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Originally Posted by NewChief
I wouldn't add water. Seriously (unless you're drinking neat and just adding a couple of drops to wake it up).
Temper the speed at which you drink it. Slow. Slow. Slow. Tiny sips. Be in the right frame of mind and place for drinking it (I suggest a table with one other person in a darkly lit bar/restaurant perhaps after a nice, intimate dinner or sitting at home next to a fireplace with a book). One drink, when you first start drinking islay scotches, might take you 30 minutes to an hour to drink (I wish they still did for me). They're intense and can create an atmosphere unto themselves.
Once you acquire the taste, though... it's dangerous.
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You gotta work up to the peat, though. You can't go zero-to-Laphroaig.