I will tell you a little secret: I enjoy my single malts with the tiniest splash of cold water. No joke.
I think I was in Pizza Rama on College St. in Amherst once time (YOU REMEMBER THE PLACE) watching the Food network which had this thing about tasting Scotches and describing the differences between some of the higher-end stuff. One guy actually advised the splash of water. "I spit upon thee!" thunketh I. I mean, who would dare to dilute such a precious specimen of fermentation?
Then I tried it with a Dalwhinnie 15 year once. I ordered two servings and did a taste test. And damned if I didn't do a triple-take. It was good.
Oblig disclaimers, YMMV, HTH, all that applies. I've done double-blind tests with this stuff now (meaning all testers were doubly blind after samples were consumed).
Still. Rocks?!? I'm not going to scoff, because some people genuinely prefer it that way. But it ain't what you ordered. Tab or no tab, open bar or no, crowded evening or whatever, the Whiskey deserves the respect of being served to the customer the way the customer wanted it served.
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Date: 2006-10-06 01:34 am (UTC)I think I was in Pizza Rama on College St. in Amherst once time (YOU REMEMBER THE PLACE) watching the Food network which had this thing about tasting Scotches and describing the differences between some of the higher-end stuff. One guy actually advised the splash of water. "I spit upon thee!" thunketh I. I mean, who would dare to dilute such a precious specimen of fermentation?
Then I tried it with a Dalwhinnie 15 year once. I ordered two servings and did a taste test. And damned if I didn't do a triple-take. It was good.
Oblig disclaimers, YMMV, HTH, all that applies. I've done double-blind tests with this stuff now (meaning all testers were doubly blind after samples were consumed).
Still. Rocks?!? I'm not going to scoff, because some people genuinely prefer it that way. But it ain't what you ordered. Tab or no tab, open bar or no, crowded evening or whatever, the Whiskey deserves the respect of being served to the customer the way the customer wanted it served.