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The whisky is diluted as part of the manufacturing process to the optimum(ish) level: 80 proof / 40% ABV. You are correct to not dilute it further. Ref: Whisky
by gvb 9y ago
The whisky is diluted as part of the manufacturing process to the optimum(ish) level: 80 proof / 40% ABV. You are correct to not dilute it further.
Ref: Whisky is distilled to around 70% alcohol by volume (vol-%) then diluted to about 40 vol-%, and often drunk after further slight dilution to enhance its taste.
- KGIII 9y agoYup. I wouldn't want to ruin a good thing. I don't even want ice in it. On the other hand, I've tried stuff like Everclear. That needs dilution. It's absolutely horrible, by itself. Good whiskey needs no adulteration.
- surement 9y ago> Good whiskey needs no adulteration. Most whiskey is not sold at cask strength so evidently most distillers disagree. On the other hand, the higher quality whiskies are usually the ones that have lower cask strength and higher bottle strength, i.e. less diluted.
- KGIII 9y agoCorrect. Good whiskey is perfect when you get it. The folks who made it know how to make good whiskey. I never buy cask strength.
- slowmovintarget 9y agoThat's a shame. There are some Lagavulin and Laphroaig bottlings that are amazing at cask strength, without any additional dilution.
- KGIII 9y agoI haven't found one I really like. I've been enjoying some 18 year old Buchanan. I refuse to spell it without the 'e.' Not that I have a war to win, but spellcheck prefers it and I let spellcheck make many choices for me. It's for the best, really.
- tptacek 9y agoIt depends very much on the whiskey! Most whiskeys are somewhere in the 40-48 ABV band (they're definitely not all diluted to exactly 40%), but "cask strength" whiskeys go all the way up to the mid-60s (the idea of cask strength whiskey is that you're supposed to dilute it yourself; it's sold undiluted so that more of your money is going towards ethanol than water).
- sleavey 9y ago*Whisky ;-)
- ihartley 9y agoOnly if he's talking about scotch. Pretty sure it applies to bourbon and other non-scotch whiskeys, too.
- tptacek 9y agoThis is truly the tabs-versus-spaces pointless debate of drinking culture.
- ythn 9y agoPeople still use tabs? I thought tabs became obsolete the moment IDEs and text editors supported space-for-tabs with automatic column alignment.
- tbrownaw 9y agoTabs are semantic. Using spaces for indentation is like using tables for layout.
- nicholassmith 9y agoThe Martini is the tabs-versus-spaces debate of drinking culture. (But there is only one right way for that as well)