Grilled Pineapple Mojito and the Grilled Citrus Margarita. Also on trend is their Gin Infusion Bar - pick your choice of Gin, infuse it with your favorite ingredients, like cucumber, green apple or even thyme, and it’s yours and only yours. If you don’t drink, there are loads of equally creative mocktails. With Hunters being only a few months old, it will be exciting to check back with Thor and Gary it get all the Doha gossip! Watch Thor make the infamous Grilled Pineapple Mojito on our Youtube Channel Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 19 Nov 2019 | How Bourbon is Made By Ghosts with Michael Thornton, Boone County Distilling Company | 00:42:53 | |||||
If you find yourself shuttling from Cincinnati Airport to Lexington Kentucky down Interstate 75, you’ll see the signs directing you to stop at Boone County Distilling Company. Only 6 minutes off the interstate and you can take a tour of the only distillery that says its bourbon is “made by ghosts.” Too far to go, well then, you can sit back and listen to today’s episode and I’ll bring the tour to you. I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time by the best in the industry. Today we have Michael Thornton as our guide. He’ll walk us through the workings of Boone County Distilling Company where bottling began in 2015, but its history began in the 1700’s Discovering along the way how Boone County was one of the largest players in bourbon production throughout the centuries. Our Cocktail of the Week is Pendennis Old-Fashioned. Ingredients:
Method: Put in a quarter size pour of simple syrup in the bottom of an Old-Fashioned glass. Add two dashes Angostura bitters, orange wedge, and maraschino cherry. Muddle gently without smashing everything together. Pour 2.5 oz bourbon on to the ingredients and add ice. You can find this recipe, more Bourbon recipes and all the cocktails of the week at ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: http://bit.ly/2K9N4pi Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 25 Jul 2023 | How to Drink Select Aperitivo with Rudi Carraro | 00:25:09 | |||||
Just when you thought my season was over, I’m surprising you with a little mid-summer episode dedicated to a place and spirit I love. If you’ve been listening to Lush Life for a while, you would probably know that I love Venice. If you are a first-timer to Lush Life, I'll say it again I love Venice! So how excited am I to be joined by my friend Rudi Carraro, Global Brand Ambassador of the very Venetian Select Aperitivo? I’ll let Rudi tell you how Select and Venice go hand-in-hand while I sip my Select Spritz dreaming I’m on a terrace overlooking the Grand Canal. Before we begin and for the last time this season, you can always watch this episode on Youtube, plus all the other Lush Life episodes as well as a whole lot more, just head to youtube.com/@lushlifemanual that's youtube.com/@lushlifemanual! Now let’s join Rudi! Our cocktail of the week is the Select Spritz: INGREDIENTS
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You’ll find this recipe, more Select Aperitivo cocktail recipes, and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll also find most of the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/select-aperitivo-with-rudi-carraro ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to patreon.com/lushlife. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||
| 13 Dec 2022 | How to Drink Cordusio with Chris Tanca & Daniela Garcea | 00:39:21 | |||||
When making cocktails, do you ever feel like something’s missing? One of our guests today did, and he made it his mission to fill that void. Chris Tanca, Founder of Cordusio, was that man. He was trying to make a cocktail and could find the spirit with the exact flavor profile he was looking for. So he created it, and now Cordusio, the world’s first red berry aperitif, is hot off the presses. In fact, I met Chris at Venice Cocktail Week at the end of September for the first official launch of this new spirit. He’s here with me now with Daniela Garcea, the Global Brand Activator, to reveal what it took to produce this gorgeous liquid and what their plans for it are. But before you get to meet him, did you know that you can now watch this episode plus all the other Lush Life episodes as well as a whole lot more on Youtube, so check out the Lush Life Youtube Channel!! Just head to youtube.com/@lushlifemanual that's youtube.com/@lushlifemanual!
