The perfect whiskey-coke

Making the perfect whiskey and cola:
Necessary ingredients.

• A bottle of whiskey, preferably bourbon, and preferably decent stuff (Jack Daniels is low end of "decent stuff." Bring Jim Beam and you are no longer allowed to come to my house or date my daughter).
• A bottle of cola. Pepsi and coke are popular choices. Who gives a shit, really?
• Ice cubes. Not crushed ice. It melts too quickly and will dilute the drink.
• A tall glass (at the very very very least, a lowball glass, preferably a highball glass or larger. For awhile I was using mugs and jars). This must be real glass. Glass adds a particular flavor to whatever you drink, as does plastic or paper cups, and will consequently have an impact in how your drink tastes.
• You. Actually, preferably, if you're making a whiskey-coke, "you" are not essential, if you will be giving the drink to me.

1. Take the glass and fill it half-empty with ice (why "half-empty?" How can you call anything "full" until you have alcohol in it).
2. Pour whiskey into the glass until the ice is covered completely.
3. The coke is there for color. "For color" means: put the coke bottle behind the glass. IF you can see the color of the bottle through the glass, you haven't put enough whiskey in yet. Fill it more. You may want to get rid of some of that pesky translucent ice.
4. In fact, the "for coloring" test actually works for pretty much anything. Hold the glass up. If you can see something through the whiskey/ice/glass mixture, you've screwed up the recipe. Empty the glass (with the proper respect, of course. Whiskey should never touch the ground or a sink. You need to drink it.), and try again.
5. Repeat until you are unable to see the glass.

Warning: attempting to do this with vodka or gin will result in madness or death. However, it will probably be fairly enjoyable while it lasts.

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