never let anyone tell you HOW a whiskey should be consumed. That is the first thing mentioned by Eden Algie... US ambassador for Macallan. It's all personal taste. Some like it on the rocks, some like it ass stagnant warm, some like it with a splash of water. etc.

to each their own.

jseureau wrote:They even try to sell us rocks!

That takes some rocks.

ThePhantasm wrote:sadly tho, we are raised to think everything needs to be ice cold. which really is only good for things that need to hide the flavor and scent that normally pops at room temp.

And vodka.

(1) Take bottle from freezer.
(2) Pour one shot.
(3) Swallow it.
(4) Have you passed out?
(4a) Yes. Goto (6)
(4b) No. No op
(5) Is bottle empty?
(5a) No. Goto (2)
(5b) Yes. Goto (1)
(6) Zzzzz.

cool idea but nonsense for cooling a drink.

Google: "heat of fusion"

Ice cools a drink by melting! Cold rocks will do very little.

But "on the rocks" with real rocks, is irresistible.

Bought several as gifts last time. Don't need any more.

ejeon wrote:I've got news for you... if you're drinking Scotch without a splash of water in it, YOU'RE doing it wrong.

What were they thinking when they invented this crap? Next up from Whiskey Rocks: Vacuum Glass! Make sure no air gets to your wine while you drink it.

Sounds like you have zero idea what you are talking about.

Dylistn wrote:cool idea but nonsense for cooling a drink.

Google: "heat of fusion"

Ice cools a drink by melting! Cold rocks will do very little.

But "on the rocks" with real rocks, is irresistible.

Bought several as gifts last time. Don't need any more.

Again, it isn't for cooling a drink. That is what ice is for. It is for chilling whiskey slightly and not watering it down. Whiskey stones have been around for decades.

I have some whisky rocks but I do not use them often. I decided to see just how much they would cool my whisky. I put 1 ounce of whisky in a rock's glass (glenmorangie rocks glass, as will be used in my "glass" experiment) and added 3 whisky rocks. details as follows:

Whisky temperature, room temperature and glass temperature: 65.3F

Whisky rock temperature: 6.0F

Whisky temp:

57.8F after 1 minute

58.0F after 2 minute

59.3F after 6 minute (already warming back up without moving or drinking the whisky)

59.8F after 8 minute

60.3 after 12 minutes

Notes:

-this says that with each "rock", the temperature dropped about 2.5F but quickly warmed back up.

-more could be added to drop the temperature lower, but it would have taken 6 to drop the temperature 15F. That is enough if the room temperature is 65F to start, but not if it is 75 or 85F.

-a really thin glass may have made some difference, but I did not want to put these rocks into a delicate glass

-a more healthy dram, say 2 ounces, would only have dropped a little less that 4F in this same case (ignoring the thermal mass of the glass).

-the whisky did not really "taste or feel" colder.

hope this helps for those who want to know more about the whisky rocks!

danSteal wrote:I have some whisky rocks but I do not use them often. I decided to see just how much they would cool my whisky. I put 1 ounce of whisky in a rock's glass (glenmorangie rocks glass, as will be used in my "glass" experiment) and added 3 whisky rocks. details as follows:

Whisky temperature, room temperature and glass temperature: 65.3F

Whisky rock temperature: 6.0F

Whisky temp:

57.8F after 1 minute

58.0F after 2 minute

59.3F after 6 minute (already warming back up without moving or drinking the whisky)

59.8F after 8 minute

60.3 after 12 minutes

Notes:

-this says that with each "rock", the temperature dropped about 2.5F but quickly warmed back up.

-more could be added to drop the temperature lower, but it would have taken 6 to drop the temperature 15F. That is enough if the room temperature is 65F to start, but not if it is 75 or 85F.

-a really thin glass may have made some difference, but I did not want to put these rocks into a delicate glass

-a more healthy dram, say 2 ounces, would only have dropped a little less that 4F in this same case (ignoring the thermal mass of the glass).

-the whisky did not really "taste or feel" colder.

hope this helps for those who want to know more about the whisky rocks!

These exact ones? Another brand?

holadayc wrote:I bought a set of 9 (different brand) about 6 months ago and had to throw one of the stones out because a good 1/4 of it fell off.

