Kennyt-
I'll certainly put a bit of spring water in cask strength malt... Otherwise its really too "hot"--I thought most of the cask strength bottles I had were actually more like 90% alcohol. Most "single malts" are actually watered down from cask strength to get to 82 proof.
But, ice is to be avoided because it dulls the taste buds.
Incidentally, the Macallan 15 year old cask strength is actually my present "buy" of choice for that precise reason--it is very price comparable to the 12 year old--but much nicer tasting--when you consider you are getting a bottle that can be cut with good water.
This whole conversation is making me wish I'd bought more than three bottles of an Adephia private label bottling I found about 10 years ago--32 year old Springbank at cask strength for $180 a fifth. Sadly, it is now all a thing of the past.
I'll certainly put a bit of spring water in cask strength malt... Otherwise its really too "hot"--I thought most of the cask strength bottles I had were actually more like 90% alcohol. Most "single malts" are actually watered down from cask strength to get to 82 proof.
But, ice is to be avoided because it dulls the taste buds.
Incidentally, the Macallan 15 year old cask strength is actually my present "buy" of choice for that precise reason--it is very price comparable to the 12 year old--but much nicer tasting--when you consider you are getting a bottle that can be cut with good water.
This whole conversation is making me wish I'd bought more than three bottles of an Adephia private label bottling I found about 10 years ago--32 year old Springbank at cask strength for $180 a fifth. Sadly, it is now all a thing of the past.