How do you serve a whiskey ditch drink?

Some would say any way that you can get it. One very popular approach is the combination called Irish coffee, however the best of them should, like the great Scotch single malts be consumed straight up with perhaps a tad of water back. All agree that the best of them are true gifts from the gods and should be treated with reverence rather then gusto. If the need to contaminate this elixir persists consider the The Marine Manhattan: * A double shot of Tullamore Dew is placed into a chilled rocks glass that had been previously allowed to have a small amount of sweet vermouth swirled about its interior and then dumped out. No more then two ice cubes are added and it is garnished with a twist of lemon peel and served. (Recipe's Origin: Officer's Mess, HMS Bulwark, circa 1960. South China Sea.)