new buckle

[svc40bt]

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.

[Jack Daw]

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?

Not to me it doesn't. Frankly and ironically I suppose, my experience is that water dilutes the flavors and brings out the scent and taste of alcohol. I pass on such polutants as water.

[pastorsteve]

Great buckle. You can make one or buy a cheap belt and scavenge one from it or call anyone who makes/sells kilt belts and get one from them.

[cavscout]

Thank you for the addy.. And is it okay if I blame all of this (my spending too much money) on you when my GF finds out?

I bear no responsibility for the way a person uses or the results of that use of the information I provide Have fun though

[DWFII]

Not to me it doesn't. Frankly and ironically I suppose, my experience is that water dilutes the flavors and brings out the scent and taste of alcohol. I pass on such polutants as water.

I'm with you...I don't add water in any form. But I'm not really conversant with the more, shall we say, "exotic" forms of whisky.

For instance, wouldn't you dilute cask strength whisky? I thought I had read that that was a standard practice.

Maybe I'm confusing the "Quarter Cask" name with cask strength.

[DWFII]

Well, I think rather than go to the trouble of making a bail...and the even more problematic hassle of re-thinking the way I make belts...I am going to try to cut slots in the belt (instead of holes) and see if I can't get it to work that way. A half inch slot is certainly not going to weaken a 2-1/2" wide belt.

But if anyone else has tried it that way and come away with a bloody nose...I'd appreciate a heads up.

[Jack Daw]

I'm with you...I don't add water in any form. But I'm not really conversant with the more, shall we say, "exotic" forms of whisky.

For instance, wouldn't you dilute cask strength whisky? I thought I had read that that was a standard practice.

Maybe I'm confusing the "Quarter Cask" name with cask strength.

I have never been informed that one must or should dilute the cask strength with water. I think my previous point holds for this type of whisky, too. It's all about one's perception of taste. My collection of single-malt scotches includes a few cask strength versions, which I drink neat.

[The Barry]

I bear no responsibility for the way a person uses or the results of that use of the information I provide Have fun though

Well ok then. I guess I'll have to face her myself.

[svc40bt]

Well, I think rather than go to the trouble of making a bail...and the even more problematic hassle of re-thinking the way I make belts...I am going to try to cut slots in the belt (instead of holes) and see if I can't get it to work that way. A half inch slot is certainly not going to weaken a 2-1/2" wide belt.

But if anyone else has tried it that way and come away with a bloody nose...I'd appreciate a heads up.

I certainly haven't tried, and it may not be a problem with your buckle, but I don't think there is enough room on mine for the slotted end to pass between the buckle and the belt, or were you planning on the belt ending under the buckle?

[svc40bt]

The hijacking of this thread has inspired me to pour a dram of Laphroiag 15.