How to Drink Buck & Birch with Tom Chisholm, Co-Founder

What is the word for when you discover that one thing and then everything else makes sense and the doors to everything open up, inviting you to walk in? For some, it’s kismet. For my guests, it’s Avallen.I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is, Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time.Stephanie Jordan and Tim Etherington-Judge had no idea that it would be Calvados that they would be producing when they had the idea to make the first planet positive spirit. Now it all makes sense.For our purposes today, in this our How to Drink season, we three explore what Calvados is, how it’s made and why the bees are buzzing for Avallen.But before we get started, just a heads up that The cocktail of the week is coming up right after we chat to Stephanie and Tim. If you live in the UK and want to buy any of the spirits I talk about, including Avallen, then head on over to Spiritskiosk.com, where you, as a Lush Life listener, will receive 10% off the entire site by quoting this code: ALushLife10SK. Now let’s find out How to Drink Avallen and don’t miss the birds having their say toward the end of the chat.I had the honor of naming our cocktail of the week, The Queen’s Knees. For those who make cocktails often, it’s the Avallen take on the Bee’s Knees but invented by the Queen Bee herself, Stephanie Jordan.INGREDIENTS 30ml Avallen⁠⠀A teaspoon of your local Honey⁠⠀1 dash orange bitters⁠⠀Top with Champagne⁠METHODAdd ingredients (except the champagne) to a cocktail glass (martini/coupe style), Stir with a teaspoon until the honey has dissolved. Top with chilled champagneAdd a small orange peel for extra dazzle. --You’ll find this recipe, more Avallen cocktails, and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop.Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-to-drink-avallen-----Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife.Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler MediaFollow us on Twitter and InstagramGet great cocktail ideas on PinterestNew episodes every Tuesday, usually!!

23 Mars 202154min

Would you be surprised to learn that the liqueurs you love might be over 400 years old? I mean the recipe. Bols Distillery in Amsterdam has been producing liqueurs since the 16th C, so how perfect to have the Bols Brand Experience Manager teach us how to drink liqueurs!I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is, Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time.My friend Jamie Campbell was a guest on Lush Life previously, but that was before he donned the title of Bols Brand Experience Manager. Now we talk all day about how much we love liqueur-based cocktails. Those lovely dessert cocktails, the Martinez, and the herbal hot toddies are all made with liqueurs. It’s a vast category and perfect to examine in this, my How to Drink, season. But before we get started, just a heads up that The cocktail of the week is coming up right after we chat to Jamie. If you live in the UK and want to buy any of the spirits I talk about, then head on over to Spiritskiosk.com, where you, as a Lush Life listener, will receive 10% off the entire site by quoting this code: ALushLife10SK. Have fun shopping!Now let’s talk liqueurs!I think the Grasshopper is the most disco of all disco cocktails, and that’s why it’s our cocktail of the week!INGREDIENTS 1 oz Bols Green Crème de Menthe1 oz Bols White Crème de Cacao1 oz Heavy creamGarnish: MintMETHODAdd all ingredients to a shakerAdd ice and shake, shake, shake!Strain into a chilled coupe glassAdd mint leaves to the top of the cocktail The best dessert!--You’ll find this recipe, more disco cocktails, and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop.Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-to-drink-liqueurs-with-jamie-campbell-----Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife.Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler MediaFollow us on Twitter and InstagramGet great cocktail ideas on PinterestNew episodes every Tuesday, usually!!

16 Mars 202135min

Welcome to Lush Life Season 6. Today we’re starting our How to Drink season by talking about the most subjective of topics: flavor. What you might like, I might hate, and vice versa. So, how do you even begin talking about flavor? By inviting the King of Zing on the program! 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.As the founder of World of Zing, Pritesh Mody is renowned as one of the UK’s leading drinks experts. If you haven’t tried one of his bottled cocktails yet, you are in for such a treat. He adds that special something to a cocktail to make it sing, or should I say zing.He was the obvious choice to start off my new season. Who better to talk about flavor with me?We had to pick Pritesh’s favorite cocktail, the Margarita, for our Cocktail of the Week, but remember to add his bit of ZIng!INGREDIENTS 2 oz Tequila1 oz Cointreau or Triple Sec3/4 oz fresh lime juice3/4 oz simple syrupMETHODAdd tequila, lime juice, and simple syrup to shakerAdd ice and shake until chilledStrain into a Margarita glass with ice or without! If you want to make it a bit more flavorful - Pritesh says to add a bit of nori!You’ll find these recipes, more classic cocktails, and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop.Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-to-flavor-with-pritesh-mody-----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!!

