Science Says You Shouldn't Drink Your Whiskey "Neat"

If you’ve ever sauntered up to the bar and ordered a whiskey neat, you might have felt cool doing it. But... is that really the best way to drink whiskey? Let's ask science!

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Sources:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-06423-5
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Guaiacol#section=3D-Conformer
https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/A00302
https://www2.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/sb-ALS-alcohol-and-water.html
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2012/CP/c2cp40483d#!divAbstract
https://flavourjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13411-015-0040-2

Image Sources:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guaiacol_3D.png