Quote Originally Posted by DWFII View Post
Say...I don't mean to hijack my own thread but I drink Laphroig 15 neat. But the literature that comes with the Quarter Cask says that it is bottled at 48%. Does that mean that it will benefit from a few drops of water?
I believe the drops of water are to help release the 'nose' or boquet for you wine drinkers. I don't think the relative alcohol content matters.

By the way, I would still call it neat even with the drops of water as they would really not dilute it to any measurable extent. It would become something other than neat if you added ice, a significant amount of water or some other mixer; not that you would ever do such a horrible thing to a fine whisky like Laphroiag.