Winter Scotch Dinner
Featuring noted scotch expert
Stuart Ramsay
- Lola's Room |
- Thursday, January 31, 2013
- 7 p.m. |
- $55; reservations required; call (503) 972-2670 |
- 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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Selection of fruits and Oregon cheese with sea salt crackers
Glenfiddich 12 Year
Baby kale salad with roasted almonds, poached pear and tart apple vinaigrette
The Balvenie Doublewood 12 Year
Smoked ham shank and vegetable stew with house ciabatta
Glenfiddich 15 Year
Baked oysters with pancetta, spinach and Parmesan Reggiano
The Balvenie Single Malt 15 Year
Arugula-stuffed leg of lamb
Glenfiddich 18 Year
Spiced orange panna cotta with pecan brittle
The Balvenie Portwood 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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