How Do You Drink Your Bourbon?

[ratcheer]

Actually, I am more likely to add water to lower proof bourbon to brink out more flavors. I usually enjoy the intense flavors of my favorite high-proof bourbons (e.g., Rare Breed, Old Grand Dad 114), straight.

Tim

[ikewillett1]

When I first started drinking bourbon, I always ordered it on the rocks. After a while, I started noticing that other people I know who are into bourbon, and have been drinking it for longer than I have, pretty much always order it neat. So, I started adding less and less ice. After a while it got to the point where when I would order bourbon in a restaurant, I would ask waiters to add only one or two cubes. This always seemed a little particular to me so I finally took the plunge and started ordering it neat. I have been drinking my bourbon neat ever since. I am now convinced that if your stomach can handle it, neat is the way to go.

[Black85L98]

I'm not fixed on one way to enjoy Bourbon. If it is $30+ I drink it with a little crushed ice. If it is less then $30 I will mix most of the time. A dash of Coke can make Ezra, EW, and JB a bit easier to take. On the other hand I have found nothing to help Scotch.

[jbutler]

Generally, I take it neat. I sometimes throw a few cubes in, but there is little rhyme or reason as to why.

Vuld I put zee ize cubez in zee Schtagg? Nein!

[idpa2000]

I usually drink my boubron neat with a glass of diet Lime Coke with plenty of ice on the side. Oh so tasty.

[cas]

I tend to drink it neat in cooler weather and on the rocks during warm weather. A little ginger ale or coke with lemon and lime goes nice in the summer by the poolside.

[LeNell]

I drink it any way I can!

The higher proofs (Stagg, Bookers...) with about 1/4 filtered water. I typically drink neat or with one cube, depending on the mood. Sometimes when I'm feeling really rowdy, I'll just drink it straight out of the bottle.

[Barrel_Proof]

Usually, sitting; occasionally, bellied up to the bar; rarely, prone.

[Cholly]

It depends on the surroundings and the occasion. At a quiet evening get together inside - on the rocks,outside at a party or where there's a lot going on and I'm not likely to "monitor" my intake as closely - mixed in a quart cup with coke. The bigger the cup the slower I tend to drink, keeping me at a comfortable level for the long haul. Just a trick that works for me.

[Blackkeno]

I almost always drink my bourbon neat with a few drops of water in a Reidel bourbon glass.

I will also use other whisk(e)y glasses (Reidel SMS, Blender's, etc.) I only use a snifter at bars that don't have my preferred glassware.

I use more water, a splash with many barrel proof bourbons.

I only use ice (sometimes) with Canadian whisky.