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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:50ml Dewar’s Caribbean Smooth20ml Lemon Juice20ml Monin Coconut Syrup100ml Soda WaterGarnish: Lime Wheel & Mint SprigMethod: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-whiskyAlways 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 🍸

Being the first female senior bartender at the Savoy’s American Bar in over 100 years and now Brand Ambassador for one of the oldest gins in the world - you know that making history comes easily to our guest. Finding good wifi in Cornwall, well, that’s hard!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.Did I also mention that Pippa Guy is the author of Let’s Get Fizzical, a beginner’s guide to bubbles and bubbly cocktails? She is not one that is afraid to take on any challenge. Earlier this year, she left the Savoy to open a bar in New York City, only to be waylaid by a global pandemic.Did she let that stop her? Nope! She shifted gears and is now UK Brand Ambassador for Tanqueray Gin. We’ll discover how that happened and what's with the wifi in Cornwall?FYI: Pippa mentions an Erik Lorenz and a Jack Sotti on the show! You would know who they were if you received my weekly newsletter? It’s delivered to your inbox every Tuesday with info on what I’m drinking, links to new cocktail recipes, and so much more! ! You can join the fun by signing up for it at alushlifemanual.com!Now let’s join Pippa!Our Cocktail of the week is the Tanqueray Negroni!INGREDIENTS 25ml Tanqueray London Dry Gin25ml Campari and25ml Sweet VermouthOrange PeelMETHODAdd all of the ingredients to a mixing glassStir wellStrain into a rocks glass full of iceWipe the glass with the orange peel before placing into the glassYou’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-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 🍸

One ingredient does not a cocktail make, but it’s a great place to begin. Our guest is breaking it all down for us in his new Youtube channel, and that’s not the only thing on his plate. 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 way, did you know I have a weekly newsletter?  It is delivered to your inbox every Tuesday with info on what’s I’m drinking, links to new cocktail recipes, and so much more! ! You can join the fun by signing up for it at alushlifemanual.com - you also get a free goodie!One Thing Drinks, Jack Wareing’s new youtube channel, may have started off during lockdown, but now it has its own permanent home. Not that he doesn't have anything else to do with his time, Jack is also Global Brand Ambassador for Porter’s Gin, whose mission is to respect tradition while innovating, thus to avoid cliches.From his work at Dandelyan to Porter’s Gin and One Thing Drinks, there was loads to talk about, but before we get to that, I wanted to thank Porter’s Gin for sponsoring the transcript of this podcast! You can find a link to it on my home page, alushlifemanual.com.Now to Jack.Our Cocktail of the week is the Tropical Floradora:INGREDIENTS 50ml Porter's Tropical Old Tom25ml Lime Juice10ml Gomme10ml Ginger Syrup3 Raspberries80ml Ginger Ale METHODPut all of the ingredients, except the Ginger Ale, into a shakerAdd ice and shake!Pour into a highball glass.Top with Ginger AleGarnish with a raspberry and a lime wedgeYou’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-avoid-cliches-----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 🍸

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: 3 parts Fever-Tree Sparkling Pink Grapefruit1 part Altos TequilaMethod: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-curiousAlways 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 🍸

It’s not uncommon that a Scot would be the UK Brand Ambassador of one of the most iconic whisky brands in the world unless, of course, that brand is Jack Daniel’s, born and bred in the US of A.Cam Dawson proudly flies the flag of the one and only Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whisky. He is definitely not the only one flying that flag as it is the “biggest selling whiskey in the world.” Plus, it has that added cache that Old Blue Eyes Frank Sinatra was its biggest fan.So today, we discover how Cam became Jack Daniel’s biggest cheerleader and what he’s teaching the world what the world doesn’t already know about Jack Daniels.Our Cocktail of the week is the Tennessee Cooler made with Tennessee Honey.Ingredients:50ml Tennessee Honey, 50ml Apple JuiceGinger AleMethod:Add the Tennessee Honey to a highball glass with ice. Add the Apple Juice. Top with Ginger Ale. Garnish with a lemon wedge.--You’ll find this recipe, plus more Jack Daniel’s recipes, and 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-use-the-lincoln-county-processAlways 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 🍸

Hello everyone, and welcome back for Season 5 of Lush Life.We begin this season with an author, a speaker, a liveryman at the Worshipful Company of Distillers, Keeper of the Quaich, and, most of all, a champion of whisky.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.Eddie Ludlow is all of those things I described and more. He founded The Whisky Lounge, which has been introducing whisky to the world for over 10 years, and has just published “Whisky - A Tasting Course.” Whether you are a beginner to whisky or a pro, there is no way you can’t learn something from his book. Everything about it makes you want to pick up that bottle and serve yourself a dram right now.Unfortunately, due to recent circumstances, the Whisky Lounge has had to cancel their in-person tastings, but that hasn’t stopped them from planning a virtual festival, their Whisky Festival in a Box from October 16 - 18. Eddie will tell you all about how to sign up later on in the show.Drams ready! Let’s go.Our Cocktail of the week is the classic Old Fashioned.Ingredients: 50 ml Bourbon2 barspoons Demerara Sugar Syrup2 dashes Angostura Bitters1 big ice cubeMethod:Add 50ml of Bourbon to a rocks glass with one big cube of ice. Add two barspoons of Demerara sugar syrup. Then add two dashes of Angostura bitters. Stir for 50 seconds--You’ll find this recipe, more variations on the Old Fashioned, plus all the cocktails of the week, at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll find all the ingredients in the shopFull Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-to-taste-whiskyAlways 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 🍸

