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[AK21]

What is a great drink that you can sip on. Something that tastes great and goes down easy yet is moderately potent?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thaaaaanks

[jonemajor]

I love all good aged rums, but not neat. I drink them on the rocks with a splash of water to open them up.Just like how I drink my whiskey and gin. You really can't taste the full range of any spirit until it's lowered to around 60 proof, until that point the alcohol deadens much of your taste. But once it is lowered enough with water your taste buds can access the full range of flavours, the nuances, aromatics, etc.I feel that people who drink spirits neat are losing out on what the spirit really tastes like.When I am judging spirits I taste them neat, but I feel that it does an injustice to the spirit because it's all tight and closed down and you have to imagine, based on experience,what it really tastes like opened up.When I am distilling, rum, brandy, whiskey, whatever... I taste the spirit straight, just a drop on my finger, wiped across my tongue.But then I mix it with water and drop it to around 80 proof and taste it.Then to around 50-60 proof. That's when I know what is really going on.