Our Cocktail of the week is the Cordusio Tonic, their deceivingly simple & surprisingly delicious signature cocktail. A classic reimagined with a twist. INGREDIENTS
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You’ll find this recipe, more cocktail recipes, and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/cordusio-with-chris-tanca-and-daniela-garcea ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to patreon.com/lushlife Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||
| 26 Sep 2023 | Serving up Season 8 of Lush Life | 00:03:24 | |||||
School is back, and a new season of Lush Life commences! How exciting! I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is the Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time. Yes, next Tuesday, I bring you the first episode of Season 8 of Lush Life. This season, we’ll have even more great conversations, enjoy more great cocktails, and visit a few more great places to enjoy a sip or two. We’ll be delving into prosecco, horse racing, and absinthe, plus meeting even more legends of the industry, and that’s just the beginning! Of course, I will also be bringing you the latest cocktails of the week! Just a note if you are new to Lush Life - you can find out more information on everyone I’ve interviewed on my blog alushlifemanual.com! And you can also watch most of the interviews on my YouTube channel, which, not to confuse you, is youtube.com/lushlifemanual without the A! I can’t leave you without a pre-season cocktail of the week. Since this time of year is all about apples - this is one of my favorite autumn cocktails (and one I always start the season with!) It’s the Avallen Autumn Old-Fashioned: Ingredients
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You’ll find this recipe, plus all the cocktails of the week, at ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find almost all the ingredients in our shop. ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to patreon.com/lushlife. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||
| 02 Jul 2019 | Where to Drink in Charleston, South Carolina, USA | 00:41:57 | |||||
Can you imagine a state where in every bar all that was served were airplane mini-bottles of spirits? So you order an old-fashioned and they take the tiny bottle of JD off the shelf, unscrew it, add sugar and bitters and that’s it. Only order, unscrew, serve for every cocktail! Crazy talk...yet that was South Carolina until 2006 - yes 2006. I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time by the best in the industry. My first trip to Charleston was long after 2006 and this town is on the top of everyone’s list to visit. Could it be because of all the great bars?. I was there as part of a group of Journalists, the British Guild of Travel Writers to be exact, invited to experience the city. The first thing I did was research all the bars that could not be missed and I put all I found in my Lush Guide to Charleston, which you can find on my blog, alushlifemanual.com. I gathered together a few of the people who are making the bar scene so dynamic. One was Scott Blackwell from High Wire Distillery whom I had on the show a few weeks ago. Today I have Craig Nelson, whose bar Proof has been written up in all the magazines - for all the right reasons. Then we meet the bar managers of two of the most famous restaurants in the USA which just happen to be in Charleston - Justin Simko, Bar Manager of the Bar at Husk and Ashley Dodds, Bar Manager of FIG. Our Cocktail of the Week is The Cheshire Cat - created by bartender Nikki Fairman for FIG. Ingredients:
To Make the Cucumber Tequila: Vacuum seal 1 liter of silver tequila and 400g of peeled, de-seeded, sliced cucumbers. Place in a 140-degree water bath for 2 hours. Shock in an ice bath for 20 minutes. Strain. Method: In a rocks glass, add the Butterfly Pea Extract, Orange Blossom Water and chilled Cucumber Tequila over one large ice cube. Give the contents a quick stir just to incorporate them. Combine equal parts Lime and Elderflower Syrup (.75oz each) together in a "Pour Me" sidecar. To enjoy this whimsical tipple, just pour in the sidecar ingredients, give it a stir and watch the magic happen! You’ll find the cocktail martini recipe and all the cocktails on ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: http://bit.ly/2x4PEG4 Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life... | |||||||
| 07 Jun 2022 | How to Drink at Le Syndicat with Thibault Massina | 00:35:55 | |||||
Have you tried to find Le Syndicat bar on Rue Faubourg Saint Denis? They don’t make it easy. Our guest today explains what’s going on behind all those posters and why it’s not to miss on your next trip to Paris. I think we need to toast to the father of Thibault Massina, the Creative Director at the one and only Le Syndicat bar in the 10th arrondissement in the City of Lights. Thanks to his introduction to wine’s merits at an early-ish age, Thibault has become the wine connoisseur he is today. He has brought all his know-how to his role at Le Syndicat, changing up what we think of as a wine cocktail. After this episode, you might be rethinking all you know about wine in cocktails and I don’t just mean vermouth. Our cocktail of the week is Appolin’Air. For those who might not know, Guillaume Apollinaire was one of the most famous French poets of the early 20th century - if Le Syndicat were around back then I am sure it would have been his local. I know he would have loved this cocktail, it’s hard not to. INGREDIENTS
