Quote Originally Posted by Graham
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On an overnight ferry recently the barman said they had rules NOT to serve whisky on it's own, only mixed with coke.
I told him that was vulgar but he wouldn't budge.

thankfully I happened to have a flask in my sporran
Ugh! Maybe the rule was there to keep the sales of whisky down as they had a limited supply? That's the only reason of which I can think.

The distillers themselves say to add a bit of water to the whisky; but the ideal water to add to the whisky is the same local water that was added to it before it was bottled, & how many can get the local water? Hardly anyone would be my guess.

Most of the ppl I know who drink whisky drink it neat.