What a year...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.I keep thinking of something that my past guest Johnny Livanos told me  - his grandfather picked the restaurant business because he knew that everyone would always need somewhere to eat.  Unfortunately, he had no idea that we would have a pandemic to contend with, with most of us in some kind of lockdown, making it impossible to visit our favorite bars and restaurants. During this impossibly difficult time, this industry that I love so much has pulled together and supported each other, and we cocktail lovers have bought cocktails to go, had cocktails delivered, and donated to the fundraising pages of our favorite bars. Next Tuesday, I bring you Season 5, I can’t believe it, of Lush Life - introducing you to more folks in our industry you might not know, sipping spirits that are new and savoring one that are old friends, plus as always, making our cocktail of the week for you to try at home.Although I had made it a rule always to interview my guests face to face, I now am at the mercy of the interweb. This means, though, that I can interview more people from around the world!! So join me next week when the fun really begins.The Tom Collins is our cocktail of the week!Ingredients2 oz Old Tom Gin1 oz Simple Syrup1 oz Lemon JuiceSoda WaterGarnish: Lemon wedge and cherryMethodPut the gin, syrup, and lemon juice into a shakerAdd ice, then shake, shake, shakeStrain into a Highball Glass with iceTop with Soda Water.Garnish with a lemon wedge and a cherryYou’ll find this recipe, more gin cocktails, 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 MediaFollow us on Twitter and InstagramGet great cocktail ideas on PinterestNew episodes every Tuesday, usually!!

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:1.5 oz Bourbon6 oz Lemonade (Lemon Squash)Honey Syrup to tasteSprig of MintMethod: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 🍸

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:1½ oz Amaro Di Angostura ¼ oz Angostura Aromatic Bitters¾ oz fresh pressed lime juice ¾ oz simple syrup (1:1)Lime peelMethod: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 peelServed 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-butterflyAlways 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 🍸

People may think that nursing and bartending are two worlds apart, but they’re not. They both take care of people, always have a smile, and make you feel better. Our guest was about to follow that path, if he hadn’t found himself behind the bar. Now he has risen to the top and treating people to his cocktail creations.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. Vasilis Kyritsis is known well beyond his Athens neighborhood. Not only was he Winner of the Greece Diageo World Class competition, but The Clumsies, the bar he co-owns, is currently ranked 6th Best bar in the world and has won a slew of other awards.I met him many years ago at Tales on Tour in Edinburgh where I waited like an eager teenager to meet him after a session. He has been my friend and go-to ever since for all things drinking related in Greece.Today, I finally get to quiz him on what made him enter this crazy world of hospitality.Our cocktail of the week is Athenian Spritz.Ingredients: 50ml Otto’s Athens vermouth 15ml Rhubarb liqueur infused with coffee beans Top up London Essence Grapefruit and Rosemary Tonic Method:Add Otto’s Athens vermouth to a wine glass filled with ice. Top up with London Essence Grapefruit and Rosemary Tonic. Garnish with basil leaves.--You can find out how to make Vasilis’s Coffee bean infused rhubarb liqueur at alushlifemanual.com where you’ll find this recipe, more vermouth recipes, plus all the cocktails of the week, as well as links to all the ingredients.Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-to-be-prepared-for-anythingAlways 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 🍸

Usually at this time of year, I am with my Greek-speaking boyfriend drinking greek spirits on our yearly pilgrimage to a greek island. Yet, it took a chat with my guest today to understand that Greek spirit is not only about what’s in your glass, it’s so much more.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. Johnny Livanos, founder of Stray Dog Wild Gin, was born into the restaurant industry. His grandfather emigrated from the island of Lesbos and opened some of New York’s most iconic Greek restaurants.Today we find out if Johnny followed in his family’s footsteps before launching one of the first purely Greek Gins on the market.Our cocktail of the week is Aegean Gin & Tonic.Ingredients:2 oz Stray Dog Wild Gin1 bottle (8oz) Three Cents Aegean TonicGarnish: one sage leaf and orange slice!Method:Add the Stray Dog Wild Gin to a glass filled with ice. Top up with the Aegean Tonic. Garnish with the sage leaf and orange slice.--If you are confused by the US use of ounces and want to know how many millilitres 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 Gin & Tonic recipes, plus all the cocktails of the week, as well as links to all the ingredients.Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-to-define-true-greek-spiritAlways 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 🍸

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:50ml Tanqueray Rangpur2 Nocellara olives25ml Lime juice25ml Simple syrupMethod: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-happyAlways 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 🍸

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:30ml Hendrick’s Gin4ml dry vermouthSlice of cucumberMethod: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-puzzleAlways 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 🍸

Could you imagine getting a job in one of the most iconic bars in the world off of an advert on Gumtree, the global classifieds ads website. Our guest did and it kick-started a career in the industry that would take her all over 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. Rebekkah Dooley took that first job and never looked back - creating award-winning cocktail menus for London bar Callooh Callay,  moving to New York to work at The Dead Rabbit and now back to London. As well as working with The Umbrella Project, she has launched Discard the Zine, a new drinks magazine. She’s here today to tell us how that first experience at Milk & Honey set the bar very high!Before we begin, you can find links on how to donate to some of your favorite bars or have cocktails delivered right to your door during this rough time on the homepage of my website alushlifemanual.com. Our cocktail of the week is Rebekkah’s Salted Espresso Martini.Ingredients:40ml Grey Goose Vodka20ml Salted Coffee Liqueur*25ml EspressoMethod:Add all of the ingredients into a shaker. Add Ice. Shake, shake, shake! Strain all of the ingredients into a coupe glass. Garnish with 3 coffee beans.* To make the salted coffee liqueur,  you’ll need to mix:300g coffee liqueur,340g 2:1 sugar syrup,And 3g Maldon sea salt togetherA trick is to combine the liqueur and salt separately before adding the sugar syrup as the salt won’t fully dissolve otherwise.--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-set-the-bar-very-high

