See, when it comes to Scotches, my limited experience drinking them and my time as a bartender has led me to the conclusion that there are 2 viable ways to drink them and get the full taste experience: either drink them neat, or diluted with room-temperature water in a 1:1 ratio. Ice apparently wrecks it, which of course, never deterred any of my clientele from ordering scotch on the rocks.
But I have to say, I thought adding water to scotch was fairly normal for the very purpose of drawing out the bouquet.
Glenlivet and Glenfidich are table scotch at best which many people like. As for McCallan I bought my 1st bottle as an xmas gift to myself, Cask Strenght and was disapointed. Alcohol 58% was way over powering and needed water to coax out the boutique..... Could have gotten a better bottle for much less..Cest la vie.
Laugavulin 16yrs remains me #1choice!