What makes alcohol smooth

Use dried granny smiths if you can find them, which will help cut the sweetness a little. Also, you're going to lose some volume because dried apples are like little strips of sponge—they're going to absorb some of your precious nectar. If you have the time, go with the fresh apples.

The flavors are nicely balanced, and it's crisp and refreshing. If you don't have time, go with the dried technique. It's also very good. Maybe not as good, but three days isn't such a bad wait. Many of the recipes out there suggest adding cinnamon sticks to the recipe. Do not turn your bourbon into a friggin' apple pie.

That's just spitting in the face of God. You wanna make an apple pie cocktail, fine, but don't try to do that in your bourbon bottle. I love cinnamon, but it's too powerful of a flavor and scent and it will crowd out your drink's delectable subtleties.

Adding brown sugar will just make it disgustingly sweet. Whiskey purists will already call me a heretic just for putting apples in, and they might have a point. Regardless, there's a line between light augmentation and total bastardization. If you're using good whiskey, respect that line. If you're using cheap stuff, okay fine, go nuts. Thanksgiving Holidays Main Dish. Quick Links. Get fresh food news delivered to your inbox Sign up for our newsletter to receive the latest tips, tricks, recipes and more, sent twice a week.

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Don Julio Blanco. Hennessy V. Johnnie Walker Black Label. Vassil Igoa Pundit. Is it healthy to drink whiskey every day? Most drinkers stop far short of a pint of whiskey or six-pack of beer every day.

That's a good thing, because moderate drinking may be an effective weapon against heart disease. More than 60 studies suggest that moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease.

Leif Zhizhchenko Pundit. What is the easiest alcohol to drink? Tequila Soda. Rum and Coke. Whiskey Ginger. Vodka Soda. The cocktail equivalent of the shruggy emoji. Red Bull Vodka. Your only hope is that the bartender can't hear you ordering one over the EDM and gives you a different drink entirely. Jianbin Pohlschroder Pundit. What makes a spirit smooth? A third common additive is glycerin. Yanara Ramas Pundit.

What alcohol can you drink straight? These are the alcohols that are so good, you can actually drink them straight. Crown Royal XR Whiskey. Reyka Vodka. Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon. They should also have some ammo in-hand in case they want to continue using it.

I tend to adjust my choice of vocabulary based on my audience. Yeah, I agree with that, Joel—despite what I said a couple posts up, which mighta been a little too fiery. I have had the distinct pleasure over the last year of introducing an Asian friend to whisky. I believe I have learned almost as much as she has, revisiting old favourites and explaining why I like them.

Sometimes I find little to justify my previous infatuation. I am a soft, sherried guy! For the next phase, I am determined to get her to appreciate the sweeter, softer side of single malt.

If you have a bad whisky, you can improve the taste. Add your bad whisky to jar and seal for 7 days. After 7 days your bad whisky will be good whisky, try it and see. What am I missing here? Find any discussion of a heavily-peated malt like those from Islay Lagavulin, Laphroaig, etc. Peat is actually kind of the exception these days, anyway. Now of course there is a difference between a taster and a drinker since after some glasses it all goes away and the dram is either good or bad.

Times are changing my friend and whisky is not anymore for hardrockers or snobs. Everyone with some pocket change can have its own the way they want it and nor you or anyone else should impose they way to drink, describe or taste it.

This is my opinion maybe im wrong but it depends on many factors how I drink or feel about a whisky at certain times, you know just like with climate factors how a butterfly in the Amazon can affect it, so does that butterfly affect my dram. Please log in again.