On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:24:14 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>The best advice I ever heard about drinking Scotch was on the Mary Tyler
>Moore Show. Lou Grant told Mary that you get a nice bottle of Scotch,
>pour a good shot of it into a nice glass and add a little ice. Swirl it
>around and take a sip, then do that a few times until it is just right
>and knock it back.

That's great advice if you don't like Scotch, since the colder it is,
the more it dulls the taste buds, but it is a huge waste of money.

Any "nice" Scotch should taste great as delivered from the bottle.
Even the standard "few drops of water" advice holds only for
cask-strength whiskies.

-- Larry