The Malt Whisky Thread

[Looper]

Adding syrup to bourbon would be like adding sugar to a can of coke

I think you might be onto something there Dill. I noticed when I sipped it neat that it was almost sweet enough to drink which I do not normally find with whisky.

So I ended up only adding 8% syrup to this bad boy when I normally go 15% for a Scottish single malt.

you are right in that it is a pure sugar with no flavoring but still completely changes the taste of the bourbon

I think you are confusing aroma and taste. When you say you appreciate the taste of a whisky it is not actually the taste you appreciate but the aroma. The olfactory receptors in your nose are far more complex than the gustatory receptors on your tongue.

You are not corrupting the aroma of an expensive whisky by adding sucrose any more than when you add water. But you are certainly corrupting it by adding other cocktail ingredients.

Firstly Loops, Woodford Reserve is not a top shelf premium bourbon. It is a descent bourbon and its about $20

I fookin knew it. Thank you for the heads up Stumps. That is going in my little red book. It was the same story when we were kids. I remember buying my sis the Howard Jones album Human Lib for her birthday and 6 months later she got me the Blancmange 12" single (and not their album)