[Closed] single malt with a bit of water.

Taste with no water then add 30% water to normal (40ish%) whiskies and 50% to cask strength.

Christ its not fruit juice 😉

When do you go Tony?

Taste with no water then add 30% water to normal (40ish%) whiskies and 50% to cask strength.
Christ its not fruit juice

Although to be honest whichever way somebody likes is the best way for them to drink it.
We sent out a trade list once and my boss put in brackets beside a listing of very old Springbank that it was great with coca cola, we actually got a few phone calls from proper whisky bores compaining about it. The whole point was to wind them up however.

CharlieMungus - Member
Surely, given few whiskies you buy are cask strength, they've all had water added before bottling anyway, makes the add water argument into an add more water argument

.....say a "pub double" is 50mL, you add "a drop" (typically 50-100uL) of water so you're increasing the total volume of something that's already over 50% water by about 0.1-0.2% .

Even the sweatiest of socks won't notice that, BS I tell ya, total BS 😆

Experiment. It's not like you are Tainting it with other flavours.

I did a taste test at the Talisker distillery: neat, with water, and with ice. Adding water did seem to have more flavour, but ice completely killed it.

BS I tell ya

Adding (literally) a drop of water isn't about diluting the spirit, it's about separating flavours.

Whisky contains compounds of flavour that can be hydrophilic or hydrophobic. When you add water, the balance shifts and the hydrophobic compounds escape as vapour, changing both the aroma and the physical taste of the liquid.

wors - Member

When do you go Tony?

september mate.

Seems an awful lot of water but what ever floats yer boat 😉

If it floats your boat, it's definitely too much water.

We've just had two snifters of a 23 yr old single malt and nothing added.. However we did accompany it with cheesy Doritos..

Phah.

got a shot of edradour tonight, no water, and it does seem harsher than last nights dalwhinnie with a splash.

Bit o wee.

It's pretty good, actually!

I'm no expert, but I won't need any encouragement to keep drinking it.

I love that Nikka from the Barrel. It's delicious.

Ralfy...a bit of a character, but always entertaining.