Because “nosing glasses” and “intent of the distiller” are totally not pretentious. At all.
Drink it how you like it, says I, and ignore all the wannabe pretentious twats trying to tell you how you should drink it.
My one additional suggestion would be to try changes every now and then, because just maybe 3 year old irish blended whiskey warmed over a charcoal fire in a plastic tumbler with a cube of tapwater ice is just perfect for you.
