On my resent visit to heartland of my favourite past time I spent two nights in Whisky bar called Highlander Inn. We rented a car (Qashqai) and drove up and down Spayside.
The Highlander Inn is in the centre of the village of Craigellachie it has a bar manager called Tatsuya Minagawa, a Japanese man who's knowledge about Whisky is on league of its own, even at Spayside. He's easily approachable and keen to pass his wisdom. We got in to conversation about adding drop of water in to Single Malt. He was quite clear about it.
Champagne is enjoyed chilled, red vine is enjoyed room temperature, coffee with milk and sugar. From this is easy to conclude that there is a method of drinking. With Whisky the method is adding water.
So what does the water do? There are chemists who can explain numbers and formulas, lecture on reactions. When drinking Whisky what really matters is what makes it taste better, and that is drop of water. For those who are interested about the chemistry, see google for details.
Anyone planning holiday to Speyside I truly recommend visit to Highlander Inn. Not least because it boasts a menu of 700 Whiskys.