We left our guest just as she was finishing up her Diageo Global World Class Competition experience. For those of you who missed part 1, go back to the previous episode and start there!Now is the time to delve into Part 2 of our interview with Lauren Mote and discover where she landed when she brought food, wine and work together.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. Now that you know a little bit about Lauren, it’s time to find out how everything she learned along the way led her to launch her award-winning, internationally renowned bitters company Bittered Sling and what being the first Diageo World Class Global Cocktailian really means. Before we begin, you can find links on how to donate to some of your favorite bars or have cocktails delivered right to your door during this rough time on the homepage of my website alushlifemanual.com. Our cocktail of the week is the Third Pole, referring to the Himalayas being the third largest body of snow on our planet, after the Antarctic and Arctic areas. Ingredients:1.50 oz Bulleit Bourbon0.75 oz Cynar Amaro0.75 oz Lemon Juice1.00 oz Chaga Chai Tea Syrup*2 dashes Bittered Sling Kensington Aromatic BittersDehydrated lemon wheel with skewerMethod:Put all the ingredients in a shaker. Add ice and shake. Double strain neat into a double rocks glass. Garnish with dehydrated lemon wheel on a wood pick standing up from the cocktail which signifies the flag atop the mountain claiming your achievement.--*To make Lauren’s Chaga Chai Tea Syrup and learn more about the story of the cocktail, you will have to visit  alushlifemanual.com where you will find this recipe, more recipes, and all the cocktails of the week as well as links to all the ingredients.Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-to-bring-together-quintessential-ingredients-that-define-a-cocktailAlways 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 🍸

If you add together the story of winning the Diageo World Class Competition in Canada, then of launching one successful company, and finally, of becoming the first Diageo World Class Global Cocktailian, you’ve just combined a few of the many ingredients that make up our guest today.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. Before Lauren Mote had become the Diageo Reserve & World Class Global Cocktailian and co-founder of Bittered Sling, she asked herself this question “How do I blend food and a real job together?” The path to that answer led her straight into the world of culinary creation. Over the next two episodes, we’ll follow her journey to discover how her cherished experiences encouraged her to succeed.Before we begin, please take the time to donate to some of your favorite bars or have cocktails delivered right to your door - you can find ways to help on the homepage of my website alushlifemanual.com. The Cocktail of the Week is the Fermented Pineapple Southside.Ingredients:60ml Tanqueray No. TEN Gin30ml fermented pineapple cordial*2 dashes Bittered Sling Grapefruit & Hops Bitters6 leaves mint plus sprig for garnishMethod:Put all the ingredients in a shaker. Add ice and shake. Double strain neat into a coupe glass. Garnish with a grapefruit cheek with a threaded mint sprig.--*To make her fermented pineapple cordial, you will have to go to alushlifemanual.com where you will find this recipe, more recipes, and all the cocktails of the week, as well as links to all the ingredients.Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-to-cherish-the-individual-things-that-we-have-----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 🍸

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: 40ml Wrecking Coast Distillery Scurvy Gin10ml Green Chartreuse25ml Lime juice20ml William Fox Oak Moss Syrup100ml London Essence SodaMethod: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-lifeAlways 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 🍸

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:Remove 100ml of Monkey from your bottle. Enjoy the spare whisky as you like… secret ingredient in an apple tart?Pour 90ml of sugar syrup back into the bottle.Add 30ml of Angostura Bitters back into the bottle. 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 islandFor 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-philosopherAlways 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 🍸

When you walk into a bar and think this is fabulous. I assure you a whole lot of thought has gone into you having that good time before you’ve stepped through that threshold.For our guest today, it’s been his life’s work to make sure everyone has a good time and his mission is making you leave feeling the same way you came in.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. Everytime I’m in Dishoom, I toast to Robbie Bargh, the Founder & Director of the Hospitality Concept Agency, Gorgeous Group. Many moons ago, when I met him for the first time, Robbie was in the throes of working on the launch of what is now one of the most recognized Indian restaurants in the UK. Robbie is one of those geniuses who knows inherently what makes a good time and how to distill that good time into whatever project he is working on - bar, restaurant and even an upcoming theatre project.It was a delight to finally find out how it all began.Before we begin, you can find links on how to donate to some of your favorite bars or have cocktails delivered right to your door during this rough time on the homepage of my website alushlifemanual.com. The Cocktail of the Week is the Gorgeous Negroni Sbagliato:Ingredients:25ml Campari25ml Sweet VermouthSparkling Pink ChampagneMethod:Add the Campari and Sweet Vermouth to a wine glass. Add ice and gently top up with the Sparkling Pink Champagne. Stir it all together.--You can find this recipe, more recipes, and 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-make-sure-everyone-has-a-good-timeAlways 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 🍸

I got chatting to the guy sitting next to me at my Level 2 Wine and Spirit Education Trust class - the place you go when you want to learn about the ins and outs of distillation and the history of some of your favorite spirits. As you do, I sparked up a conversation with the Italian by asking him what he did and then he said I am a bartender at the Connaught Hotel and at that moment I knew we would be friends.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. Yes, that fateful day, about three years ago, I met Giorgio Bargiani, now Head of Mixology at one of the most famous bars in the world, the Connaught Bar in London. We have remained friends ever since and I have longed to have him on the show to learn a little more about my fellow student. Who I found out began his career by polishing plates!Before we begin, you can find links on how to donate to some of your favorite bars during this rough time on the homepage of my website alushlifemanual.com. This week, Giorgio reveals:Why he was polishing platesHow he found his first job in a hotelWhat it’s like working at one of the best bars in the worldWhere he likes to drink when he’s not at the ConnaughtThe Cocktail of the Week is Giorgio’s Flight of NegronisIngredients:750 ml Sipsmith Gin750 ml Martini Rubino750 ml Martini Bitter750 ml Still waterMethod:Mix all the four ingredients together and then split again in four different bottles. Leave 1 bottle untouched for a Classic Negroni. Infuse one bottle with 1-2 whole peels of your favorite citrus fruit for at least a week then start tasting it daily until it’s perfect for you Infuse one bottle with 2 to 3g of your favourite dry spice for at least one hour and then start tasting it hourly until you love it. Giorgio likes Sichuan Pepper.Infuse one bottle with 50g of your favourite fresh herbs for at least one day and then start tasting daily until you love that one too. Giorgio used Eucalyptus!Store in the the fridge and when is very cold enjoy it as you wish, with or without ice. 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 🍸

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:When he made his first MartiniWho taught him how to put on a tieWhere his favorite bars in the world areHow to get his special blend of coffeeThe Cocktail of the Week is the La Finca.Ingredients:30ml Mr Black Single Origin Colombia 20ml Oloroso Sherry 10ml Manuka Honey syrup (2:1)Dried or fresh fig 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 🍸

