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This week The Fife Friends get into a bit of the Edinburgh Fringe vibe where Jamie and Cutch recall, to there best efforts, their time at the Whisky Fringe in Broughton. Cutch tells us about being drunkingly sat down by Gal Gadot and They both give some hot takes from some of the best whiskies they tried. Cutch also recommends a show “3’s Comedy” at Fireside Starring Australian Comics, Peter Jones, Luka Muller and Filthy Casuals Podcast host Adam Knox. Although the show is finished now... so… Instead check out there Podcast 25 days where they cover their experiences of their first FRINGE! The friends have a chat about Dan Le Sacs new Album 63 Days and Jamie gives a few recommendations of things to listen to. Mark gets a bit more topical and tells us about the Herald and Sunday Herald editiorial staff being merged and why this might be a tragic thing for the Scottish Press. Finally they head to the Nonagon where they pit some child celebrities against each other and see who wins! Want to know how it all goes? Then listen in!
Utah's High West Distillery & Saloon crams a craft distillery and high-end restaurant into two historic buildings in the ski resort's downtown area. James Dumas, a James Beard Award-nominated chef and partner in High West, takes us on a tour of the distillery for this week's WhiskyCast In-Depth, and it's often hard to tell where the distillery begins and the restaurant ends. Dumas didn't learn to appreciate what whisky offers until he started working with High West founder David Perkins, but now, he's a complete convert, as he showed us during the tour. In the news, Tomatin takes top honors at the Whisky Fringe for the second year in a row. We'll also have the latest on new whiskies from Tullamore Dew, Single Cask Nation, and a new series of Jameson bottlings...along with a reason to skip the duty-free shop if you're flying on Ryanair.
Balblair Distillery sits on the Dornoch Firth in Edderton, and it's been getting a lot of attention these days. Distillery manager John MacDonald was instrumental in helping re-launch the Balblair range from age-dated expressions to vintages, and the Balblair 1989 was recently picked by Scotch lovers as the best whisky at the Whisky Fringe in Edinburgh. We'll hear from John about what went into the redevelopment of Balblair. In the news, Laphroaig's John Campbell tells us about plans to harmonize the distillery's range worldwide, and we'll get updates on this fall's new Classic Malts releases, new malts from Glengoyne and Auchentoshan, and how you can help support prostate cancer research during "Movember."