How to drink whiskey

Some people say it's most authentic when drunk neat, while others say it's better when mixed with soda water. Perhaps you are reading this article also have their own tasting habits, so today, let us systematically discuss, whisky, in whisky course the end how many ways to drink?

1. Straight drink (Straight)

Straight drink refers to 100 simple liquor without any additives, you can freely let the strong personality of whisky directly impact the senses, is considered to be more able to feel the original flavor of whisky traditional drinking method, choose the pure drink method is mostly connoisseur level.

2. Ice drink (Withrocks)

This kind of drinking method is usually drinkers want to reduce the stimulation of ethanol, but do not want to dilute the whisky another choice. However, although the whisky with ice can suppress the alcoholic taste, but also together with the temperature and let some of the aroma closed, and give the whisky to enhance a taste of carpet and hard floor steam cleaner chlorine you do not want, can not taste the original flavor characteristics of whisky.

3. Add water (Withwater)

Can be said to be the world's zui "whisky drinking method, even in Scotland, drinking with water is still prevalent. Many people think that adding water will damage the original taste of whisky, but in fact, adding the right amount of water does not make the whisky lose its original taste, on the contrary, this may make the alcoholic taste lighter and bring out the hidden aroma of whisky. According to the theory, the whisky will be diluted with water to 20% of alcohol, the better to show the whisky all the aroma of the zui situation.

4. Withsoda

Spirits as the original, plus water mixer called HighballHighball drinking method, plus cola is widely used in the United States whiskey, for other types of whiskey, most of the other soda water such as ginger ale blend. Blend some FEVER-TREE ginger ale, soda water, I heard that in order to suppress the numbness of ethanol on the taste nerves of WATER, so that you can be keenly aware of the fragrance masked by the strong smell of alcohol.

5. Hot drink (HotToddy)

In cold Scotland, there is a traditional Kids21 whisky recipe for a HotToddy, it can not only get rid of cold, HotToddv modulation method is very diverse, the mainstream blending method for the original Scotch whisky, add lemonade, honey, and then add brown sugar, cinnamon, according to the needs and preferences of each person, and then mixed with boiling water, that is, the cold and drinkable mixer.