Scotch on the rocks?

[Tobus]

Whisky doesn't need to be cold! What's with the obsession with cold drinks?

Don't take this the wrong way, but ...you live in Wisconsin. Come down to South Texas in mid-August and you'll understand maybe a little better.

I have a friend who built his own 1800's-style western saloon on his property, back in the woods. We have parties and social gatherings over there. But with no air conditioning in the saloon, all the liquor is at ambient temperature. Which is to say it's over 100 degrees; hotter than the human body. Frown on me if you must, but drinking whisky (or anything, for that matter) without something to cool it down is not very pleasant. Especially when you're sweating so bad you can hardly stand to be in your own skin, and the liquor itself provides a further warming sensation on top of it.

In winter, of course, I like my whisky at ambient temperature (which is actually not to far from your ambient summer temperature). But our 'hot season' here is very long and very severe, and a drink needs at least a bit of a chill to be pleasant. No matter whether it's water, whisky, or anything inbetween.

[beloitpiper]

Don't take this the wrong way, but ...you live in Wisconsin. Come down to South Texas in mid-August and you'll understand maybe a little better.

I have a friend who built his own 1800's-style western saloon on his property, back in the woods......

Haha, yeah, I guess you're right. Speaking of home-made drinking establishments (and cold) ice fishing is one of the best times for scotch...and brandy!

[EagleJCS]

Haha, yeah, I guess you're right. Speaking of home-made drinking establishments (and cold) ice fishing is one of the best times for scotch...and brandy!

The only time I plan to go ice fishing is when I'm searching for a cube in my cooler. (Not much on fishing in general, so ice fishing REALLY makes little sense to me.)

[Rx2000]

I don't know if those rocks are any stranger than what the Japanese have come up with for their whisky on the rocks.

Spherical Ice Cubes

I guess they're not really cubes if they're spheres.....but you get the point.

Going on the idea of maximal volume to surface area, the sphere will cool the drink as much as possible, while diluting the drink as little as possible (without having to resort to throwing bricks in your glass).

Very good if you're enjoying a dram of Yamazaki Single Malt.

ren

[Standard]

The pub I go to the owner will not put ice in your whisky (scotch). If you want rocks you have to put it in yourself.

[Jack Daw]

9 stone would be about 126 pounds in GB.

[macwilkin]

Don't take this the wrong way, but ...you live in Wisconsin. Come down to South Texas in mid-August and you'll understand maybe a little better.

I have a friend who built his own 1800's-style western saloon on his property, back in the woods. We have parties and social gatherings over there. But with no air conditioning in the saloon, all the liquor is at ambient temperature. Which is to say it's over 100 degrees; hotter than the human body. Frown on me if you must, but drinking whisky (or anything, for that matter) without something to cool it down is not very pleasant. Especially when you're sweating so bad you can hardly stand to be in your own skin, and the liquor itself provides a further warming sensation on top of it.

In winter, of course, I like my whisky at ambient temperature (which is actually not to far from your ambient summer temperature). But our 'hot season' here is very long and very severe, and a drink needs at least a bit of a chill to be pleasant. No matter whether it's water, whisky, or anything inbetween.

Have you ever been North in the Summer time in mid-August? Believe me, we can get just as hot -- and then there's the mossies to contend with.

T.

[Lachlan09]

The only stones I've ever seen in whisky was Stone's Ginger Wine/Cordial and I wasn't drinking it !

[Dirka Skene]

Why would anyone put anything in perfectly good whiskey/burbon/scotch?!

I have actually had proper burbon in a slightly warmed snifter to enhance the aroma.