Back in the days of my youth, when I drank "blended" whisky and thought Dewar's White Label was good stuff and Chivas Regal the ne plus ultra of scotch, it was right from the bottle, often with a pinch of Copenhagen on the other side of my mouth and a beer in my other hand. Now, with a cabinet of single malts (and a bottle of White Label for when someone wants a scotch-based cocktail) it's usually neat or with a single cube of ice.
