The LushUs Life Podcast

It's Thanksgiving Week. The Lushes talk about why Thanksgiving is the best holiday of all. Their favorite food, Thanksgiving drink pairings, terrible family traditions and bemoan the dangers of Black Friday Shopping. Listen to some turkey talk before the big day!

Have you wondered how to navigate the confusing world of spirits tasting or why you don't taste flavors others do? This week the Lushes explore the basics of tasting spirits and how to train your palate to recognize flavors. Of course they also cover unconventional tasting descriptions and how good whiskey is a lot like good loving. This aint your grandpa's tasting show!

This week on The Lushus Life we invite Dan Magro back. Dan is an actor, mixologist and author of Suck It Up: Extraordinary Cocktails for Everyday People. We discuss Benjamin Franklin’s 200 Synonyms for drunk. Which was an article that appeared in the Pennsylvania Gazette in 1737. It’s a fun show as we try and figure out drinking slang from the 18th century.

The Lushes celebrate Halloween with cocktails inspired by horror movies. From Silence of the Lambs to Halloween to the Shining we have a drink to match every show and every mood. Warning: this show will make you want to drink wild cocktails and watch scary movies!

We celebrate International Mezcal Day with a very special guest. The Global Brand Ambassador of Ilegal Mezcal Gilbert Marquez (@gilbertmezcal). Gilbert teaches us mezcal basics and talks about the special craft that is unique to mezcal alone. Agave can grow as many as 35 years before being harvested by hand, cooked underground and eventually distilled in traditional alembic copper stills. Listen this week to fall in love with this smoky artisanal spirit that is taking America by storm. 

How well do you know alcohol related terms. From cocktails to spirits there are dozens of common, not so common and often misused or misunderstood terms. This week go through well known and little known terms and discuss their purpose and meaning as well as clear up a few myths along the way. Join in for a fun show!

The Lushes are at it again, and they are talking Hangovers. It's been over a year since they discussed the topic and decided it was time for a revisit. Has science finally found the cure? Or is Mother Nature a better choice? We cover all there remedies and talk about which ones work and which might just make you sicker!

Why a vodka show you ask? National Vodka Day is October 4th and we decided it's high time we do a show to talk about the best selling spirit in the US since 1978. 

We cover the origins and history of vodka, the distillation process, it's ascent to number one, and the recent slow decline in sales. We also chat about the craft scene which is taking hold in the vodka world as well. And of course some of our favorite cocktails.

Pour yourself a martini that would James Bond proud and listen to the show! 

This week the Lushes answer all your questions. Including the story of how we met and got started almost 2 years ago. But also fun questions like their favorite shot, how to store and drink types of alcohol, who'd win in a chick fight, desert island drams, and even alcohol monogamy bottle choices. Tune in for a fun show.

The Lushes prepare for National Drink Beer Day (9/28) by hosting a beer cocktail show. Beer cocktails are no longer just micheladas and shandies. The number of flavorful beers on the market today create a fantastic platform on which to build cocktails. Listen in this week to hear beer like you never have before!