I don’t know who said you should never meet your idols, but they got it wrong this time. My guest today is drinks’ podcasting royalty, and from the first moment I contacted this king of the airwaves, he was raring to join 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. As the Fates would have it, Mark Gillespie, the Host and Executive Producer of WhiskyCast, the podcast that wrote the book on how to do a successful drinks podcast, from interviews to news to tastings to events, lives only minutes away from my family’s home in Philadelphia. Those fickle gods kept us apart until last week when Lush Life went virtual.Usually he is the one doing the interviewing, but today is one of the rare occasions when he was interviewed. So, pour yourself a dram, sit back, and enjoy hearing how and why Mark became the man behind WhiskyCast. Stick around to find out what we’re drinking!Before you start, you can find links on how to donate to some of your favorite bars during this rough time on the homepage of my website alushlifemanual.com. The Cocktail of the Week is the Seven & Seven.Ingredients:2 oz Seagram's 7 Crown Whiskey6​ oz 7-Up sodaLemon wheel Method:Add Seagram's 7 in a highball glass filled with ice. Top with 7-Up (or Lemonade). Stir and then garnish with the lemon wheelYou can find this recipe, more easy 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-tell-the-storiesAlways 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 🍸

I always say how much I love the spirit world and now during this crisis they have come together to support each other in ways that would have seemed incomprehensible just a few months ago. From making hand sanitizer, to delivering cocktails at home, to supporting the medical workers worldwide, the hospitality industry has stepped up to the plate and knocked it out of the park.  Today we meet two who’ve hit a home run. Sorry for the baseball references, but it’s spring after all and I love baseball!I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and welcome back to Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time by everyone in this industry. You can find links on how to donate to some of your favorite bars during this rough time on the homepage of my website which is www.alushlifemanual.com.I always pride myself on meeting my guests face-to-face but obviously while we are self-isolating that is impossible. Therefore I am using an online platform and reliant on wifi, so please, please bear with the slight hiccups you might encounter along the way.Back to our guests today, Both Maxim Schulte, Head Bartender of the American Bar at The Savoy Hotel in London and Jo Last, Senior Bartender at The Beaufort Bar at The Savoy, have had to leave their positions behind the bar to wait out the crisis like the rest of us.  Instead of lounging around though, they immediately launched The Booze Brain, an online training platform for brands and industry leaders to continue to educate and keep in touch with each other through FB and Instagram Live.They are already on their fourth week of Booze Brain, and as you’ll hear, everyone in the business jumped at the chance to share their knowledge and know-how with their peers and cocktail enthusiasts like me who can learn right alongside them. Even participate in their IG lives! Pour yourself a cocktail, pick up your phone, laptop or any screen and check out Booze Brain. Here are Maxim and Jo to tell us more.The Cocktail of the Week is the Savoy Martini - in bulk!Ingredients:700 ml Bottle of Gin or Vodka 140 ml Still Water110 ml Dry VermouthMethod:Take a 700ml bottle of gin or vodka that you desire and pour 250ml out of the bottle and store elsewhere or drink! Fill 140ml of still water and 110ml dry vermouth into the bottle. Now put the bottle in the freezer for a couple of hours. Pour the silky liquid straight into your glass. Finish the Martini with a lemon twist or olive, however you like it best.--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: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-to-use-your-downtimeAlways 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 🍸

This is a biggie and I am not ashamed to scream out. It’s Lush Life’s 150th episode and if that weren’t exciting enough my guest is Elliot Ball of among many other bars he runs, the Cocktail Trading Co.! What does it take to do 150 eps?  The support of all of you who listen to the stories that inspire us to live life one cocktail at a time by the best in the industry. The best producer in the business (I am biased!) Evo Terra of Simpler Media Productions and Podcast Pontifications and the participation of all my guests.Why is it so special for me to have Elliot on this monumental occasion? Well if you close your eyes and click your heels three times, you’ll head straight back to my first episode many moons ago. I was pretty new at this and he was so game - it was Andy Mil, not only my first guest of all time but also Elliot’s partner at Cocktail Trading Co... From that moment, I felt a deep connection to them and their bar.With their other partner Olly, their journey those almost 4 years since my first episode has been stratospheric. Now it’s time for Elliot to tell us his story of how he’s used his neuroscience background in the bar and catch up where Andy left off those 4 years ago because a lot has changed.Make sure to listen all the way to the end for a special announcement.Before that, you’ll discover:Why Elliot is so special to Lush LifeHow he met Andy & OllyHow a neuroscience degree can help you become a better bartenderThe right way to send a CV to themMuch, much more The Cocktail of the Week is the Mizuwari's Downfall.Ingredients:3 parts Monkey Shoulder Scotch Whisky1 part Jalapeño & fennel syrup4 parts Clarified pineapple-cilantro soda Method:Mix, Chill, Carbonate, Pour over ice spear when ready.--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/2TTwLSxAlways 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 🍸

