Bromptonaut
Rohan Man
- Location
- Bugbrooke UK
Not a whisky but is that Ceapabhal in your avatar?
Whisky question.
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Not a whisky but is that Ceapabhal in your avatar?
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
If it's one of those very expensive island malts that smell of cat piss, you simply can't dilute them enough. Any old water will do. Actually....think of dilution at a positively "homeopathic" level.
pubrunner
Legendary Member
Yes, that's correct; cask strength whisky is available, if you know where to look, but you can easily pay twice the price of a 'normal' malt. Some people like to buy cask strength whisky, as they see it as a good investment. As Greg says, virtually all whisky is 'watered down' to 40%.
60% abv Whisky is cask strength *; when I was single many years ago (and could afford it), I made a £60 impulse buy on a bottle of cask strength Dallas Dhu whisky. It dated from the mid/late 70s . . . . . . . if I had the same bottle now, it would be worth a fair bit more than that. For my tastes, it certainly needed water adding. I'd never seen Dallas Dhu before and I've never seen it since.
* Whisky can be sold as cask strength at below 60% abv; more aged whisky will lose a few % abv, due to evaporation from the cask.
pubrunner
Legendary Member
If you like Jack Daniels, I suggest that you try Maker's Mark - which is approx. the same price.
GrumpyGregry
Here for rides.
Whilst I'm sure that wa sonce true I'm not sure it is still the case. Glenfarcas 105 is available in any duty free shops and via independent off licences. Aberlour A'bunadh is on sale in every Waitrose for certain and I'm sure I've seen it in Sainsburys on one of my XCtmas time whisky buying forays to my local branch. (I go becuase they get some good Japanese expressions in)
Globalti
Legendary Member
Water does bring out the flavour by bringing out of solution some molecules that would normally be dissolved in the ethanol. Chilling with ice will suppress the flavour of those molecules by damping down their volatility. The tiny percentage of chlorine in solution in tap water will be completely masked by the flavour of the whisky.
A whisky anecdote: once on a flight back from the Middle East I found myself next to a very senior Scotsman who turned out to be the export manager for Johnny Walker. "So come on then," I asked him, "where's your biggest export market?"
"You already know the answer!" he replied with a laugh.
"Saudi?"
"Yep!"
A whisky anecdote: once on a flight back from the Middle East I found myself next to a very senior Scotsman who turned out to be the export manager for Johnny Walker. "So come on then," I asked him, "where's your biggest export market?"
"You already know the answer!" he replied with a laugh.
"Saudi?"
"Yep!"
Paladin - York
New Member
- Location
- York
Absolutely right - Chaipaval, Harris from Northton. GR972922.
Is that Ribblehead in yours?
http://psychlopetualmotion.blogspot.com/2011/12/garve-to-oban-via-outer-hebrides.html
I've a feeling you'll recognise some of these scenes!
pubrunner
Legendary Member
Missus does most (all) of the shopping, so I don't get to see what's on offer.
Your message is just the encouragement I need !
I'd certainly like a bottle of Glenfarclas 105; thing is, I've got 3 bottles of sloe gin, 3 of sloe brandy & 2 of sloe bacardi to get through first
. All the sloe drinks taste great - especially the bacardi version (to my surprise).I've been suffering with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder since reading all this stuff about...........I can barely bring myself to say it.............putting water in whisky. Having now been reminded of the time I tried something called Jack Daniels ( a kind of sickly, flavour free mouth wash ) I've had to start therapy again. I wish I'd never looked at this post (sob)........
Alcohol; The cause of, and cure for, all of mankind's problems.
guitarpete247
Just about surviving
- Location
- Leicestershire
Went to the Oban distillery a few years ago. At the end of the tour you get a tot to try. The GF can't stand whisky so I was hoping for hers but the guy who took us round suggested she tried it with just a wee drop of water. She tried it without, then with and I didn't get it .
I've always been of the opinion that the only thing to put in a glass of whisky (or whiskey, I like both) is another one
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. I've always been of the opinion that the only thing to put in a glass of whisky (or whiskey, I like both) is another one
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guitarpete247
Just about surviving
- Location
- Leicestershire
And what about this English one. Or even this Welsh tipple. What are they like?
This chap has advice on water/ice.
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjrkd_RZFFY&feature=related
He has lots on youtube and I find him entertaining.
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjrkd_RZFFY&feature=related
He has lots on youtube and I find him entertaining.
Melonfish
Evil Genius in training.
- Location
- Warrington, UK
I'm liking this idea of using the glass for the touch of water, swill it out, chuck then add whisky.
i'll give that a try tonight, i've got a night in tonight with my Jura and a tin whistle
i'll give that a try tonight, i've got a night in tonight with my Jura and a tin whistle
