Quote Originally Posted by Colin
The thing with drinking it straight all the time, is that with some of the stronger scotch the alcohol content can burn your taste buds off. The point of the water is to dilute the alcohol not the flavour. I could be off on this, but this is what they have promoted at the tastings I have been too.

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aye- exactly richt...

maist malts (an a' blended whiskies) are roon 40-43% alcohol... an dinnae need water...

if ya get a bottle o' "cask strength" malt -the alcohol will bae 50-71%... (a'bunadh is cask strength) an oiny thing o'er 50% will burn yur taste buds aff...

ya need tae put a couple wee drops o water in it - just enough tae lower the alcohol tae 40-43%....