The Bright Young Things were a group of rich, indulgent aristocrats who between the two wars entertained themselves by dressing up, posing and performing. All this gaiety was caught on camera by the incomparable and controversial Cecil Beaton. One thing is for sure, if they were alive now, all their fun would be had at Claridge’s with cocktails conceived by our guest today!Denis Broci makes you feel like a Bright Young Thing when you step into Claridge’s Bar or The Fumoir Bar - two of the glamorous spots in the world.Today we are celebrating the release of the cocktail book, Cecil Beaton: Mixing with the Bright Young Things, which Denis, as Manager of both bars at Claridge’s, curated with a list of sixty-four drinks from the 1920’s and 1930’s, the ‘Golden Age’ of cocktails.But first I had to hear all about Denis and how he found himself at one of the most iconic hotels of all time.In this episode, I discovered:What happened his first week of work that scared him to death What it was like working at Michelin Star restaurantHow he came to curate the new book, Cecil Beaton: Mixing with the Bright Young ThingsHis favorite bar in London and outside of LondonHis Top Tips for the Home BartenderNeedless to say we began with a Bee’s Knees and ended with our cocktail of the week, the Fumoir Negroni!This particular version is Claridge’s signature cocktail in the Fumoir Bar and was created to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the Negroni cocktail in 2019. Ingredients:25ml ( 5⁄6 oz) Hepple Gin 25ml ( 5⁄6 oz) Campari 18ml ( 3⁄5 oz) Martini Rosso 7ml ( 1⁄5 oz) Punt e Mes Carpano 3.5g ( 1⁄8 oz) Camomile 3.5g ( 1⁄8 oz) Coffee beans Method:Infuse the gin with camomile for thirty minutes, and the vermouths and bitter with the coffee separately for the same amount of time. Fine strain the infusions into a mixing glass and stir with ice, ensuring that the flavours are well balanced. Fine strain into an old fashioned glass with an ice block. Garnish with orange twist. You can find this recipe 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-be-a-bright-young-thingAlways 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 years ago, a bar was born in New York City that changed the way we drink today.  Two years after that, it arrived in London. Fast forward those 20 years and Milk & Honey in London is still open and just as cutting edge as it was all those moons ago. Our guest today not only manages that legacy but is creating his own.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.Pierre-Marie Bisson holds a special place in my heart. Not only is he the General Manager of Milk & Honey, but also a great supporter of Lush Life Cocktail Tours. There is no way I could do the tour without stopping in for a London Calling made by him or his team.Pick up A Proper Drink by Robert Simonson if you want to read all about Milk & Honey and its influence. We’re here to find out everything we can about Pierre and how he made his way to this iconic bar, then he reveals his favorite spots in London and Paris and give us some top tips for the home bartender.In this episode, I discovered: How never to take anything personallyWhat he knew he never wanted to do againWhy you’ve never done everythingHow the Brits differ from the FrenchThe true meaning of hospitality Our cocktail of the week is the London Calling!Ingredients:2 dashes Orange bitters10ml Fino sherry15ml Lemon juice15ml Simple syrup50ml GinGrapefruit twistMethod:Put all the ingredients into a shaker, strain into a coupe, express a grapefruit twist on top and drop it into the cocktail.--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/38knMOcAlways 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 🍸

The idea of sitting in a trendy Parisian bar in the 11th arrondissement, waiting for the author of many of the world’s best selling food books and the first-ever food blogger, could make anyone’s knees slightly tremblant. Then our guest today walked in with a big smile on his face said Bonjour.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 by the best in the industry.David Lebovitz is known to every chef, home cook, baker and lover of Paris. His blog Davidlebovitz.com, as well as many of his books have been luring the uninitiated and old-hats to discover some of the best that Paris has to offer. Now with the publication of his new book Drinking French, just released today, his name with be forever synonymous with everything that goes into a glass, cup or bottle in La République. I was on a mission to discover how he found shaking, stirring and muddling, instead of sifting, kneading and rolling.In this episode, I discovered: Why I’ll never eat a whole bag of potato chips againWhy David decided to write a book about drinkingWhat baking and cocktail making have in common What do white belts have in common with drink’s writersHow baking and cocktail making are similarOur cocktail of the week is the City of Light!Ingredients: Half a lemon wheel, half an orange wheel, and 2 thin slices of cucumber, for garnish11⁄2 oz (45ml) dry vermouth1 oz (30ml) Lillet blanc or Vin d’Orange (page 147)1 oz (30ml) Cointreau1 oz (30ml) dry Prosecco or Crémant Method:Lay the garnishes in the bottom of a footed goblet or large wine glass. Add the vermouth, Lillet, and Cointreau. Fill the glass two-thirds full with ice, stir briefly, and top off with the Prosecco.--You can find this recipe, more vermouth 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/2VsVApZAlways 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 🍸

Wait right there..this is the second episode of two where we meet a bartender at the top of everyone’s game, so if you want to hear the first part of his journey. Stop and go back to the previous episode.  Oh, did I mention Erik Lorincz is that bartender?!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.So we left Erik at the doors of the Connaught Hotel - wondering whether he would take the leap. As history shows, we know he did and from there his career skyrocketed into the stratosphere, landing him where he is now, proud owner of his own bar, Kwant.Today we’ll discover: Why working at the Connaught was like playing football like MassiHow you could promote a bar before Social Media existedWhy 2010 was one on Erik’s best years of all timeWhat job Erik thought would be too big for himWhat Erik believes are the cocktails for the modern palate Our cocktail of the week is the Hacienda!Ingredients: 30ml Patron Tequila Silver10ml Cocchi Rosa15ml Lacto Fermented Purple Carrot10ml Fino Sherry Tio Pepe10ml Vida Mezcal15ml of Agave Nectar30ml of Lime JuiceMethod:Add everything to a shaker. Shake and strain into a glass with one big ice cube. Garnish with Mexican Marigold. You can find this recipe, more tequila 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/37vij77Always 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 🍸

Superlatives were invented to describe our next guest - world’s best, greatest, one and only...there is no list that he isn’t on or has been number one! Today we are in the presence of bartending royalty! 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 truly believe even if Erik Lorincz hadn’t seen that film on bartending when he was at school, he would have still risen to the top of whatever profession he chose. Lucky for us, it was behind the bar.For those of us living in London, we have been able to see his star rise through the Connaught, as the tenth Head Bartender of the Savoy and now at Kwant, his own place.In this, the first episode of two, we'll discover: How the first cocktail Erik ever made foreshadowed his careerHow he was living the dream in BratislavaWhy he chose London as his next port of callWhat became his favorite bar in LondonThe steps he took from Slovakia to standing at the entrance to the Connaught HotelOur cocktail of the week is the Heads and Tails directly from his new bar, Kwant!Ingredients:25ml Vida Mezcal25ml Beermouth3 Drops Peychaud’s Bitters10ml Agave NectarGenmaicha SodaCrispy Cavalo NeroMethod:Add all the ingredients except the Genmaicha Soda into a mixing glass. Stir and strain. Top with Genmaicha Soda. Garnish With Crispy Cavalo Nero.You can find this recipe, more Mezcal 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-one-school-video-can-change-your-lifeAlways 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 🍸

