How One School Video Can Change Your Life with Erik Lorincz, Kwant Bar, London

Superlatives were invented to describe our next guest - world’s best, greatest, one and only...there is no list that he isn’t on or has been number one! Today we are in the presence of bartending royalty! 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 truly believe even if Erik Lorincz hadn’t seen that film on bartending when he was at school, he would have still risen to the top of whatever profession he chose. Lucky for us, it was behind the bar.For those of us living in London, we have been able to see his star rise through the Connaught, as the tenth Head Bartender of the Savoy and now at Kwant, his own place.In this, the first episode of two, we'll discover: How the first cocktail Erik ever made foreshadowed his careerHow he was living the dream in BratislavaWhy he chose London as his next port of callWhat became his favorite bar in LondonThe steps he took from Slovakia to standing at the entrance to the Connaught HotelOur cocktail of the week is the Heads and Tails directly from his new bar, Kwant!Ingredients:25ml Vida Mezcal25ml Beermouth3 Drops Peychaud’s Bitters10ml Agave NectarGenmaicha SodaCrispy Cavalo NeroMethod:Add all the ingredients except the Genmaicha Soda into a mixing glass. Stir and strain. Top with Genmaicha Soda. Garnish With Crispy Cavalo Nero.You can find this recipe, more Mezcal 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: https://alushlifemanual.com/how-one-school-video-can-change-your-lifeAlways 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 🍸