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So ice is ok in Old Crow? Only if the ice accompanies sweet vermouth, bitters and a cherry.
"I Birn Quhil I Se" MacLeod of Lewis
I Burn While I See
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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. Careful there, Dave. Thin ice, thin ice. You'll insult the resident snobs.
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That phrase, to me, recalls the era of LBJ, Sam Rayburn, and a host of other bums from long ago getting together at a remote location in Texas to wheel and deal, with no witnesses to their shenanigans. As for drinking, I'll toss an ice cube in a glass of scotch.
"To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical." -- Thomas Jefferson
We are all Rhodesians now.
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Good whisky "opens" with just a few drops of water added. It does not ruin it... adding several ice cubes on the other hand only makes it easier to drink by those that do not like whiskey. One cold rainy night in Scotland I stopped at a rural inn to enjoy the open fire and a wee dram. My straight Laphroaig came with a tiny pitcher of water so I could add a few drops or as much as suited me.
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I just started drinking a little decent-quality 12 year-old dark rum. Pouring a shot over ice tames the burn just enough that I can taste the other flavors. Don't tell ingwe, but I like this much better than Blantons.
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