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:50ml Berkshire Botanical Dry Gin10ml Lillet10ml Pine CordialMethod: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/2vEnZhDAlways 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 🍸

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:1 oz white rum1 oz Cynar3/4 teaspoon lime juice3/4 teaspoon demerara syrup (2:1, demerara sugar:water)1/4 oz green ChartreuseGarnish: mint sprigMethod:Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass over ice. Stir until chilled. Strain into a rocks glass over ice. Garnish with a mint sprigYou 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/3aLGEYWAlways 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 🍸

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: 2 oz Plantation Xaymaca.75 oz passionfruit syrup (Small Hands Foods) .75 oz fresh lime.5 oz fresh pineapple juice.25 oz Campari.25 oz Luxardo MaraschinoMethod: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/2TG9qURAlways 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 🍸

On the 25th of January every year, Scots and Scotland lovers toast poet extraordinaire Robert Burns “Of Mice and Men” and “My Love is Like a Red Red Rose” fame. I usually skip the haggis and neaps and tatties and go straight to that golden liquid that Robbie called O thou, my Muse! guid auld Scotch drink! and who better to celebrate with than the man formally known as Dr. Whisky. 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. Sam Simmons, now Head of Whisky for Atom Brands, learned to love the dark spirit as a PHD student at University of Edinburgh. Quickly he succumbed to its charm, creating not only one of the first whisky-led blogs, Drwhisky.com, but also the Whisky Band (more on that later in the show).Perfect timing meant we could all enjoy his story on the cusp of Burns night with a perfect dram of Aerolite Lyndsay.Our cocktail of the week is the Aerolite Hot Toddy.Ingredients:40ml Aerolite Lyndsay20ml Lemon Juice10ml Honey Water (1:1)Cloves, cinnamon, nutmegMethod:Add whisky, honey water, lemon juice to a toddy glass. Add a pinch of nutmeg and stir in. Top with hot water. Garnish with a clove studded lemon slice and a stick of cinnamon. 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/35PM8hRAlways 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 🍸

It’s no surprise that our guest today still dreams of being the host of the  Radio 1 breakfast show one day. He definitely has the gift of the gab.Right now he is using that gift to introduce Four Pillars Gin to everyone he can!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. As European Trade Relations Manager for Australia's Four Pillars Gin, Joe Worthington would never think of going to any meeting empty handed. You can taste this generosity of spirit in every drop of their gin, maybe that’s why they’ve just been voted the best gin in the world at the  International Wine & Spirit Competition.Our cocktail of the week is the Who Shot Tom Collins:Ingredients:30ml Rare Dry Gin 100ml  Old-fashioned Lemonade 15ml Bloody Shiraz GinLemon  Method:Mix gin and lemonade in a highball over ice. Squeeze in two wedges of lemon. Float Bloody Shiraz Gin on topYou 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/2FEXFGdAlways 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 🍸

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 45ml Westward Whiskey 20ml Basil Bitter* 20ml Peach Stone Aperitif* METHOD Builds the three ingredients in a glass with ice Stir and then garnish with a grapefruit slice  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.  Full Episode Details: http://bit.ly/2EtBKRn-----Join the conversation on your IOS or Android at flick.group/lushlife where we can talk cocktails until the sun rises!Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlifeLush 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 MediaFollow us on Twitter and InstagramGet great cocktail ideas on PinterestNew episodes every Tuesday, usually!!

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:50ml Dead Rabbit Irish WhiskeyTeaspoon Merlet Crème de Pêche8ml Bénédictine 2 Dashes Bitter Truth Jerry Thomas Decanter BittersMethod: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/341vo6oAlways 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 🍸

Buenos dias! That’s what our guest today would have greeted me with if he had ended up a Spanish teacher. Instead, he greeted me with a dram of Irish Whiskey and I am not complaining.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 Geoff Speiran, Global Whiskey Ambassador at The Dublin Liberties Distillery joins me in an area of Dublin, previously known as Hell, which feels right with Friday the 13th around the corner. I was there not only to hear his story but the phoenix-like return of Irish Whiskey.Our cocktail of the week is the Irish Coffee.Ingredients:50ml Dubliner Irish Whiskey15ml Amaro Di Montenegro 10ml Brown Demerara sugar syrup120ml fresh espresso coffeeTop with fresh cream and freshly grated nutmegMethod:Swirl the glass with hot water until warm, then pour it out. Add whiskey, sugar syrup & amaro and stir. Add the hot coffee and stir. Pour the cream delicately over the back of a teaspoon until you have a thick consistent layer. Grate some fresh nutmeg over the top for the perfect Irish coffee!You can find this recipe, more 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/2YigZ4nAlways 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 🍸

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: 50ml Classic Laddie20ml Lemon Juice15ml Simple SyrupEgg WhiteAngostura BittersMethod: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/2OezxPGAlways 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 🍸

Jamaican rum is known for its high esters - those are the compounds that give it the heady aromas it has and makes it taste all banana-y, pineapple-y and fruity.  Some also call it funk, but our guest calls it magic.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. Christelle Harris is well versed in esters, muck and funk as she is the granddaughter of the owner of Hampden Estate - one of the oldest continuously running distilleries in Jamaica. She was in London for UK RumFest and sat down with me to explain exactly why Hampden Estate Rum has such a fanatical fanbase.Our cocktail of the week is the Hampden Sour.Ingredients:40 ml Hampden Estate 46°25 ml fresh citrus juice15 ml sugar syrup (for an extra lush kick, try it with home-made sage syrup)5 ml still waterLemon slice (fresh or dried) Method:Put all ingredients into a shaker. Add ice & shake. Strain & serve straight up into a coupette glass or rocks. Garnish with lemon slice (fresh or dried)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/35bati9Always 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 🍸

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:2.5 oz Boone County BourbonQuarter size pour of Simple Syrup2 Dashes of Angostura BittersOrange WedgeMaraschino cherryMethod: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/2K9N4piAlways 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 🍸

