Winter Scotch Dinner
Featuring noted scotch expert
Stuart Ramsay
- Cornelius Pass Roadhouse |
- Friday, February 8, 2013
- 7 p.m. |
- Sold out! |
- 21 and over
About Winter Scotch Dinner
Join fellow spirits imbibers to hear about, smell, taste and enjoy this selection of scotches, all paired with a menu of courses to complement the flavors.
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Pint of Hammerhead Ale as guests arrive
Beef Carpaccio
Served with baby arugula tossed in champagne vinaigrette
Glenfiddich 12 Year
Ahi Tartar
Served with sesame crackers
Balvenie 12 Year
Seared Sea Scallops
Served with a winter squash purée and shitake mushrooms
Glenfiddich 15 Year
Root Vegetable Salad
Thinly sliced beets, fennel, carrots, and micro greens tossed in a mint-pepper vinaigrette
Balvenie 15 Year Single Barrel
Venison Medallions
Served with fingerling potatoes and braised greens
Glenfiddich 18 Year
Fruit & Truffle Trio
Poached Pear, Broiled Mascarpone stuffed Fig served with a White, Milk & Dark Chocolate Scotched Truffle
Balvenie 21 Year
About Stuart Ramsay
Stuart MacLean Ramsay, born and raised in the Highlands of Scotland, currently lives in Portland, Oregon. Writer, editor and public speaker, Ramsay is a leading expert on spirits and craft beer. He was the American correspondent and contributing editor for Britain's Whisky Magazine and craft beer columnist for the Portland Oregonian. His articles about spirits, cocktails and beer have appeared in The Malt Advocate, Santé Magazine, Cigar Aficionado, and the Oregonian's A&E magazine.
His most recent book project was as contributing editor for The Definitive World Guide to Whisky, published by Britain's Dorling Kindersley. Ramsay wrote the American and Canadian chapters for this award-winning book. The book's awards include a prestigious James Beard Award for best spirits & wine publication, and "Best Spirits Book" in the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, France.
Ramsay is a Life Member of the prestigious Keepers of the Quaich Society, an international organization which honors those who have contributed greatly to the success and nobility of Scotch whisky and Scotland. Ramsay has also been inducted into the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels for his writing about Kentucky Bourbon and Kentucky. A Certified Specialist of Spirits (CSS), he's been a judge at Whisky Magazine's Best of the Best Whisky Awards, held annually in Bardstown, Kentucky. In 2003, Ramsay was a nominee for the best drink journalist in the World Food Media Awards. He has a bagpipe tune, "Stuart MacLean Ramsay," a jig named after him for his contribution to the Pacific Northwest's pipe band culture.
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