And you haven't heard of super glue?

mikecris wrote:Okay got these for a gift for Dad last time. We put them in the freezer for 24 hrs. They did not chill the whiskey anywhere near as cold as ice. Is it even possible that I'm doing something wrong here?

You ARE doing something wrong. Your entire approach is wrong: You don't buy whiskey stones to keep your whiskey cold. You buy whiskey stones to let everyone in the room you know more about whiskey than they do.

tekkitan wrote:You would put ice in liquor. Amateur.

See? SEE?!?

tekkitan wrote:These exact ones? Another brand?

tekkitan, you're shilling awfully hard for a box of rocks

tekkitan wrote:These exact ones? Another brand?

Soapstone is soapstone.

I suppose soapstone is used, as opposed to other types of stone, because it is used as a heat sink in some wood stoves.

coldcaffeine wrote:I was in for three of these back in November for the same deal. Saved one myself, gifted the other two packs. This price is a STEAL. Elsewhere you're going to find nine rocks for $19.99.

I'm in for three more today!

Hahahahah

If you think $10 is a steal for these rocks, I've got a bridge to sell you with even more rocks, all for same $10.

I am from the "drink it however you like it" camp, and my teeth are already chipped anyway. Therefore, my biggest concern is what they do to your glass.

Do they scuff/scratch up your glasses over time? Immediately? I am not going to buy them if they are going to ruin my glassware.

These just don't do the job. I have these exact ones, bought from Woot around the holidays, and they don't bring the temp down enough to notice. Use ice. The water's good for the whiskey.

Everybody must get stoned...

theroseknows wrote:I am from the "drink it however you like it" camp, and my teeth are already chipped anyway. Therefore, my biggest concern is what they do to your glass.

Do they scuff/scratch up your glasses over time? Immediately? I am not going to buy them if they are going to ruin my glassware.

It says right in the description "Tumbling process wears down the edges, meaning they won’t scratch your glass"

IdahoCowgirl wrote:Soapstone is very, very soft. We use it for carving molds. Do these eventually wear down and away? Also, they are GRAS - Generally Regarded As Safe... What is the not-generally part of that?

Well...there was...the 'incident.' But we swore--God help us, we swore--never to speak of it again.

Toons!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py6EL3L7bBQ

If I accidentally swallow these will I produce a cool stool?

Bought these last time they were offered. Please, please, PLEASE listen to me and others when we say these will NOT chill your booze. They literally do not. I drink single malt so I thought these would be cool. If you want to look cool, buy a lounge jacket to wear when you drink your whiskey. In your hand, the stones are freezing cold. They simply hold onto their temperature. I know, you're thinking, "They must cool it a little - they're cold!" But they LITERALLY don't, not even 2 oz. of booze. HEAR ME? Good news is, they don't scratch your glass. Now, go and buy 2 sets like I did.

Why spend the money? Just do what I do and keep your Johnny Walker Blue in the freezer.

ThunderThighs wrote:HEY NOW! Rocks with a warranty! Let's get it right!

Sweet,I'm a warranty collector! How often can you get one for $10.99 delivered? Let me answer that one for you,almost never,that's how often!

They will not make your drink cold - they will, however keep it cold.

They have not scratched my good whiskey glasses, so far anyway.

They do not disintegrate. I mean they could, everything does, but under normal use they will last longer than you.

There is no 'way' to drink whiskey. However many people prefer it chilled, including the people who give you tours in Kentucky.

Adding ice chills your drink - and adds a little water - also something they recommend you do on those tours in Kentucky. Maybe it's just a bourbon thing.

My recommendation, having already purchased these stones from Woot, is that you use 2-3 small pieces of ice and 2-3 stones per drink. The ice melts, chilling the drink and adding water, and the stones let you keep it at that temp longer.

Actually telling someone they're drinking whisk[e]y wrong is pretty obtuse. Besides which, adding a splash of water, and doing so using an ice cube, is a perfectly acceptable way to imbibe. You don't have to load it up, nor do you have to drink it right away...come on.

Everyone has a different taste, and every whisk[e]y can react different.

And it's even more obtuse to say you don't add ice to liquors at all. Ice is not uncommonly an integral component primarily due to the dilution factor. People think "dilution" or even making it cold is a bad thing with liquor, when in fact it's not. Ask a real bartender sometime (and not one that is just working a high volume club, but rather a careerist bartender/mixologist). As long as you're not going to get red-faced and argue, it's a great conversation-starter with your local bartender.