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:30ml Gin or Vodka30ml SakeSliced cucumber or olives for garnish 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/2WAkD96Always 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 🍸

Way up in the mountains, you’d expect to be served a hot chocolate or a hot toddy, but a rum sour? You would think that’s more of a beach cocktail. Thanks to our guest today, you would be wrong. It’s home right here in Crested Butte, Colorado.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’m not sure why anyone would doubt that Karen Hoskin could create a rum distillery in the Colorado Mountains. This is a women who was an elite firefighter, there is probably nothing she couldn’t do.  She was in London for the UK RumFest when I had a chance to discover what led her to open Montanya Distillers high above sea level.  Our cocktail of the week is Montanya’s Rum Sour.Ingredients:1 oz. fresh lemon, juiced.75 oz. simple syrup*.5 oz. pasteurized egg white2.5 oz. Montanya Distillers Exclusiva RumGarnish: Amarena cherryMethod:Add all the ingredients to a shaker, add ice and shake. Pour over a king ice cube into a Rocks Glass. Garnish with an Amarena cherry.*Simple Syrup:2 cups sugar2 cups waterBring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Let cool. Refrigerate for up to two weeks. 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/2BGtf4gAlways 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 🍸

Our guest today is rewriting the English dictionary. No longer will “it’s just small beer” mean something unimportant. From now on, small beer means just that small beer!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. Felix James, cofounder of Small Beer Brew company here in London gave me a history lesson on Small Beer - A lower ABV version of beer that was drunk by most men women and children alike, as early as Chaucer and Shakespeare’s time. Water could kill you so small beer it was. Even George Washington has his own recipe.One day after work, Felix longed for a great beer that wouldn’t leave him unable to drive home. This thought keep repeating itself until he and his partner decided it was time to fill that gap in the market and create their own. How does this fit into Season 4’s classic collection? Well if Chaucer and Shakespeare were drinking it than it’s a classic in my book!Full Episode Details: http://bit.ly/342dRvlAlways 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 🍸

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:3 oz Prosecco2 oz Aperol1 oz  SodaOlive 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/2oDUXf5Always 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 🍸

Robert Roy MacGregor, the infamous 17th-century outlaw was Scottish through and through. Most likely, he would have been a little bothered that the classic cocktail named after him was invented in the USA. Well, it doesn't matter really where it was invented. We are still drinking it thanks to our guest today, the National Brand Ambassador of Glenfiddich. 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 Walker may not be from Scotland originally but that doesn't mean he doesn't know a thing or two about Scottish whisky. His accomplishments speak for themselves, and after stints at the Savoy Beaufort Bar and the Artesian in London, plus winning too many of world’s toughest cocktail competitions to mention here, Rob Roy would definitely be happy with Alex’s version of his eponymous cocktail.Of course, our Cocktail of the Week is the Rob Roy!Ingredients: 50ml Glenfiddich 1220ml Sweet Vermouth2 dash AngosturaLemon TwistMethod:Add all the ingredients to a mixing glass, stir it down and strain into coupette. Garnish with the lemon twist.You’ll find this recipe and more whisky recipes, 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/2Vh85TfAlways 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 🍸

Jennings Cox is one of the biggest names in cocktails. History has remembered him as the “inventor” of the daiquiri. But as David Wonrich the famous drinks historian says "The daiquiri represents such an obvious marriage between local, as in Cuban,  ingredients—rum, sugar, limes—and American technology—cocktail shaker, ice—that it would take the chowder -headedest duffer who ever buttoned a trouser not to invent it." Whether Cox did or didn’t, it’s a great drink and has remained one of the one of the classics since the late 1800s.Our guest today might not have invented it, but move over Jennings Cox, Sly Augustin is in town and he’s made the daiquiri his own.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. Check any list of the best bars in London and Trailer Happiness is always at the top. That would be because of the dedication and effort of its owner Sly Augustin. Today on Lush Life, Sly recounts how he fell for Trailer Happiness as a customer and since buying the place, he’s continued to make it a home away from home. It’s tongue-in-cheek tiki vibe give it a party atmosphere and although it’s on the lower ground floor, you would swear you were sunning yourself on a beach holiday, drinking the best cocktails on the island, which I guess the UK is? And did I mention they have amazing cocktails.Here is the Trailer Happiness Daiquiri: Ingredients:50 ml Don Q Cristal25 ml lime juice20 ml 1:1 sugar syrupMethod:Add all ingredients to a shaker, add ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled coupette.You’ll find this recipe and more rum recipes, 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/2nt1XdAAlways 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 🍸

A Negroni is one of the great cocktail classics. In fact, it’s celebrating its 100th birthday this year, when, as legend would have it, Count Camillo Negroni asked his bartender to add a drop of gin to his Americano.  Folks are changing up ingredients all the time and the negroni has been tinkered with by creative bartenders trying their hand at redefining the basic recipe of vermouth, campari, and gin.Our guest today knew the native flavors he had in his backyard were crying out for attention and he was going to be the one who answered their call!  I can’t say his original m.o. was to rework the Negroni per se, but the outcome of his pursuits have provided bartenders with a new spirit to play with.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. Eddie Brook’s family had macadamia nuts on their mind when purchasing an old dairy farm in Byron Bay ,an eight hour drive north of Sydney. They discovered they had landed in the region’s largest subtropical rainforest, home to hundreds of Australia’s native  botanicals.After a childhood spent enjoying literally the fruits of his parents labor and a chance meeting with his idol, Jim McEwan of Bruichladdich fame, Eddie established Cape Byron Distillery and the awards keep pouring in, especially for that one ingredient that gives his take on the negroni a particularly Australian character.Our cocktail of the week is the Slowgroni! It has the best of both worlds - the old and the new. It starts with the traditional Gin, Campari and Vermouth recipe, but this time the gin is Brookies and the additional ingredient is the Byron Slow Gin that Eddie described!Ingredients: 30ml Brookie’s Byron Dry Gin15ml Brookie’s Byron Slow Gin30ml Campari15ml Premium vermouthGarnish: Orange slice or zest.Method:Stir over ice in mixing glass until chilled. Strain over ice-filled glass. Garnish with an Orange slice or zest.You’ll find this recipe and more Negroni recipes, 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/2LF7hEoAlways 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 🍸

