And so many more: War Health Agency, War Logistics Agency, War Contract Management Agency, War Commissary Agency, etc. 🤮

Love JD BP!

Although I’m a Kentuckian and quite fond of the stuff from the Bluegrass State, there’s also great bourbon also from Indiana, Tennessee, Ohio, Colorado, Texas, and way more!

Give me a shout if you want any recs 😀

Good luck to y’all tomorrow! 🥃🐴

Appreciate it!

Oooo, good idea. Do you have a link?

All that to say…the water droplets make a big impact on smell and taste, but NOT on proof!

This is why I like buying higher proof offerings. There’s SO much room for tweaking. A drop of water, a splash, an ice cube? All great!

Applying the same approach to low- and high-proof whiskeys, the result is generally the same. An 80-proof whiskey with a drop of water is still almost 80 proof, and a 120-proofer might go as low as 119 for a quarter-ounce worth.

The same math results:
▪️1 oz ≈ 30 mL (previous post: bsky.app/profile/bour...)
▪️30 mL x 50% alcohol = 15 mL of alcohol
▪️adding 1️⃣ drop @ 0.05 mL brings our total volume to 30.05mL
▪️new ABV would be (15 mL alcohol / 30.05 total volume) = 49.92% ABV or 99.84 proof

Quarter ounce = 99.67 proof

Not much change! One drop in a full 2-ounce pour doesn’t significantly alter the proof.

But what about a smaller pour, or when you have an ounce left in the glass? Or a quarter ounce?

Assuming a 2 oz. pour of 100-proof (50% ABV) whiskey:
▪️2 ounces ≈ 60 mL (previous post here)
▪️60 mL x 50% alcohol = 30 mL of alcohol
▪️Adding 1️⃣ drop @ 0.05 mL brings our total volume to 60.05mL
▪️The new ABV would be (30 mL alcohol / 60.05 total volume) = 49.96% ABV

That translates to…99.92 proof!

A drop of water from one of these droppers gives *about* 0.05 milliliters. Not much, but a drop can HUGELY impact the nose or taste notes in some whiskeys!

Sensory changes aside, what does a drop of water do to the alcohol content? Here’s where the #WhiskeyMath comes in.

Years ago, at the advice of a friend with an absolutely stunning whiskey collection, I got a water dropper to use in tastings.

(I use something like these, which you can find pretty easily)

I’ve gotten pretty good at 2 oz pours, myself!

Another way to think about it: If you go with a 2 oz pour, you’ll get about 12 pours per 750 mL bottle.

Now you know how to keep track of those precious drams! 🥃

👉 What’s your go-to pour size when sipping neat?

#whiSKy #bourbon #whiskey #facts

But when we have a dram of bourbon, we talk about quantity in ounces.

Here’s a couple of ways you can quickly convert between the two:

1 fl oz = roughly 30 mL (it’s actually 29.57 mL)

So, a standard whiskey bottle (750 mL) is just over 25 ounces.

Nothing wrong with that! 🤤

True!

Look at that color!!