UPCOMING WHISKY & WHISKEY CLASSES WITH STUART MACLEAN RAMSAY

I’m currently hosting whisky classes at Meredith Mortensen’s Portland Cookshop. November 14th, 2024: Bourbon & Rye. December 19th, 2024: Scotch Whisky. January 10th, 2025: The History & Evolution of Whisk(e)y, with Lynsee Sardell, distiller and owner of Big Wild Spirits. The Cookshop is at 26th & Clinton in SE Portland, Oregon. No celebrity or sourced whiskies! Reservations and more details at https://www.portlandcookshop.com

Whisky classes in The John Barleycorn Home: Also hosts customized whisky classes for guests, their friends and for small groups (non-guests) at my guesthouse, The John Barleycorn Home. Each class features three classic curated whiskies, a whisky cocktail, a craft beer back and snacks. There’s a slide presentation of the category’s production & distilleries, too. And lots of good stories. Minimum requirement of two guests; maximum 6 guests. Contact Stuart via email for class details, bookings and availability. Bourbon & Rye Class: $65 per guest. Scotch Class: $70 per guest. *Currently taking bookings for January and March, 2025

The John Barleycorn Home is a 5-star guesthouse in Inner Southeast Portland that celebrates Portland’s food & drink culture and Oregon’s history, places & people. It’s two blocks from all the cool restaurants, bars and shops on Division Street and the Clinton Street Corner. The John Barleycorn (named after the British term for ale & whisky) has a PDX Crafty Beer Bedroom and The Botanist Bedroom, named for the Scottish plant collector, David Douglas. Comfy & eclectic, with lots of whisky and craft beer culture. You can check out the guest house on the airbnb listing, below, and if you’d like to spend a night or two, contact Stuart directly for the special “Friends of Ramsay’s Dram” rates.

https://airbnb.com/h/johnbarleycornhome-portland

Stuart MacLean Ramsay has been writing and educating about whisky & whiskey, craft beer and artisan spirits since the 1980’s. He hosts and runs the oldest whisky school in the United States (Ramsay’s Dram Academy of Whisky), and is founder and owner of WhiskyBack Brewing, producing beers to pair with whisky. (A victim of the pandemic, alas.) Stuart is honored to be a Keeper of the Quaich (Scotland) and a Kentucky Colonel for his services to the Scotch and Bourbon industries

Stuart has hosted hundreds of whisky classes and events over the years and consulted & helped many bars and restaurants with their whisky/spirits programs. He’s available for private and corporate whisky tastings & events, waitstaff training and consulting for the whisky and craft beer industries. Contact him at stuart@ramsaysdram.com

Sláinte & Cheers! Stuart MacLean Ramsay.

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(By the way, that’s a photo of Balblair Distillery in Easter Ross, Scotland, above. Stuart grew up over the hill from Balblair and dug peat in nearby Edderton, the ‘Parish of Peat’. He played shinty there, too.)

Email: stuart@ramsaysdram.com

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Keeper of the Quaich (Scotland) • Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels • Certified Specialist of Spirits (CSS) • Nominee: Best Drink Journalist, World Food Media Awards • Best Person to Drink with in Portland (Willamette Week) • Godfather of Whisky  (pdx Women Who Whiskey) • Scotland’s Unofficial Ambassador to Portland (33 Books)