Hello everyone and welcome back for Season 4 of Lush Life - The classic Collection. We’ll be exploring classic cocktails  - who drank them, who makes them and a few modern twist on the genre. Things would get so boring if we didn’t change it up a little, so saying that I wanted to let you know the format has been “jujjed” slightly. Don’t be scared -  none of the good stuff is gone. You’re still going to hear from the greats of the cocktail world and still going to get your cocktail of the week.  You’ll just have to wait until the bitter end to discover who our next guest is and all the ways you can support Lush Life!That being said - let’s get on with the show...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.There could be no better way to begin a season of classics than by inviting Alessandro Palazzi to kick off Season 4. He defines classic in every sense of the word, but don’t think that makes him any less modern. With more than 800 gins on the market, vermouth production on the rise, and let’s not even get into vodka, fruity, shaken, or stirred. No one can really define how to make a classic martini at all any moreWhat I can tell you is from his second home at Dukes Bar, Alessandro has probably made more martinis than anyone in London, if not the world.  Four years and many martinis ago, he was game enough to be Lush Life’s 3rd guest ever..and now he’s back -  the one and only Alessandro Palazzi! So we all know James Bond had his martini shaken not stirred.It was also Winston Churchill’s signature beverage - icy cold and so dry he just bowed toward France instead of letting vermouth anywhere near his glass.Julia Child liked it one part gin to 5 parts French vermouth  - maybe that’s why she is known as the French Chef. Everyone who has ever loved a martini had it a different way.  It may seem simple to make but as a wise bartender said once, “People mess up simple all the time.”In that vein here is the simple Dukes Bar classic gin martini recipe and this week’s Cocktail of the Week.Ingredients:3 dashes dry vermouth4 ounces gin, frozenlemon peelMethod:Dash vermouth into a frozen martini glass & coat the glass. Pour in the gin. Do not stir! Garnish with a lemon peel.You’ll find this recipe and loads more Martini recipes, 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/32u8O5KAlways 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 🍸

September has come ‘round and I am bursting with enthusiasm. So in that state of mind, Season 4 of Lush Life - The Classic Collection will commence next Tuesday . 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. The Classic Collection...hmm what’s that I hear you asking yourself? Well, Season 4 is bringing it all down to basics. Why you may ask? I’ve been busy all summer rereading the classics - as in my essential New York Times Book of Cocktails, Robert Simonson’s wonderful book A Proper Drink, all about the revival of the modern cocktail craze, and my very own signed copy of David Wondrich’s Esquire Drinks. These great minds have reminded me that if you don’t know your classics how can you move forward. As a layman and I mean layman in cocktail making, it’s time to go back and master the old-fashioned, martini, negroni before purchasing a centrifuge to make the Boys to the Yard like Liquid Intellect! So what does this mean for our season ahead? Our guest are still the greats of the drinking world. Still the movers and shakers of the industry! Don’t you worry? I’ll just be mixing in a little more history to the classic cocktail of the week and you might even see some video instruction along the way on alushlifemanual.com. But don’t think I am stuck in the past. There are so many new things happening in the Lush Life world that I can’t wait to tell you about, but you will just have to wait until next week! I can’t leave you without a cocktail of the week - so as the last days of summer are fading away here in London the most famous of all summer cocktails seemed to be the perfect choice. The Aperol Spritz - whose history we’ll go into in a later episode. Ingredients 3 oz Prosecco 2 oz Aperol 1 oz Soda One green olive Method Mix all the ingredients into a wine glass with ice and stir. Garnish with an olive if you want it really Venetian. We’re talking classic here! 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 patron of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $1 a month - less than Starbucks: www.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!!

Trentino, nestled in the Alps, welcomes each and every guest with a glass of Bollincine Da Montagna translated as Mountain Bubbles but officially known as Trentodoc - their splendid sparkling wine. But what else is there to drink in this gorgeous northern region of Italy.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 get to meet a few people who are making the drinks that Trentino is famous for and some that were a surprise.  Matteo Covazzi from Mezzacorona, the second largest producer of Trentodoc, is with us to explain exactly what Trentodoc is. Then we have Andrea Luchetta telling the tale of Bellaveder, a small producer of Trentodoc and the other wines I got to try. Michele Dolzan from the world famous Villa De Varda grappa distillery joins us and, to end it all, we have Andrea Paternoster who is making mead, the Trentodoc way. This is just a fraction of what’s available to imbibe in Trentino. To find out what else? You would have to read my new Lush Guide to Trentino at alushlifemanual.com, but don’t leave us yet, as we head to Mezzacorona.Our cocktail of the week is not really a cocktail recipe but a syrup recipe and a syrup which can be used in loads of cocktails.  On the aforementioned jaunt through Trentino, we met Nonna Ponomarenco at the agriturismo Maso Flonkeri where she showed us how to make an amazingly aromatic, yet subtle rose syrup to add to Chardonnay. At least that’s what she added it to and it was incredible.  We picked her roses to make it,  but please buy CULINARY-GRADE roses. Do not use the ones you get at the florist! INGREDIENTS 1 cup water 1 cup sugar 1 lemon 2 cups fresh rose petals METHOD Place the rose petals in a bowl. Squeeze the juice of a lemon over them and scrunch the liquid with the petals. Place the water and sugar in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Stir to dissolve the sugar. Add in the rose petals and cook for 10 minutes. Strain into glass jars, removing the petals from the liquid Turn the glass jars upside down and store for a few days.  When it’s ready add it to Chardonnay or Prosecco or anything you want... You’ll find this recipe, plus a video of Nonna making it, 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/2Jxh7XX-----Become a patron of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $1 a month - less than Starbucks: www.Patreon.com/LushLifeLush 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 MediaFollow us on Twitter and InstagramGet great cocktail ideas on PinterestNew episodes every Tuesday, usually!!