Why buy 101 whiskey, and water it down? That's how they make 80 proof.
I like 101 Wild Turkey. Straight, or in iced tea or lemonade. It's strong I get that. But why do the aficionados insist they love strong whiskey, then cut it?
I not fighting here. If you like Shirley Temples, or guzzle 151 straight, I don't care.
But, what am I missing. Water makes my strong whiskey taste bad. And then, there's more of it to drink. Batchy!
On a really, really good whiskey, the best way to savor it fully is to add a bit of branch, i.e. water from the stream from which the distillery drew its water. The amount recommended is that which can be applied with an eyedropper. In some rare cases, you can even by a bottle of the branch. I've tried it this way, and frankly I couldn't tell the difference.
This got me to thinking since whiskey usually has water added to bring it down to bottle proof from the barrel proof. What would be the benefit of adding more water later? Here's an article that touches on the subject.
The study authors write, "When whisky is diluted, the alcohol is driven to the surface, and many of the taste molecules follow it because they like to be in a slightly less aqueous environment." It is unclear if this is something immediate, that happens right after water is added and then dissipates, or if the alcohol stays in that state. And, if it does, does the same thing happen when you pour diluted whiskey into a glass? Or do you have to add more water to create the effect?
It sounds like it happens each time you add water, up to a point of diminishing return. The authors also make an argument against cask strength whiskey that doesn't seem to comport with the experience of most drinkers, who find high proof whiskey very flavorful.
On a really, really good whiskey, the best way to savor it fully is to add a bit of branch, i.e. water from the stream from which the distillery drew its water. The amount recommended is that which can be applied with an eyedropper. In some rare cases, you can even by a bottle of the branch. I've tried it this way, and frankly I couldn't tell the difference.
And Diogenes's quest is successfully ended!
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Bourbon, Scotch, Irish, rye, Canadian, vodka, rum, or tequila, if I don't like the taste straight I don't buy it. Gin and tonic only with gin. Top shelf gin or the average stuff tastes like pine needles to me. I can't do soft drinks and alcohol. Make me gag. My favorite drink is Irish whiskey and Irish Mist mixed like a rusty nail. A good friend told me ragging on a man's religion, what he sleeps with, or drinks can start a fight.
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Saving money or not, drinking whisky on ice with a little water added or not does make it last a little longer before you start to wobble. It just allows one to enjoy it a little longer in a social setting before unsociability sets in.
Saving money or not, drinking whisky on ice with a little water added or not does make it last a little longer before you start to wobble. It just allows one to enjoy it a little longer in a social setting before unsociability sets in.
I'm not so sure. From what I've seen, the guy who pours two fingers of whiskey and sips it straight often consumes it slower (and less overall) than the guy who pours the same amount over rocks and adds water/mixer.
Saving money or not, drinking whisky on ice with a little water added or not does make it last a little longer before you start to wobble. It just allows one to enjoy it a little longer in a social setting before unsociability sets in.
I'm not so sure. From what I've seen, the guy who pours two fingers of whiskey and sips it straight often consumes it slower (and less overall) than the guy who pours the same amount over rocks and adds water/mixer.
When I make a ditch I drink it in a hurry! Way faster than people will drink a bottle of beer.
Well, when I saw branch water in the title, I immediately thought of the oak tainted waters in the streams in the late fall, early winter, after the oak trees have emptied their leaves into the streams and lined the bottoms.....I find it very nice, after a day of chasing brookies in the smokies and settling in by the fire next to the tent and stream, to me, it is very enjoyable to cut some Woodford, or someting similar, with a dose of oak tainted branch water while waiting for the dew point to put out my ash......
Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other the person to die ......
"When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me."
Sometimes I drink it neat, sometimes with ice, sometimes with water. Just depends upon my mood.
There’s things that keep me awake some nights. Worrying about what others think about how I drink my whiskey? Not so much
I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
I know, I know, to each his own, he bought it he can have it how he wants, it's nobody else's business, yadda yadda.
Nevertheless, putting ice and mixer in high grade sipping whisk(e)y is like cooking fine prime beef to well done. You may as well have started with Old Crow or grocery store select grade steak.
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