Product: Mixology & Craft Whiskey Lovers Gift Set
Model: B08W5C2Z45
Condition: New
With 2 Old Fashioned 10 oz glasses, 8 granite whiskey stones, a storage tray, metal tongs, and recipe cards, this whiskey set will turn any space into a handsome home bar.
Built to last a lifetime, our premium quality, custom-fit whiskey stone box will store your stones stylishly for years to come.
Sip in style with these crystal glasses complete with coasters featuring acclaimed whiskey quotes that will instantly add some serious sophistication to your bar.
Unlike traditional ice, these granite whiskey rocks don’t melt - so you can enjoy the full, powerful taste of your preferred whiskey without watering it down.
Packaged in a chic, rustic wooden crate, our mens gift set is a joy to unbox and makes the perfect present for the whiskey lover in your life.
Includes:
(2) 10oz Old-Fashioned Crystal Glasses - lead-free, stylish drinking glasses, perfect for drinking with a buddy
(8) Granite Whiskey Stones - chills drink without diluting it
Whiskey Stone Tray - holds stones for easy transfer to and from the freezer
(2) Stone Slate Coasters - protect furniture from water marks
Ice Tongs - a hygienic way to add whiskey stones to drinks
Brown Wood Storage Box - attractive storage box, perfect as a talking piece on a shelf or for gift-giving (12.5”x9.5”x5”)
Whiskey Recipe Cards - easy-to-follow recipes with history on bourbon and whiskey
@dpease It’s a way of drinking whiskey I’ve never understood. You don’t want your whiskey diluted by melting ice… but you also want it cold enough you can’t taste all of it? Go for it if that’s what you like but whatever you are doing is too complicated for me.
As Dave Arnold writes in Liquid Intelligence, “there is no cooling without dilution,” or at least too little to measure. Whiskey stones just give you an easy way to crack your teeth.
@Lynnerizer@SSteve If you boil the water first, it will drive out the dissolved air that causes most of the cloudiness. (Probably want to let it cool before putting it into molds). The speed of cooling also has an effect.
@mehcuda67@SSteve I have a standard bullet type ice machine. It makes cloudy ice with filtered water (what I usually use). It makes clear ice with distilled water.
First, it is indeed an LG refrigerator who automatically makes my ice balls (). They call it “craft ice“ and as far as I know, they are the only ones who do it for consumer freezers. It was very pricey when they first introduced it, but when I got mine, it only cost an extra $150.
Second, they have two options for those ice balls (). The fastest they can make them is 6 balls per day. They have another option for 3 balls per day, but that will make the balls clear. Apparently the way they do that (and why it takes twice as long) is they heat up the water before freezing it!
Now in my experience it doesn’t make the ice balls completely clear, but it does make them noticeably clearER. So apparently there is some truth to heating water makes ice clear.
@dpease@etal@haydesigner@mehcuda67@SSteve
That’s pretty cool! It’s crazy to me that they actually make a refrigerator, or built-in ice maker, that gives the option of having clear ice. And ice balls at THAT! I wouldn’t have thought there was a big enough market for such a thing! Just to be clear, (no pun intended ) are they the 2.5" to 3" ice balls?
It’s a bummer that I wouldn’t be able to use a refrigerator/ice maker like that because we don’t drink our tap water here, not even with a filter. For some reason our water has a gross smell and a strange color. It’s extremely unappealing! Except for the neighbor across the hall nobody else that I’ve asked here in the condos seems to be bothered by the water. So, I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s either we’re just way gtoo picky, or it’s something in our pipes that’s causing it. Either way, unless it’s possible to hook up the water line to a 5 gallon jug ANY KIND of ice maker isn’t going to work. 🫤
@etal@haydesigner@Lynnerizer@mehcuda67@SSteve I have a countertop ice maker. No water line, you pour whatever water you want to make ice with into it and it turns it into ice. We have a jug on the counter and when the ice machine needs more ice we fill the jug from the filtered tap and pour it in the ice machine. The ice isn’t clear, or in funny shapes, but it is great in beverages.
@Lynnerizer is it your area, or just your building that’s funky? Either way, it is probably worth calling your local water utility.
And the balls are about 2.5”, and come with a small slice off the top. Or bottom. Depends on your perspective . I’ll take a photo later if you want. It does take up a whole shelf of your freezer, though, in addition to the regular ice maker built-in to the freezer door.
@dpease, I have read in a few places (but not looked into it very much myself) that table top icemakers can easily have mold issues, usually because they are never cleaned. They were one of the top returned items at Costco while they had them.
@haydesigner So I believe it’s only a few units in my building that have an issue with the water. Well, it’s actually half, 3 out of 6 of us only use bottled water. We’ve done water testing but not professionally. I haven’t had any luck with figuring out who to call about it. I suppose I should start with the management company.