9 Mars 202134min

Daffodils are my favorite flower, and it seemed that last year’s lockdown began, just as the daffodil season ended. What does that mean? I don’t know, but this year, as the daffodils begin their new season, well, so am I!I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time.Next Tuesday, I bring you Season 6 of Lush Life. Out of necessity, lockdown made me a home bartender. As I sat there sipping my handmade G&T, I knew that if I were going to survive lockdown, as well as make myself anything more than a two-ingredient cocktail, it was time to brush up on my at-home bar skills. I began grilling my guests for their advice. This season, I go one step further. Now instead of asking just for their top tips for the home bartender, I want to know everything. So welcome to my How to Drink season. We’ll be dissecting a particular spirit, a tool, a garnish to learn everything we can about it, from its history to, most importantly, how to use it to make fantastic cocktails. We’ll be talking flavor, Calvados, Liqueurs, Reyka Vodka, and so much more with some of my past Lush Lifers, as well as lots of new guests!I will also be learning how to read again - opening those dogeared cocktail books I’ve been devouring in the past year with the geniuses who wrote them.So join me next week when class is in session.The Avallen & Tonic is our cocktail of the week!Ingredients50ml Avallen CalvadosTonic WaterSlice of AppleMethodFill a Highball glass with iceAdd 50ml of Avallen calvadosTop with your favorite tonic!Garnish: apple wedgeYou’ll find this recipe, plus all the cocktails of the week, at ALushLifeManual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop. -----Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to buymeacoffee.com/lushlife.Lush Life Merchandise is here - we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more! Produced by Simpler MediaFollow us on Twitter and InstagramGet great cocktail ideas on PinterestNew episodes every Tuesday, usually!!

2 Mars 20213min

Are we living through a cocktail renaissance or a cocktail revolution? Our guest is here to discuss the movement, whatever you want to call it!I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is, Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time.After realizing a life behind a desk in academia might not be for him, plus having a roommate who decided to make bitters in their apartment kitchen, Eric Kozlik found himself happily thrown into the drinks industry. As host of the podcast Modern Bar Cart, Eric is on a mission to make cocktail creation less intimidating by bridging the gap between the geniuses behind the bar and the home bartender. What inspired him to get behind that mic? Well, you’ll have to let Eric tell you!His favorite cocktail is our Cocktail of the Week: The Last Drop!INGREDIENTS 3/4 oz Gin3/4 oz Green Chartreuse3/4 oz Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur3/4 oz Fresh lime juiceBrandied CherryMETHODCombine ingredients in a shaker with iceShake, shake, shakeStrain into a coupe or stemmed cocktail glass.Garnish with a brandied cherry You’ll find these recipes, more classic cocktails, and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop.Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-to-turn-a-renaissance-into-a-revolution-----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!!

9 Feb 202146min

If someone sends you an email inviting you to change the way the world drinks, I bet there is no way you wouldn’t take up that challenge. Our guest did receive that exact email, and three years down the line, she has!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.Claire Warner, co-founder of Æcorn, the non-alcoholic range of aperitifs, was working hard at Belvedere Vodka when she answered that cri de guerre because its sender was Ben Branson who brought Seedlip into the world and created a whole new category of drinks - but you can catch his story on a previous episode. We are here to talk about Claire.Claire’s climb from bartender to competition winner to global brand ambassador is best described as full-on and non-stop. The more time she spent in the air, the more time spent in nature became an integral part of her life. When she received that email, Claire found she was about to experience being comfortable in the uncomfortable. Clementines are still in season, so grab those wintery delights and let’s make our cocktail of the week, the Æcorn Clementine Spritz!INGREDIENTS 50ml Æcorn BitterJuice of half a clementineFever-Tree Blood Orange SodaClementine wheel or clementine leaves.METHODAdd the Æcorn Bitter to a wine glass or tall glass filled with iceAdd clementine juiceStir gentlytop that all up with Fever-Tree Blood Orange SodaGive it another gentle stir Garnish with a clementine wheel or clementine leaves. Now you’ve mastered this cocktail; it’s time to try the famous NOgroni and the CosNO!You’ll find these recipes, more alcohol-free cocktails, and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, where you’ll also find all the ingredients in our shop.Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-to-change-the-way-the-world-drinks-----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!!

