That one whiskey mate — Transcript

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1. 0:00Poured it into the glass.
2. 0:02Swirl it around as I said to you before,
3. 0:05throw it out because you want to get rid
4. 0:07of any odors that are perhaps on the lip
5. 0:09of the glass. Swirl it around, bring it
6. 0:12up and say,
7. 0:13"Hello." Then you go back to it.
8. 0:15"How are you?" And then go back to it.
9. 0:18"Quite well,
10. 0:19thank you very much." Now, remember, get
11. 0:21into it. Don't go like this. None of
12. 0:24this stuff. You want to get right into
13. 0:26it to make sure that you're actually
14. 0:28examining every part of that whiskey.
15. 0:32How do you taste it? Don't knock it back
16. 0:34like a cowboy. Take the water, but don't
17. 0:36just pick up a jug like this. What you
18. 0:38need to do is to pick up a jug with your
19. 0:41finger in the water. Why? Because you
20. 0:43want to test it. Why do you want to test
21. 0:46it? Because many barmen, unfortunately,
22. 0:48stick their jug under a hot tap by
23. 0:51mistake, and therefore, this is what
24. 0:53ruins whiskey. Six times I've now ruined
25. 0:55my whiskey. Six times. Twice in America,
26. 0:58once in France, once in Stockholm,
27. 1:01and twice in England. So, you take the
28. 1:03still water, you put it into the
29. 1:05whiskey, reduce it down to 35% alcohol.
30. 1:0835% alcohol is the ideal strength for
31. 1:11really bringing out the whiskey in the
32. 1:14palate. Put in the mouth.
33. 1:21And then let it go down.
34. 1:23Absolutely
35. 1:25fantastic. If in fact I hadn't added
36. 1:28sufficient water, what would happen?
37. 1:30This is what would happen.
38. 1:35Your face would start grimacing. It
39. 1:37would start changing because it was
40. 1:39affecting
41. 1:40the taste buds, anesthetizing them. So,
42. 1:43all you need is a little water.
43. 1:46When I have a presentation,
44. 1:48finish at night,
45. 1:50want to relax, go into the bar, there's
46. 1:52nothing more wonderful than the sound of
47. 1:54whiskey being poured by the barmen into
48. 1:57a glass. And just when I'm about to take
49. 2:00the glass from him to enjoy my whiskey,
50. 2:02suddenly I hear this other noise.
51. 2:05This other noise of
52. 2:07not just one or two bits of ice,
53. 2:09but many bits.
54. 2:11This is now Scotch on the rocks. This is
55. 2:14taking my whiskey, ruining it with all
56. 2:17this ice. In the olden days when there
57. 2:19was no ice, Scots had to improvise. So,
58. 2:21what did they do? They went to the
59. 2:23riverbeds. They took the cold rocks that
60. 2:25had been chilled by the mountain snows.
61. 2:27They put that into the whiskey, and that
62. 2:29chilled it. And that's why we call it
63. 2:31Scotch on the rocks. All I'm saying to
64. 2:33you is this. If you're ever in a bar,
65. 2:36and you want to
66. 2:37try and enjoy your whiskey this way,
67. 2:39don't take it. Take hold of the barman
68. 2:41and show him what it's all about. Yeah,
69. 2:43chuck it away. You don't need it.