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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 🍸

17 Dec 20191h 5min

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 🍸

10 Dec 201954min

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 🍸

3 Dec 201940min

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 🍸

26 Nov 201936min

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 🍸

19 Nov 201942min

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 🍸

12 Nov 201923min

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 🍸

5 Nov 20191h 14min

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 🍸

29 Okt 20191h 6min