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EP16 DARREN RAMSAY - F.E.W. Spirits - Illinois Bourbon Whiskey
Season 1, Ep. 16
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On this weeks show Dave and Nick travel a little bit further north of Kentucky to Illinois and try F.E.W. Bourbon. As well as giving their own tasting notes, we've had two listeners send in some notes, many thanks to Kate and Paul for doing that. As always you can hear from the Whisky God too, who is in quite the flirtatious mood this week.
Nick was recently included in Episode 11 of Nick Parkers "Stranger Tunes" series, performing A.M. 180 by Grandaddy alongside Shane Dixon on drums (Ginger Wildheart/Man), Sam Brace (Skinny Lister) on guitar and Luke Stidson (Twin Falls) on keys, you can hear and view it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFT366zsGf0
All artists give up their time for nothing but in each episode we like to support a charity. In this episode we are supporting mental health charity Mind. Find out more here: https://www.mind.org.uk/Direct to donation page: https://www.mind.org.uk/donate
This week Dave and Nick interview another of their good friends, Darren Ramsay. Darren shot to fame in the year 2000 by reaching the final of the very first UK Big Brother. He then spent 4 years doing various jobs in the media before retiring, which is when he met Dave. The story of Darren's fame and how he met Dave is fascinating and Darren's personality is infectious. Plus he has a pet parrot who also joined in.
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