About the stones, I find they're more trouble than they're worth. I have some from a far more over-priced source, but don't find them to be awfully brilliant about chilling something. Clearly, YMMV. If I just want slightly chilled, I'll chill the glass or add ice just long enough to chill it, then remove.

danSteal wrote:I have some whisky rocks but I do not use them often. I decided to see just how much they would cool my whisky. I put 1 ounce of whisky in a rock's glass (glenmorangie rocks glass, as will be used in my "glass" experiment) and added 3 whisky rocks. details as follows:

Whisky temperature, room temperature and glass temperature: 65.3F

Whisky rock temperature: 6.0F

Whisky temp:

57.8F after 1 minute

58.0F after 2 minute

59.3F after 6 minute (already warming back up without moving or drinking the whisky)

59.8F after 8 minute

60.3 after 12 minutes

Notes:

-this says that with each "rock", the temperature dropped about 2.5F but quickly warmed back up.

-more could be added to drop the temperature lower, but it would have taken 6 to drop the temperature 15F. That is enough if the room temperature is 65F to start, but not if it is 75 or 85F.

-a really thin glass may have made some difference, but I did not want to put these rocks into a delicate glass

-a more healthy dram, say 2 ounces, would only have dropped a little less that 4F in this same case (ignoring the thermal mass of the glass).

-the whisky did not really "taste or feel" colder.

hope this helps for those who want to know more about the whisky rocks!

Thanks for posting the results of your test, but you have way too much time on your hands!

amerifolklegend wrote:You ARE doing something wrong. Your entire approach is wrong: You don't buy whiskey stones to keep your whiskey cold. You buy whiskey stones to let everyone in the room you know more about whiskey than they do.

Best line of the day!

suckblat wrote:Shane MacGowan is from England, not Ireland. But really, would any country want to claim to be the birth place of this guy?

The best of Shane, dead drunk...
Video 1
Video 2

mikecris wrote:Okay got these for a gift for Dad last time. We put them in the freezer for 24 hrs. They did not chill the whiskey anywhere near as cold as ice. Is it even possible that I'm doing something wrong here?

Were you using these with MacOS, or at least Windows 7, service pack2?

xyourlocaldjx wrote:never let anyone tell you HOW a whiskey should be consumed. That is the first thing mentioned by Eden Algie... US ambassador for Macallan. It's all personal taste. Some like it on the rocks, some like it ass stagnant warm, some like it with a splash of water. etc.

to each their own.

Wow, the word "ass" got through Woot's auto-word scrambler!!

I have 'em, they work. No need to argue about whiskey temps - these things keep ANY drink cold without diluting it. Use them in your beer! They do not absorb flavors or aromas, so you can use in whiskey today and milk tomorrow.

NON-porous my analogy. My family has been in the stone industry for 50 years. Soap stone is very porous. So porous that we actually soak it in mineral spirits to coat it so that it shines. It also has radon.
Radon is formed as part of the normal radioactive decay chain of uranium and thorium. Uranium and thorium have been around since the earth was formed and their most common isotope has a very long half-life (4.5 billion years).[totally exaggerating]
But who gives a schlit, might as well smoke a cigarette too if you got one. Phockit.

Soapstone is talc which has a Mhos hardness of 1. Glass has a Mhos hardness of more than 5 and thus will not be scratched by soapstone. Tumbling probably removes corners and edges that might be broken off in the beverage.

By the way , these stones are not for you if you enjoy chewing on ice. See - British photos.

These stones are great! The first set I paid retail around $30. I bought several sets the last time they were on woot. Theses get your sprits to the perfect sipping temperature. Works great with single malt scotch and with small batch bourbons. Anyone that appreciates finer sprits will love a set!

Bought these for myself. 3 stones in a little whiskey and it's not too cold!

Meah at first I considered purchasing it but chewing on ice cubes is half of the fun of being unemployed.

Not likely they would scratch any but the most delicate of glasses... Soapstone is very soft. You can actually scratch it with anything harder than a fingernail.

I have a few sets of these, and bought them for a few of my friends for Christmas. They chill your drink, just like they are supposed to. I think they're great, and so does everyone else I know who has them. Plus they look cool.

If you drink good whiskey, scotch, etc., or if you just like having a unique bar, they are worth a buy.

If you are on the fence don't wait too long, they usually sell out quick.