Spain Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 You don't perchance work at the West End Filling Station on Strathpeffer Road? No, but I know at least 2 of the ones I was given came from there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I don't get this paying extra for cask strength and then diluting it so it's bog standard. I know it's what the experts recommend but to my palate it waters down not just the alcohol but the flavour too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spain Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I never add water to anything, which may be one reason I can't stand the peaty ones. I just find it completely changes the flavour, and not in a good way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I never add water to anything, which may be one reason I can't stand the peaty ones. I just find it completely changes the flavour, and not in a good way. The really peaty ones mellow with age. The more you pay, the less peat. I'd rather just pay a lot less for a Highland 10 year old. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I never add water to anything, which may be one reason I can't stand the peaty ones. I just find it completely changes the flavour, and not in a good way. I find adding a little water means I can taste a lot more. It dulls that 'alcohol' taste and allows me to actually taste the flavours of the whisky. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I find adding a little water means I can taste a lot more. It dulls that 'alcohol' taste and allows me to actually taste the flavours of the whisky. Sounds like homeopathy to me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Said this on here before loads before bit f**k it, most people completely over water their whisky. I have seen people go half and half with whisky water. It's abysmal behaviour. You literally need a drop. Think an eyebrow, or as the book I read from a caol ila distiller " enough to fill a midges arsehole". Just enough for the chemical reaction to bring the oils out. Having said that I'm increasingly going neat on my non cask strengths. If its money that worries you a cask strength at 65% could be diluted down to 45% at 2 parts whisky to 1 water so if you look at it that way a 60 quid bottle ends up the same cost as a 40 quid bottle. I know people who do this but it sounds shite. Anyway, tonight is glencadam 21 year old from brechin. The only reason brechin exists 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I meant eye drop but eyebrow amuses me so not editing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudge Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 40% whisky has already been significantly diluted with water. Adding a drop of water does NOTHING. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 40% whisky has already been significantly diluted with water. Adding a drop of water does NOTHING. A really shite whisky can benefit from a lump of ice, same way a vinegary wine, red or white, can become drinkable if left in the fridge and if still shite with a drop of lemonade. Anything as good or better than Scottish Leader should be left alone. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudge Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Agree entirely. A can of Carling shoved in the freezer til near freezing point is acceptable. I genuinely believe the water thing is done by people who read about it and think it must be true. Talisker tasting notes bang on about the flavour being 'briney, salty etc' because the distillery is a rugged coastal location when the casks are stored in the Central belt because they have insufficient storage facilities at the distillery 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 40% whisky has already been significantly diluted with water. Adding a drop of water does NOTHING. Well that's just 100% wrong. Even at 40% abv adding water still breaks the surface tension and creates enough of an exothermic reaction to raise the temperature and release aroma and flavour. Also no whisky distiller would taste whisky without water, some even dilute down to 20% abv to find out what is flavours are going on in the background behind the alcohol. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Well that's just 100% wrong. Even at 40% abv adding water still breaks the surface tension and creates enough of an exothermic reaction to raise the temperature and release aroma and flavour. Could you not do the same by having a sip? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Could you not do the same by having a sip? Or holding the glass 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Choked up with the cold, cant be arsed making a hot toddy so having a spice road johnnie walker. Wasn't a massive fan of it before but its doing the trick right now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudge Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I challenge anyone to a blind taste test of no water with a drop, literally a pepette drop of water 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I challenge anyone to a blind taste test of no water with a drop, literally a pepette drop of water I think we have been here before. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Or holding the glass That wouldn't break the surface tension, silly! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 40% whisky has already been significantly diluted with water. Adding a drop of water does NOTHING. Well it does something - ruins a good whisky. If something is cask strength I'll usually try some neat then add a drop of water and try again to see if I prefer the flavour with the drop. A drop of water in a whisky that's 55%+ can take away the burn and release the flavour in my opinion, but some have enough flavour/little burn without a drop added so I'll always have some neat first. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE KING Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 ffs just drink the stuff. pepette or surface tension??? are we really talking about whisky here? True , I have Coke with mine and I don't give a f**k how old it is or how special it is . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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