1/13/2024 0 Comments Drinking straight whiskey![]() Since the nose is as (if not more) responsible for taste as the mouth is, releasing those aroma molecules means your senses literally have more access to the notes in a particular whiskey. What’s happening when you add those couple drops to your whiskey is you’re giving space for the molecules responsible for aroma room to evaporate. There’s a bit of science behind diluting whiskey, and a few drops of water can open up a whiskey’s flavor. You’re drinking whatever the distillery sold you, hopefully for better, sometimes for worse. It’s being poured out of a bottle, into a glass, and into your mouth. It gives an honest impression of the whiskey because there’s nothing to hide the drink’s faults. ![]() Putting all that aside, whiskey neat is undeniably an uncomplicated way to appreciate the result of a ton of hard work. But talk to a handful of distillers and you’ll quickly learn that they want you to drink it the way that you like it (within reason, of course). They put all that time and effort into producing the whiskey, including the precise math meant to figure out how much to proof their whiskey down with water, to showcase the intended flavors. This romanticization is deepened by the assumption that neat is how the men and women making whiskey intend their product to be drunk. It’s what shows up in Peaky Blinders any time any Shelby is having even a remotely hard day, and it’s what Don Draper swirls as he marinates in the double-edged sword that is post-war masculinity. Pop culture often posits this as the most romanticized way to drink whiskey. Whether you’re into bourbon, rye, Irish whiskey, or Scotch, there’s no shortage of whiskeys that are good to drink neat. The most important thing is what kind of whiskey you decide to pour in your mouth, rather than how to do it. A glencairn or rocks glass are some of the more popular glassware options, but there are plenty of whiskey glasses to choose from. There aren’t really many tricks to enjoying whiskey this way. Pour it into a glass, then pour it out of the glass and into your mouth. This is the simplest way to drink whiskey. ![]() Because at the end of the day, the best way to drink whiskey is how you enjoy it most. These aren’t hard and fast rules to follow, they’re just beneficial if you’re looking to enjoy a pour in ways that cater to the positive elements already present in your whiskey. Keep that in mind as you go through these four more popular ways of how to drink whiskey. ![]() That’s weird as hell, but if that’s what’s working for you, go for it. Suck it out of a dirty sponge for all I care. It’s wrong to shame people for enjoying whiskey. It’s often an exclusionary way that sucks the joy out of the whole experience. That said, there are some purported experts out there who say that something in the whiskey is lost unless it’s consumed in a very specific way. True whiskey drinkers know that there is no one “right” way to drink whiskey. Infused hand lotions aside, when people set out to drink whiskey, they’re generally going to do it one of four ways: neat, with water, on the rocks, or in a cocktail. That’s true down to the part where he is immediately proven wrong when he’s presented with the wrong way to consume alcohol. According to the great philosopher Ron Swanson, there is no wrong way to consume alcohol. ![]()
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