2 Feb 202153min

It is hard to believe it happened to both our guests - but it did. They saw a sign posted on a wall, stopped, wrote down the number for more inquiries, and actually rang that number. Now, thanks to great signage in Atlantic Canada, on the show today, we have a Head Distiller for an award-winning distillery in Nova Scotia and the owner of one of the most successful cocktail bars on Prince Edward Island.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.We’re back today with the second of the two episodes sponsored by Atlantic Canada - the eastern part of Canada that borders on the Atlantic Ocean and includes the four provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. First, we head to Nova Scotia to speak with Alex Wrathell, the Head Distiller of Compass Distillers, and then we drive over the bridge to meet Steve Murphy, owner of the cocktail bar on Prince Edward Island, Slaymaker & Nichols. When I think of Nova Scotia, I think beautiful coastlines adorned with quaint lighthouses, succulent lobster dishes caught straight from the sea, and catching a glimpse of majestic whales, puffins, and seals. The province has an amazing wine scene and some of the world’s most beautiful vineyards, but we are here to talk about their spirits and who better to guide us but Alex.As we drive over one of the longest bridges in the world, we come to Prince Edward Island, or PEI as the locals call it. Known for its red beaches, beautiful farmland, and charming towns, PEI is also famed for its shellfish, lobsters, and oysters, and to accompany that amazing food, the island is home to the incredible bar that is Slaymaker and Nichols. One fateful day, our guest, Steve Murphy, owner of that said bar, also saw a sign - this time, it was for a restaurant for sale and just as he was about to move to Honduras! Guess where he settled?Our first Cocktail of the week is the one I was enjoying with Alex during our chat - the Compass Distillers Paper Plane:INGREDIENTS 1½ oz Compass Distillers Nova Scotia Rye 1½ oz amaro Nonino or Meletti 1½ oz Aperol1½ oz fresh lemon juice, strainedMETHODAdd all of the ingredients to a shakerAdd iceShake, shake, shakeStrain into a coupe glass. You can find the “Water for Elephants” by Slaymaker & Nichols, 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-follow-signs-in-atlantic-canada-----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 <a href="https://www.pinterest.co.uk/alushlifemanual/" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

26 Jan 20211h 8min

Welcome back to Lush Life. It’s a new year, and Lush Life is back to take on 2021.The next two episodes are sponsored by Atlantic Canada, which is the eastern part of Canada that borders on the Atlantic Ocean and includes the four provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. Not only is it absolutely gorgeous, but for our purposes today, the folks there are serving up some great cocktails using some of Atlantic Canada’s best ingredients.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.First up, we head to Newfoundland and Labrador to chat with Dan Meades, co-founder of The Third Place Cocktail Co., and then we jet off to New Brunswick to meet Sebastien Roy, founder of Distillerie Fils du Roy.Newfoundland and Labrador have incredible landscapes, vibrant cities and quaint, historical ports, plus awe-inspiring mountain ranges, rivers, waterfalls, winding coastlines, and some great tonics, thanks to Dan. After traveling all over Africa for work, he developed a love of Cinchona bark, the main ingredient in tonic water. Returning home, he just couldn’t find the exact product he wanted for his Gin and Tonic, so decided to create his own. Thus The Third Place Cocktail Co was born, but it almost wasn’t.As we move southwest to New Brunswick, we delve into the hidden gem of Atlantic Canada with its beautiful coastline, charming fishing towns, and epic national parks. It’s also home to Canada’s oldest farmer’s market in Saint John, which promises some pretty amazing local beers and spirits. Our guest, Sebastien Roy, is one of those making award-winning beers and spirits. He is owner and president, master-distiller and master-brewer of the first distillery in New Brunswick, the Distillerie Fils Du Roy, and it all began with his first taste of absinthe, well, maybe a bit before that. I’ll let Sebastian tell you.Since we have two guests, of course, we should have two cocktails of the week. The first is The Third Place Cocktail Company Tonic & Gin:INGREDIENTS 1 oz The Third Place Cocktail Co. Tonic2 oz of your favorite Gin (they prefer a London Dry gin)2oz of fizzy waterApple SliceMETHODAdd The Third Place Cocktail Co. Tonic and Gin to a rocks glass filled with iceAdd the fizzy waterStir to combineGarnish with an apple slice You can find the “I Am Not Driving” by Distillerie Fils du Roy, 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/atlantic-canadas-best-ingredients-----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 <a...

19 Jan 20211h 11min