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My name is Stuart Ramsay and I'm a drinks journalist based here in Portland. I've written about microdistilleries in books and magazines. My website, Ramsays Dram, explores the culture of drink.

I believe this is the best time in history to be a drinker in terms of the variety and quality available, and Oregon's distillers are contributing to this in no small way.

Like the microbreweries, our distillers are re-discovering a cornucopia of spirits, often adding their own regional signature.

Our local distillers are not held back by tradition as in Scotland and Kentucky. We have a sophisticated consumer base, a healthy, innovative bar culture. I was talking to to a kentucky distiller last week and asked him what he wanted to see on my website. His reply: "More information and news about Oregon microdistilleries. That's where the excitement is."

Slainte!

Stuart

posted 5 years ago
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