How to Open up a Whiskey's Flavor in Florida

Tasting a fine whiskey and you want to open up the flavor a little bit?

Add a drop or two of water. This is quite easy to do in Florida, as it turns out. :-)

Curious about the science?...

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Björn Karlsson and Ran Friedman at Linnaeus University in Sweden used a computer simulation to model how the ethanol molecules in whisky interact with water. To capture the molecular motion precisely, they simulated the mixing using tiny time steps, equivalent to half a trillion frames per second.

Then, they added a single molecule called guaiacol, which provides some of scotch’s distinctive smoky and bitter flavour.

They found that when liquor is at or above 40 percent alcohol by volume, guaiacol molecules tend to stay in the body of the liquid, away from the surface. But when the researchers diluted the simulated whisky to about 25 percent alcohol, the guaiacol floated to the top and wafted its smoky scent and taste front and center.
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[adf]

What class are you involved with at ISC West? I plan on attending and want to see your presentation.

[therocketman]

I've actually started branching out and trying scotches and whiskey's recently. Within the past month my bottle collection is up to 10 LOL. I'm still trying to get past the smoke on Laphroaig 10 and Ardbeg 10. It's slow going

[Wirenfeldt]

Shame on you man.. at least mention the whisk(e)y in question.. ^^