How to drink whiskey.

[mayfair70]

I wonder if there is a whiskey forum analogue to this site. I can see people like the guy in the video going on about how to drink and then opposing viewpoints like, "I don't throw it on the floor, that's what the drapes are for."
I respect peaty single malts. I just can't drink them. Stirs up my Scottish blood and I want to grab a claymore and off somebody. Turns out I am a Berserker, but only when I ingest peat. I swear it is a hallucinogen as well. Whooda thunk?

that might explain why they were able to "predict the end of the world" but somehow never noticed the Spaniards sneaking up on them

Yeah, there was a lot of fun stuff around...Tobacco, Coca, Ayahuasca. They didn't predict the end of the world as such. The long count calendar just ended. Usually at the end of a cycle they would party and then make sacrifices to the Gods for 5 days then start another cycle. Kinda hard to do if your priests are all scattered in the jungle or gone from small pox. They had a base 60 counting system to recon time. Just like we do. The Sumerians/Babylonians were the only other culture with that counting system. Sacrifices would appease the stars/planets and they would keep turning.

 

[aldecaker]

Yeah, that was pretty tongue-in-cheek, more of a jab to those who thought they were "predicting the end of the world" than to the Mayans.

 

[hextor]

I love whisky, i do put a pinch of water on mines, but when i drink mead or beer, I will drink it in a big ol beer mug, chug it of course the "classy way" and then throw the mug on the floor and i tell my wife "women bring me another one!!!!"

 

[alexnorth]

I'm quite into whisky and I assure you, Mayfair, there are lots of whisky sites as nerdy as this one. Personally i like to enjoy my whiskies as they are or, if they benefit from it, with a few drops of water. However, the ''correct'' way to drink it is easy... The way you enjoy it the most!