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You’ll find this recipe, more cocktail recipes using wine - at least vermouth, and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll also find most of the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/le-syndicat-with-thibault-massina ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||
| 01 Jun 2016 | Podcast Launching Soon! | 00:00:53 | |||||
Best Sips World Wide is launching on June 7th, 2016! Get ready for all the great cocktail based action every week! | |||||||
| 08 Dec 2020 | How to Open a Bar During A Global Pandemic with Greg Almeida, Publiq | 00:48:58 | |||||
There is something about the lyrics to the theme tune of the TV program Cheers that seems particularly applicable to my guest today. For those who might not know them, they goes something like this, and I am not singing: “Sometimes you wanna go Where everybody knows your name And they're always glad you came You wanna be where you can see Our troubles are all the same You wanna be where everybody knows your name” I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is, Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time. Greg Almeida knew he wanted his new bar to be in West London. I’m just lucky it was down the street from me. Throughout this insanely stressful year, Publiq has been my, and a whole load of other people’s, Cheers. Greg and his team have created a place where the neighborhood flocks. That takes a lot of work, even when there isn’t a global pandemic. Find out why, and how, he is the perfect person, at the right moment, to fill that void when we most needed it the most. Our Cocktail of the week is Publiq’s Strawberry Margarita: INGREDIENTS
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You’ll find this recipe, plus all the cocktails of the week, at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-to-open-a-bar-during-a-global-pandemic ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||
| 16 Oct 2018 | How to Start Your Career Right with Scott Lever, Chivas Regal Brand Ambassador | 00:23:32 | |||||
Most of the people I interview have been doing their jobs as brand ambassadors for a long, long time - having begun their career as bartenders or in house at a drinks brand. Few have come to it through a special program designed to appeal to graduates from all backgrounds. I thought that hearing that journey would make a change. Our guest today, Scott Lever was one of those lucky grads. Only a year ago, he embarked on the Chivas International Graduate Programme and is here to tell us all about it. Our cocktail of the week is the Chivas Extra Old Fashioned. Ingredients
Add all ingredients to a mixing glass, add ice and stir down. Serve on the rocks, garnish with Orange Twist. You’ll find this recipe and all the cocktails of the week on ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 12 Dec 2017 | How to win the UK's Best Gin at the People's Drink Awards with Kathy Caton, Brighton Gin | 00:27:49 | |||||
Brighton Gin may have started off as a small producer, but after winning UK's Best Gin at the People's Drink awards they will soon be taking the world by storm. Today we head down south to Brighton. A city that needed its own gin and our guest today, Kathy Caton, was just the woman for the job. The Mulled Gin as our cocktail of the week.
Add all the ingredients into a saucepan on the hob. Heat it up but don’t let the mixture boil. Pour the hot mixture into a glass (not a thin one or it might crack), and pop in a cinnamon stick! Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 19 May 2020 | How To Follow the Advice of a Modern Philosopher with John Wayte, Monkey Shoulder Whisky | 00:44:18 | |||||
Not everyone has the foresight at a young age to know who British Philosopher Alan Watts is and also to heed his advice when planning their future. Well, our guest did and maybe that’s why he is the brand ambassador of one of the most profitable whiskies in the world. I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is, Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time by everyone in this industry. My guest, John Wayte, UK Brand Ambassador of Monkey Shoulder Premium Blended Whisky, may have studied Philosophy at university, but he wasn’t quite sure he would emerge as a philosopher. He spent more time organizing parties and ski trips for his fellow students than pouring over Plato. He did have the wherewithal to look at the future before him and deduce that serving alcohol linked everything he was doing. That led him straight into a career in the booze industry and he hasn’t looked back. Now with the enviable position of Brand Ambassador to the massively successful Monkey Shoulder, a whisky that prides itself on being as much fun as the whisky inside of it is fabulous, he is right where he dreamed he could be. The Cocktail of the Week is the Monkey Shoulder Lazy Old Fashioned! Ingredients & Method:
Label the bottle so you don’t get confused…! Shake and store in the fridge, you’re ready to pour 12 Old Fashioneds over ice. Garnish them each with an orange zest. Run a bath, put your feet up and be lazy. Finally save the empty bottles, in case you get stuck on a desert island For the Monkey Colada and its sister the Smokey Monkey Colada, you’ll have to head to alushlifemanual.com, where you can find this recipe, more whisky recipes, and all the cocktails of the week, plus links to where you'll find all the ingredients. -- Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-to-follow-the-advice-of-a-modern-philosopher Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 19 Jul 2016 | How to Drink Seychelles Magical Cocktails with Flavien Joubert, Seychelles | 00:36:05 | |||||
How does one man get from the Seychelles to war-torn Cyprus back again to write THE book on Seychelles’ Cocktails without a phone, ipad or wireless? ---- Hello everyone - Don't get confused! Before there was Lush Life, there was Best Sips Worldwide, I rebranded after the first season. Although I reference Best Sips – it’s Lush Life through and through – the same great guests, the same music, and the same me! ----- I was invited to visit the Seychelles for their annual International Carnival. Having never been there before, I had no idea what their drink of choice might be - so I literally googled Seychelles Cocktails. To my surprise, I found that a Mr. Flavien Joubert had written a book with that exact title. When he agreed to meet me for a chat, I had no idea that we had a common link and that was Cyprus. My personal drinking partner for the last ten years has been a Cypriot, so I know the country and its history quite well. How Flavien made it from a refugee camp in Nicosia back to slinging cocktails is one incredible story! Flavien makes reference to the war in Cyprus - if you wish to know more please, please click here to see what's happening in the Cypriot capitol of Nicosia. Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 19 Jun 2018 | How to Prepare for Managing a Castle in the Future with Justus Hoffstaedter, Hotel Heureka | 00:22:47 | |||||
I really want to make this the shortest intro of all. It’s just I don’t want to give away anything about our next guest until you hear it from him. Visit Justus Hoffstaedter at the Hotel Heureka in Venice now and I mean now because you’ll want to say you knew him when. As for his future plans, I’ll let him tell you, but it all began in Baden-Baden! Our Cocktail of the Week is the Lagoon Spritz. Ingredients
Add to a glass of ice, 3 cl of Cynar, then add the white wine and top up with a dash of club soda. Garnish with a slice of lemon and then add a green olive. You’ll find this recipe and all the cocktails of the week on ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 21 Dec 2021 | How to use Bitters with Lauren Mote & Jonathan Chovancek | 00:55:26 | |||||
For those of you who listened to the very, very end of my ep last week, you were expecting this week to be all about the City of London, well, due to unforeseen circumstances with which I won’t bore you. Instead, this week we will be answering all your questions about bitters with two who have been in the bitters biz for almost 10 years. I’ve had many eureka moments in the over 200 episodes of Lush Life I’ve done, but never so many in one episode! All to do with bitters. Who should be here to answer all my questions about bitters, and there were many, but my friend and former Lush Lifer Lauren Mote & her partner in business and life Chef Jonathan Chovancek, Co-Founders of Bittered Sling Bitters, Canada's award-winning cocktail bitters brand. To hear all about Lauren’s background, check out my two eps dedicated to her career. Jonathan has had more than 20 years of experience creating local, sustainable fare for some of Canada’s most celebrated, establishments, plus he has contributed to many magazines, been on telly, and was the chef/host of CBC TV’s groundbreaking documentary Village on a Diet, which was watched by more than a million people coast to coast. With those two at the helm, let’s see how many eureka moments you have! The cocktail of the week is Times They Are A-Chain-Gin: INGREDIENTS
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You’ll find this recipe, more gin recipes, and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll find all the ingredients in our shop. ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||
| 06 Feb 2018 | How to Settle In for a Season With Younes Bahir, Hotel Pashmina, Val Thorens | 00:16:52 | |||||
Younes Bahir, the head bartender at the luxurious Hotel Pashmina in Val Thorens, Europe’s highest ski resort in the Trois Vallée, France, may only be here for a season but his cocktail creations will live on. His cocktail of the week is the lemony Le Petit Marseillais. The recipe is as follows:
Infuse Verbena Leaves with boiling water and then add equal measure of sugar to make the syrup. Put all the ingredients in a shaker and shake with ice. Double strain into a champagne coupe. Garnish with a twist of lemon and a few verbena leaves Always remember the wise words of Oscar Wilde, “All things in moderation, including moderation,” and always drink responsibly! ----- If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us by buying us a coffee…Just go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here every Tuesday. Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers and more covers for everything, and more! Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro and used with permission. Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions. Until next time, BOTTOMS UP 🍸 | |||||||
| 08 Jun 2021 | How to Drink with Jaisalmer Indian Craft Gin with Kunal Madan | 00:29:52 | |||||
It’s a big day for gin lovers this weekend - it’s World Gin Day on June 12, and how am I celebrating? With a completely Indian Gin and Tonic. Even though the G and T originated in India until just recently, there had never been a truly Indian gin. Now that has all changed. Jaisalmer Indian Craft Gin is a tour of India in one sip, and my tour guide today is Kunal Madan, AVP of International Business for Jaisalmer Gin. He’s actually the first guest on my new How To Drink season to talk gin and just in time for the big day. Sit back and listen to how they managed to fit all of India in one glass. Our cocktail of the week is inspired by the former inhabitants of the glorious Golden Fort; it’s the Maharaja Mojito: INGREDIENTS
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If you want to try making The Maharaja Mojito and live in the Uk, you can find Jaisalmer Indian Craft Gin at Spirits Kiosk.com and get 10% off using my code: ALushLife10SK. If you live in the USA: You can find it at Drizly.com and Get $5 Off Your Order of $20+ using code ALUSHLIFE5 -- You’ll find this recipe, more Jaisalmer Gin cocktails, and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-to-drink-jaisalmer-indian-craft-gin-with-kunal-madan ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||
| 22 Feb 2022 | How to Drink Amaro Nostrano with Luca di Vita | 00:27:56 | |||||
It wouldn’t be fair to say I have a favorite restaurant in Venice, but my guest today runs the one spot that is nearest to my heart. Now he’s not only wowing them with his world-class Venetian cuisine but he’s created an amaro that makes the gondoliers sing. I’m not the only one who Luca di Vita has welcomed into Alla Testiere, the wonderful restaurant he owns with chef Bruno Gavagnin. London’s Russell Norman of Trattoria Brutto, a former Lush Lifer, is also a dear friend and colleague. Out of this friendship, Amaro Nostrano was born. And one sip of an amaro that is a tribute to Venice and its lagoon is all I needed to love it, but it seems I am not alone. To bastardize John Ruskin’s quote, “Venice is now – a splendor of one amaro.” During my stay in Venice, I was thrilled to sit down with my friend Luca to hear how and why Nostrano came to be. The cocktail of the week is the Bacan. INGREDIENTS
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You’ll find this recipe, more Venetian cocktail recipes, and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll find all the ingredients in our shop. ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||
| 22 Oct 2024 | How to Drink SoGood Sake with Meryl Kennedy & Ken LaGrande | 00:43:03 | |||||
Most people know that sake is made with rice, but did you know that rice might be grown in California? This is the 250th episode of Lush Life Podcast, every week I have been inspired to live life one cocktail at a time by the guests who have been kind enough to join me and I am sure I will continue to be inspired by those who are yet to be on the program. Thank you everyone for your support, especially Evo Terra and his team, that’s my producer, and thank you for listening. Now, back to that 250th episode! I was shocked, too. I had just assumed the rice was all grown in Japan. That’s just one of the many things that Ken LaGrande revealed about sake over cocktails at the Connaught. In fact, those aforementioned cocktails had all been made using SoGood Sake. Why create a new sake and one whose pedigree is purely American? Joining me today to explain everything is Ken himself and, one of the other co-founders of SoGood Sake, Meryl Kennedy. Before we begin, you can always watch this episode on Youtube, plus all the other Lush Life episodes as well as a whole lot more, just head to youtube.com/@lushlifemanual that's youtube.com/@lushlifemanual! The cocktail of the week is the Sake Sunset: INGREDIENTS
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You’ll find this recipe and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, plus links to most of the ingredients. Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/sogood-sake-with-meryl-kennedy-and-ken-lagrande ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to https://substack.com/@alushlifemanual. Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Get great cocktail ideas on Pinterest New episodes every Tuesday, usually!! | |||||||