Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 10/10/03 2:44:36 AM Pacific Daylight Time, nickbroberts@yahoo.co.uk writes: > I should hope so too! Ice is the worst thing that can > happen to a single malt short of a mixer. Barbaric > American habit! A splash of water is fine - indeed > with cask strength malts, it can make all the > difference. But ice! Ice (or chilling) simply dulls > your palate so that you can't taste the complexity of > the drink - fair enough if it's Bud, when you want to > disguise the lack of taste, but any single malt, nay, > any whisky that needs ice isn't worth drinking. - ------------------------------------------------ Is it possible to mix beer with anything else without ruining it? To fully appreciate a fine dark beer, IMHO, is to 1}limit yourself to one glass; 2) cool slightly to American taste; 3) the glass must be absolutely clean; 4) the only other accompanying food in very small quantity should be exquisitely baked fresh salmon in the Irish tradition. A first rate beer should be experienced as touch football with all the lingering effects within one's taste buds. br - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html