Disliking a whiskey neat doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s a bad whiskey, it could just mean that you need to try it a different way.īest for: sampling, tasting, reviewing, masquerading as a whiskey puristĬonsider this “Neat+”. If a whiskey is unbalanced, or overly alcoholic, you’ll know it right away. Drinking a whiskey neat allows you to smell, taste, and feel the core characteristics of a whiskey for better or for worse. When tasting or sampling there is no better way to drink your whiskey. This is particularly true if you have the right glass for tasting. Drinking a whiskey neat allows the true flavors of the whiskey to fill every inch of your nose and palate, and allows you to fully appreciate the strength of the palate. Purists will tell you that there is no other way to drink whiskey. Regardless of why you’re drinking, each moment can be enhanced by how you’re enjoying your whiskey. There are many reasons that we drink whiskey: we drink whiskey with friends and remember good times, we drink whiskey alone to simply appreciate the flavors, and we drink whiskey in a dark cave with ethereal beings who tempt us to fulfill our destiny and become ‘the chosen one’ even though we’d rather just be sipping whiskey (just me?).
