water down

[ostap77]

If I wanted my whiskey mixed with cola, could I say "I would like my whiskey watered down with coke."?

 

[Rover_KE]

No. Just say

'Whiskey and Coke, please.'

Rover

 

[ostap77]

No. Just say

'Whiskey and Coke, please.'

Rover

When would you use a phrase" watered down" in terms of an alcoholic beverage?

 

[bhaisahab]

When would you use a phrase" watered down" in terms of an alcoholic beverage?

I wouldn't use "watered down" in that context.

 

[ostap77]

I wouldn't use "watered down" in that context.

So "water down" related terms wouldn't be use in bartanding?

 

[SoothingDave]

Only water can be used to "water down" something. Still, if someone wanted whiskey and water, he would order "whiskey and water," not ask for it to be watered down.

The phrase "watered down" in the context of bartending implies that some dishonesty is going on. That the liquor itself has been watered down prior to being served.

 

[ostap77]

Only water can be used to "water down" something. Still, if someone wanted whiskey and water, he would order "whiskey and water," not ask for it to be watered down.

The phrase "watered down" in the context of bartending implies that some dishonesty is going on. That the liquor itself has been watered down prior to being served.

As If i was fixing a drink and wanted to pocket the difference?

 

[Rover_KE]

Exactly.

 

[ostap77]

Exactly.

Could I say, if I took a sip of an alcoholic beverage and felt it was not good quality,that it's been watered down?

 

[SoothingDave]

Not the quality, but the strength.

 

[White Hat]

When I lived in the US, I used to hear the line "Never watered down" in one of those beer commercials.

 

[ostap77]

When I lived in the US, I used to hear the line "Never watered down" in one of those beer commercials.

Like it will always be good quality?

 

[SoothingDave]

I think more like the easy way to make "light" beer is to make regular beer and then water it down.