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

pltrgyst wrote on Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:13:04 -0500:

>> 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.

Nonsense! I like blended Scotch on the Rocks and a few drops of water in
Malt Scotch. I think that's best but I wouldn't knock other people's
tastes unless they start putting flavored soda in either. Ginger ale in
Malt Scotch is cause for burning at the stake!
--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not