Why You Should Never Drink Single Malt Whisky on the Rocks

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布拉德·科恩, 喝苏格兰威士忌 '绝对不该加冰块.'  BBC Chinese, Mar 31, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/ukchina/simp/ ... whisky-on-the-rocks


, which is translated from

Brad Cohen, Why You Should Never Drink Whisky on the Rocks. BBC, June 3, 2015.
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/ ... whisky-on-the-rocks

Note:
(1) "Ben Nevis, Britain's highest mountain"

Ben Nevis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Nevis
(1,345 metres (4,411 ft) above sea level; section 1 Etymology)
(2) "Blended whisky * * * includ[ ] brands like Johnnie Walker and Dewars"

Dewar's
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewar%27s
(was created by John Dewar, Sr. in 1846; after the brand changed hands a lot of times, it is owned since 1998 by Bacardi [founded in 1862 by Facundo Bacardí Massó (a Spaniard) in Cuba])  

(3) "Single malt, which Scottish drinkers often refer to as malt * * * The vast majority of malt comes from three major whisky-producing regions. The Highlands (roughly the northern half of Scotland) and Speyside (in the country's northeast) are both easily accessible from major cities"
(a) For the map of Highland, see that in Scottish Lowlands
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Lowlands
(b)
(i) Speyside refers to both banks of River Spey (rhymed with "obey").
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Spey
(section Etymology: unknown)
(ii) Speyside
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpeysideSpeyside
(can refer to: Strathspey, Scotland, the famous whisky producing region by the River Spey)
(iii) strath
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strath
(strath v glen; anglicisation of the Gaelic word srath)

(4) "Then there's Islay, the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides, about 32km off the coast of Northern Ireland. As the crow flies, it’s a roughly 113km journey from Glasgow to Islay."
(a) Islay
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islay
(section 2 Etymology: unknown; The island's population is mainly centred around the villages of Bowmore and Port Ellen)
(b)
(i) Inner Hebrides
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_Hebrides
(Scottish Gaelic for "inner isles"/ is an archipelago; to the south east of the Outer Hebrides)
(ii) For pronunciation, see Hebrides
www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/hebrides
(c) As the crow flies. The Phrase Finder, undated.
www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/as-the-crow-flies.html

(5) "The amount of peat used varies widely. Bruichladdich is the only Islay distillery known for its non-smoked whiskies. Laphroaig, on the other end of the island and the other end of the peat spectrum, unapologetically overwhelms the palate with peat."
(a) Bruichladdich distillery
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruichladdich_distillery
(was built in 1881 by the Harvey brothers—William (32), John (31) and Robert (23)—on the shore of Loch Indaal)

Quote: "One interpretation of the Gaelic word Bruichladdich is 'stony shore bank,' referring to a post-glacial raised beach, though an alternative, perhaps more pertinent translation may be 'rocky lee shore.'

* lee (n): "[simple definition:] the side of something that is sheltered from the wind"www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lee
(b) Laphroaig distillery
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laphroaig_distillery

(6) "Nothing about Islay is easy. The island is rugged and tempestuous; winds gusting straight from the sea are powerful and unrelenting. Clusters of white-washed buildings make up the two main villages of Bowmore and Port Ellen; the rest of the island is mostly inhabited by sheep and birds, and largely covered in peat."

See (4)(a).
(7) "My favourite Islay warehouse tasting was at Lagavulin"

Lagavulin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagavulin
(Scottish Gaelic for "hollow by the mill")
(8) "Drinking it on the rocks is only acceptable if you're drinking a blended whisky or if it's scorching outside. But the odds of the latter happening are incredibly slim. In Scotland, summer is the second most famous myth after the Loch Ness Monster."

climate of Scotland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Scotland
(Winters in Scotland have an average low of around 0 °C (32 °F), with summer maximum temperatures averaging 15–17 °C (59–63 °F) )