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Old 01-07-2011, 11:02 AM   #258
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Default Re: What is your favorite Scotch Whisky

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Originally Posted by eldondo View Post
I got a response from a well-known Independent bottler in Scotland, their "tasting specialist" wrote:
Great, thanks for posting and reiterating what's already well known. You still continue to miss the point:

It is simply not your place to condescend and tell anyone else how they should or should not enjoy their whisky.

If someone wants to drink their whisky over ice what business of yours is it to tell them they're wrong and that they're destroying and wasting that whisky. Put simply it's not. Period.

You can extend that to any hobby or pursuit such as cigars, wine, beer, cars, etc: "Drink what you like, how you like it. Smoke what you like, how you like to smoke it." Pretty easy concept really. Pretentious attitudes on how things should be done don't add to the enjoyment of those pursuits... they just annoy those around you.

If you want to suggest that they should be drinking whisky neat and in a proper glass so as to get the best experience possible from nosing, flavour appreciation, etc that's one thing, however that is certainly not the way you are presenting your statements and that is the point I'm making here.
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