Whiskey on the ice ball

[Tiare]

This is quite cool even though quite pointless..

A bartender in Japan who is carving a ball of ice to fit inside a rocks glass.

http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/tag/ice/search/ice%2C%2Bbartender/video/xx7h2_making-the-ball-of-ice

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xx7u0_whiskey-on-the-rock

[RumBarPhilly]

Wow... I'm speechless...

First: Nice tux!

Second: If I had to do this for any drink on the rocks, I would probably end up throwing the rock at em half way through

[Paulipbartender]

We just use a rubber ice mould to make our ice balls. You can buy them at Muji.....much less fuss

[Tiare]

Didn`t know about ice molds, with that it makes more sense to make ice balls if you need it.

We have 2 Muji shops in Stockholm, but i doubt they have any rubber ice molds..they are a bit limited here.

On the other hand its quite useless for me in my homebar..;)

But the iceball looks really cool.

[Paulipbartender]

http://www.thisnext.com/item/A8F23082/C2CF4FEE/MUJI-Japanese-Ice-Ball-Mold

These things make the coolest balls of ice - one ball can last someone all night

[Tiare]

Maybe a stupid question..but how do you use it?

If the iceball last all night..then its pretty useful.

[Paulipbartender]

You just fill it with water through the hole in the top. Then you split the mould and release the ball. It's totally reusable - we've had ours for years.

They work particularly well if you freeze and thaw them out 3 times - it removes the air from the water making the ice very compact so it takes longer to thaw

They're fantastic things, I highly recommend you pick one up if you can find them

[Tiare]

Well, you`ve got me very interested in this ice mold after explaing how it can be used..
I just checked, i can`t find them here and on this online Muju shop they have none, so maybe if you can get me one? if i ask kindly..?
I send you the money..i`m going to send you the Swedish bitters very soon anyway.

[Milicent]

I love the idea of an ice ball. I will have to keep my eyes open to find one. Pretty nifty.

[gatomalo]

This is quite cool even though quite pointless..

A bartender in Japan who is carving a ball of ice to fit inside a rocks glass.

This is common practice in Japan for whiskey. The idea is that the ice ball lasts a lot longer than a cube, so that by the time you get to the end of your whiskey it is not totally diluted with melt-water.

[Tiare]

Oh yeah i know..;) but at the time i wrote that i didnґt..