• sinematic@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    I must be stupid or something but if they were ice cubes wouldn’t they melt before you get home

  • Bluewing@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    Putting aside for now, the fact that making crystal clear ice requires specially filtered water that is very carefully and slowly frozen with fancy equipment.

    The real question is why does anyone think this is what they need in life. They only people I have seen that insist on such things are whisk(e)y snobs that drink their whisk(e)y on the rocks. They claim that cloudy ice has impurities in it that affects the flavor of the drink.

    While technically they are maybe correct, my reply is-- “Shut up and drink your whisk(e)y neat like God and the Irish meant it to be consumed. The water is already in it.”

    • Knightfox@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      I love this comment. On one hand I don’t hate the idea that this exists and it’s an obscure aesthetic thing. If someone wants to make super fancy cocktails then fine, whatever. On the other hand,

      “Shut up and drink your whisk(e)y neat like God and the Irish meant it to be consumed. The water is already in it.”

      Love it

    • HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org
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      13 hours ago

      They only people I have seen that insist on such things are whisk(e)y snobs that drink their whisk(e)y on the rocks.

      But then these cooled-down granite cubes are better because they don’t dilute the liquor.

      BTW why drink Americans their Whisky with ice? I’ve never seen that in Scotland.

      • Bluewing@lemmy.world
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        8 hours ago

        I would agree about those cubes. The problem with them is you often only get 2 in a set. Making it hard to share with friends.

        Bourbon is a different drinking experience than Scotch. Bourbon is generally bottled between 2 and 6 years giving it more ‘bite’. This is due to the new oak barrels that must be used and the warmer climate. Scotch is barely getting started by that point. Since they mostly use used bourbon barrels that coupled with a cooler overall climate, imparts a ‘smoother’ flavor.

        Using ice dulls some of the flavors and as it melts dilutes the whisk(e)y to take the edges off the bourbon. A decent scotch or Irish doesn’t need ice.

    • RBWells@lemmy.world
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      13 hours ago

      Not such fancy equipment. I used to make it in a lunchbox cooler with our very hard tap water; that eventually cracked but I have been rocking one of these for a decade now.

      https://www.clearlyfrozen.com/

      All you need is directional freezing. My ice comes out crystal clear in big ol’ blocks like that.

      To be fair - I would charge $5 a tray too. It takes a day & a half and space in my freezer. But it is an easy, cheap, and fun hobby

    • jj4211@lemmy.world
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      13 hours ago

      Noe that the water can just be tap, and the equipment isn’t super fancy. If the water looks clear, you can make clear ice from it.

      It’s called directional freezing, you stick water in freezer insulated on all sides so that it freezes from the top down instead of outside in.

      If you have larger ice, you’ll see the white stuff is in the middle, the last area to freeze. Directional freezing causes that to be at an end instead of in the center, and you either pull out the ice before the end freezes, ideally, or cut off the end.

      I have an ice mold that doess this and it provides break off points to break the clear ice off the unclear ice.

      It does take a while though and the bulky insulation takes a lot of room in the freezer.

      • Bluewing@lemmy.world
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        8 hours ago

        You need proper water to start. The high iron and calcium laden water that comes out of my well won’t ever make clear ice without some serious filtration. And the proper freezing it is a slow process that takes extra time and effort.

        Personally, I can’t be bothered. My cloudy ice cools my iced tea just fine without any extra effort.

    • FlexibleToast@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      13 hours ago

      I don’t know, I’ve also heard that a few drops of water “opens up” the whiskey. My dad was an alcoholic who loved whiskey. He would order it with a few drops of water. Ice would do the same thing.

      • Whelks_chance@lemmy.world
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        11 hours ago

        I was recently in a pub which had water bottles from the different regions of Scotland, so you could add drops of the same water it was made from.

        Also, a pipette to exactly measure the amount of water added. It was excellent.

  • yermaw@sh.itjust.works
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    15 hours ago

    He shops at Aldi

    He buys $5 ice.

    Who is this person? Is he the same guy spending thousands on a free game?

    • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
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      13 hours ago

      Here in Europe you’d see expensive SUVs, like Porsches and Range Rovers, parked outside the Aldi all the time. Lot’s of rich people are penny pinchers especially old money who inherited their money. They would probably buy these ice cubes if they have to impress their friends with their Japanese whiskey that they only drink when guests are at their home.

  • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 day ago

    What the fuck… My co worker put a video of this… On snap like 11 hours ago from Aldi’s. Like, this could be a screen grab of it.

    They’re 4 square cubes of clear ice and Aldi wants like $5 for them.

  • Bruhh@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I thought these were reusable freeze packs made to look like ice cubes. It’s actual ice…