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 - he’s right where he was meant to be all along.

For Tom Chisholm,  all those dead ends and missed starts made sense when Buck & Birch was born. Founded in 2016 by Tom and his partner Rupert Waites when they joined forces to share a deep bond created back in their respective childhoods growing up in nature, surrounded by exhilarating wilderness landscapes.

The duo began hosting pop-up dining events in the 2000's, with a focus on wild and foraged Scottish ingredients. Their wild elderberry liqueur proved insanely popular with all and Buck & Birch was on its way.

Follow along with us on Tom’s path from Norway to Scotland and how he found himself the co-founder of a drinks company!

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The cocktail of the week is the Birch Forest Martini:

INGREDIENTS

• 60ml BIRCH Premium Botanical Vodka
• 15ml white vermouth
• Garnish: lemon twist

METHOD

• Add the ingredients to an icing glass
• Add ice and stir
• Strain into a Martini glass
• Garnish with a lemon twist.

You’ll find this recipe and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, plus links to most of the ingredients.

Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/buck-and-birch-with-tom-chisholm

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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 she has nothing else to do, she is busy at one of the most exciting places in London.

Laurie Howells might sound like a Brit, but she don’t let her fool you. She was born and lived in the USA until she was whisked to her new hometown of Bury St. Edmunds. How did she find herself heading up Archive & Myth, one of London’s newest bars? She will have to tell you that.

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The cocktail of the week is the Archive & Myth Bee’s Knees:

INGREDIENTS

• 40ml Gin (they use Renais Gin)
• 10ml Everleaf Forest
• 5ml Tio Pepe Fino
• 25ml Fresh Lemon Juice
• 20ml Bay Honey Syrup

METHOD

• First, make the bay honey syrup by bringing water to a boil and infusing bay leaves into it for 10 minutes to steep. Filter them and then whisk together a 3:1 ratio of honey to bay water to make an incredibly tasty and herbaceous honey syrup.
• Shake all ingredients together with ice
• Fine strain into a coupe glass.
• Garnish with a lemon twist.

You’ll find this recipe and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, plus links to most of the ingredients.

Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/archive-and-myth-with-laurie-howells

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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 you think of horse races, there is only one: the Kentucky Derby. When you think of cocktails at horse races, there is only one - the Mint Julep. And what bourbon do you find in that Kentucky Derby Mint Julep? Woodford Reserve.

As Vice President and Master Distiller of Woodford Reserve Bourbon, Elizabeth McCall calls the shots when defining the quality sensory standard to which every batch of Woodford Reserve must comply. What does it take to become the third Master Distiller ever at Woodford and one of the youngest distillers in the United States? I will let her tell you!

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The cocktail of the week is the Woodford Reserve Old Fashioned:

INGREDIENTS

• 2 oz Woodford Reserve Bourbon
• .5 oz demerara simple syrup
• 3 dashes of Angostura bitters
• large ice cube
• orange peel

METHOD

• Pour Woodford Reserve Bourbon into your favorite glass
• Add sugar syrup and bitters
• Add ice
• Stir for 10 seconds
• Express orange oils & garnish with the orange peel

You’ll find this recipe and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, plus links to most of the ingredients.

Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/woodford-reserve-with-elizabeth-mccall

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