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Lush Life | The World's Best Bartenders & Cocktail Makers

Susan L. Schwartz

Where can you learn to live life one cocktail at a time? Here on the Lush Life Podcast discover why an old-fashioned is the drink of choice, who is making their own bitters and how ice, or l...

Episodes

20 of 278 episodes

How to Enjoy Barcelona Hotel Bar Week 2.0 with Founder Bianca Grisolia and a few of the Bartenders Behind It

If you follow my writing, you know I have a penchant for hotel bars. If you happen to share my passion, then this year don’t miss your chanc...

54:18Sep 8, 2026

How to Drink at the Virginia Distillery Company

It takes a certain courage and a fair bit of conviction to build a whisky distillery that dares to do things differently. Luckily, today’s g...

48:07Apr 21, 2026

How to Catch the Buzz in Tupelo, Mississippi

You just can’t help falling in love with a town that gave us both the King of Rock n Roll and the Queen Bee. Today’s episode brings us the d...

01:03:57Apr 13, 2026

How to Drink at the Hilton Molino Stucky Venice with Valentina Mircea, Bar Manager

There is only one place to experience the sunset over Venice with a cocktail in hand. Our guest today is the one behind the drinks that make...

24:29Apr 6, 2026

How to Drink at the St Regis Venice with Ludwig Negri, Bars Manager

At the St Regis, it’s two, two bars in one. Our guest is well aware of that fact - preparing a perfectly executed Negroni at noon on a sun-d...

24:29Mar 9, 2026

How to Drink at the Experimental Cocktail Club Venice with Pietro Lorefice, Bar Manager

Paris has taken Venice by storm but this time round, unlike Napoleon in 1797, they’ve arrived with shakers not soldiers. Our guest today is...

30:00Feb 23, 2026

How to Drink New Riff with Mollie Lewis, President

In music, most of us are attracted to a song’s continually repeated musical rhythm, "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple, "(I Can't Get No) S...

42:42Dec 8, 2025

How to Celebrate 15 Years of Nightjar with Roisin Stimpson and Edmund Weil

Some birds sing at dawn to wake us up, but today we’re celebrating the birthday of a certain nocturnal songbird whose award-winning cocktail...

41:15Nov 24, 2025

How to Read The Whiskey Bible with Noah Rothbaum

Our guest has ventured from the Arctic Circle to Kentucky’s rickhouses to Scotland’s distilleries in pursuit of one singular spirit. Now he’...

59:55Oct 27, 2025

How To Find the Spirit of Cincy

Add a splash of bourbon, a hint of hops, and a generous pour of local pride, and you’ve got the perfect backdrop for today’s episode. Sponso...

51:02Oct 13, 2025

How to Open a Pub in Paris with Hyacinthe Lescoët, Co-Founder of The Cambridge Public House

How does someone from Brittany end up in Britain, only to return to Paris and open—of all things—a pub? Don’t be surprised, though: this pub...

33:38Sep 29, 2025

How to Enjoy Barcelona Hotel Bar Week with Bianca Grisolia, Founder

I’m not the only one who can’t resist a good hotel bar—London’s are bursting at the seams most nights. Now, thanks to our guest today, Barce...

32:41Sep 8, 2025

Serving up Season 10 of Lush Life

How can it be that this is my 10th Season? Did all that time really go by? Yes, next Tuesday, I will bring you the first episode of Season 1...

02:18Sep 3, 2025

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

Sometimes, you don't realize that all paths have led you to where you end up. Think about it - it could be true for you. It is for our guest...

51:33Mar 24, 2025

How to Drink At Archive & Myth with Laurie Howells, Head Bartender

How many cocktail competitions are you doing this year? Our guest has challenged herself to do a number you won’t believe! It’s not as if sh...

39:19Mar 10, 2025

How to Woodford Reserve with Elizabeth McCall, Master Distiller

For someone who is passionate about horses and bourbon there is one position that would be a dream to have and our guest has got it! When yo...

45:06Feb 24, 2025

How to Drink at the Stockton Inn with Brian Miller

Have you been to the small hotel with a wishing well and now a fabulous new bar helmed by today’s guest? I’m pretty certain that if Rogers a...

56:55Feb 10, 2025

How to Drink Mount Gay Rum with Trudiann Branker

Can you feel the heat on your face? This episode we want to transport you right to the sunny island of Barbados. Anyone’s guess which rum we...

42:21Jan 27, 2025

How to Prioritise Inclusion with Equal Measures’ Vicky Ilankovan

We are exploring a very important issue and, even if you aren’t in the drinks industry, it’s something you need to address if you have a bus...

43:44Nov 4, 2024

How to Drink SoGood Sake with Meryl Kennedy & Ken LaGrande

Most people know that sake is made with rice, but did you know that rice might be grown in California? This is the 250th episode of Lush Lif...

43:03Oct 21, 2024