An old Filipino man once asked me Why
do Americans like their rum salad?" I didn't understand his question so we worked through it and determined that he meant,"Why do Americans like their rum mixed?" He thought it was just fine as it came from the bottle. After a few bottles I came to agree with him. The most mixing I do with whisky, rum or gin is ice with the whisky, a little coke with the rum and a bit of tonic with the gin.