10 Whiskey Mistakes a Grown Man Never Makes at a Bar

10 Whiskey Mistakes a Grown Man Never Makes at a Bar You paid for one whiskey and drank a different one, and it happened in the first few seconds after you sat down. I stood behind a hotel bar for better than 30 years. Tonight I count the 10 whiskey mistakes I watched men make at a bar, from the word you use to order, to what you do to the glass, to how you treat the man on the next stool. You will hear why smooth tells a bartender nothing, what neat, up and rocks each get you, what the number on the label promises, and why the legs in your glass say less than you think. Then the water and the ice. A 2017 computer simulation at Linnaeus University explains what a few drops do to a barrel proof pour. A 2023 study led by Washington State University found the point where too much water makes whiskies smell alike. I also cover the cloudy glass you should never send back, and how to count a 130 proof pour.