If whisky burns the throat, you’re probably drinking it too fast.:
I was wondering if anybody I knew had written this piece on Vijay Mallya’s whisky (mis)fortunes, until reading this gem of sensory analysis: “A recent sampling by The Independent of both Bagpiper and Officer’s Choice could discern little difference between the two – both burned the throat.”
If whisky burns the throat, you’re probably drinking it too fast.