Is the whiskey “NECK POUR" just nonsense?

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[@TheBioethicist]

I've heard people say "Don't judge a whiskey by a neck pour" and honestly I think it's our version of "Don't judge a book by its cover." Don't judge a whiskey based on the first taste. Try it a couple times on different days, when you're in different moods, different environments. I think it just comes down to reps and context.

[@ritethumstik]

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[@michaelcebulski4916]

That time you anxiously skip a KZbin commercial so you can more quickly get back to the commercial.

[@salt6062]

So I actually noticed this without hearing about it; my buddies dad turned me on to Redbreast 12 and I loved it, so I picked up a bottle for myself... I noticed it tasted drastically different then what he poured me, so I put it on the shelf and didn't touch it for a while. When I went back and tried it again, I noticed it had developed those flavors that I fell in love with when I tried it the first time. Since then I've always had a glass as soon as I bought a bottle and then let it sit on the shelf for a while before really breaking into it. I absolutely had NO idea this was a thing!

[@muskokagman9651]

Is it just me or does it look like Brianna despises Corey? Body language wise?

[@darrenc8776]

Biggest change in favour is to drink your whisky room temperature or slightly warmer.

[@bigjohnnygee123]

I did a whisky tasting months ago where I had a whisky that blew me away. It was incredibly complex, sweet and (I thought) lightly smoky. I got a bottle of it and had the first dram and it was completely different... basically just tasted like an ashtray. A few weeks later I tried it again and it was like I remember it the first time! Obviously completely unscientific but I’ve definitely experienced it.

[@christopherheflin8843]

"It tastes better once you get past the neck pour" just sounds like a futsy excuse for a refill. Am I right or am I right?

[@Christopher_Wheeler]

That last neck pour was brilliant.

[@LiamMack33]

Fantastic Job Editor!!!!

[@dmshampton]

It was refreshing to see Rex being the recipient of this episodes shenanigans. He's a real G for this one, cause I know that man absolutely hates eggs😂

[@NirmalRavilla]

I’ve noticed a significant difference after half a bottle. Was literally talking to a friend about it couple nights back

[@AlasdairGR]

I feel like another variable to consider is that even the "neck pour" isn't completely virgin and free of air exposure. Whiskey being bottled by hand or even on an automated line is exposed to air before being corked and packaged. As far as I know, they don't fill the empty space in the neck with an inert gas like argon before corking the bottle and packaging, so there still is air getting in there and reacting with the whiskey at the top.

[@spforevr11]

My theory has always been that its not the whiskey itself changing, but us getting accustomed to it. We only pay attention to the neck pour when its a new bottle we havent had yet, so the neck pour is probably the first time we've had it. It takes several glasses to really get a feel of a new whiskey

[@nadesicond4018]

Briana is so descriptive when she's describing what she gets on the nose and what the products taste like! Also, props for the Sublime shirt.

[@ericgiesberg4179]

Should start doing triangle tests, it's more accurate to help see if you can find the odd one out. Plus, more whiskey to drink!

[@zxb995511]

I bought a bottle of Angel's Envy recently, I was not too fond of the "neck pour" it was astringent much like an unripe persimmon. I went back to it a week later and the astringency was gone. I have the impression that the "neck pour" effect is real, but to what extent it affects a whisky is probably down to what kind of whisky it is.

[@hoth2112]

For me neck pour is an experience that happens when you try a new style/variety/bottle of whiskey for the first time. Your brain hasnt had a chance to figure it out. So all you taste/smell is what is most forward. Once your brain has had some time away from it, you're more likely to find things you were missing. It happened to me with my first bottle of Octomore. Hated it at first, but coming back to it a month later, it gave me all the malt/cereal richness behind the smoke since my brain knew what to expect.

[@NovakiSalem]

I'm willing to bet the "neck pour" myth, like you said, comes from changes from peoples pallets. I opened a bottle of Redbreast 12 and thought I had found Nirvana on the first pour, and then thought the rest of the bottle was just ok.