I’d been looking at the countertop units but I don’t care for the tiny cubes that they make. I’ve only seen the kind that make the bullet cubes. And I hadn’t read about the mold issue. Can’t you just make sure you clean it every now and then?
@haydesigner definitely possible to have growth in the unit. Mfr recommends running cleaning cycle with a dilute vinegar solution every so often. I have done it once or twice. I drain it and wipe down the tank on a more regular basis.
I got my first countertop ice maker in 2022 and ran it virtually non-stop for 25 months until it stopped working. Then I bought a replacement. The ice tastes great and the system seems much more trustworthy to me than something with a water line and dispenser connected to an appliance where god knows what is going on inside. (I’ve been hurt before…)
So WHY do you keep having a poll with this kind of question if you’re no longer setting up a poll thread? Are you hoping people will just post their comments in this thread, or that we keep creating the threads ourselves?
Haven’t been drinking whiskey drinks a whole lot lately for whatever reason. But I made Sazeracs a couple nights ago and Manhattans last week. Here’s one we like a lot that we learned from Imbibe Magazine. It’s called an Old Friend:
1½ oz. bourbon
½ oz. Cynar
½ oz. Bénédictine
@SSteve if there is one thing I love hate, it’s a recipe that includes an ingredient I have heard of, but would never have on hand plus an ingredient that I have never heard of.
this forces me to simplify your recipe to:
1 1/2 oz. bourbon
@SSteve@umbrellacorp Cynar is pronounced “chee-nar,” with a hard “ch” sound at the beginning.
Cynar is an apéritif (low sugar, low alcohol, meant to stimulate appetite), and can be consumed by itself, or mixed with soda water and lemon or orange slice.
Bénédictine is a French herbal liqueur known for its complex, rich, and honeyed flavor profile, with notes of warm spices, citrus, and a hint of herbs
Bourbon is a barrel-aged American whiskey made primarily from corn and aged in new, charred oak barrels.
@ekw@umbrellacorp I have a passion for making cocktails. I make one for my wife and myself almost every night and I’m always trying new recipes. We have a lot of cabinet space dedicated to ingredients.
@SSteve@umbrellacorp I would certainly try what I would call “fancy cocktails”, but it’s unlikely I’d ever make them. I tend to drink the cheapest bourbon that I find “drinkable” straight.
lately, that bourbon has been “Ten High”.
it is . . . inexpensive.
@SSteve I love bourbon, am very familiar (and fond of) cynar in cocktails, less so with benedictine, and not at all with this combo, but it sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing!
@longtones Cool! I hope you try it and like it. Since you like Cynar, here’s another. We learned this one from a bartender at Clive’s Classic Lounge in Victoria, BC. It’s called a Nancy Sinatra (because it’s all about boots). It’s one of our favorites.
1.5 oz Johnnie Walker Black
0.75 oz Cynar
0.75 oz Maraschino Liqueur
1 dash orange bitters
lemon twist
@Jamileigh17@umbrellacorp Here’s what I found for a Paper Plane cocktail recipe. I guess the detours help eliminate the complicated ingredients while making a tasty drink.
Getting a whiskey guy whiskey stones is akin to getting dad a tie. If your he likes whiskey, buy him a BOTTLE. Aim for either something he’s never had before or something he regularly drinks.
2 ounces bourbon whiskey
1 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
3/4 ounce simple syrup
1 egg white from a small to medium egg
Ice
1 maraschino cherry
Build the cocktail - Place the bourbon, lemon juice, simple syrup, and egg white in a cocktail shaker. Do not add ice yet.
Dry shake the cocktail. Seal the shaker and shake vigorously for 10 seconds. (This is referred to as a “dry shake.” It’s good for incorporating the egg white before adding ice to the shaker.)
Shake again with ice. Add ice, seal again, and shake for 7 to 10 seconds more to chill.
John Strain the cocktail. Fit a Hawthorne strainer over the top of the shaker and pour the cocktail through a fine-mesh strainer into a rocks or coupe glass. This is referred to as a “double strain” and this method is used to catch any ice shards or pulp from the fresh-squeezed lemon juice. Add ice if desired.
@lljk But it has to be in a brown paper bag so it’s not suspicious at all when the local police have to step over you on a sidewalk in the bad part of town.
@Kyeh I suspect milk would be disgusting mixed in whiskey too… and that bent bottle in the bottom engine oil? I probably wouldn’t mix whiskey with engine oil.
Does it come with gender reassignment? Is that what the stones are for? Because without it, I can’t be that guy…despite my enormous…collection of single malts.
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Product: Mixology & Craft Whiskey Lovers Gift Set
Model: B08W5C2Z45
Condition: New
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Finally! I can get some stones!
With this and a few bottles, you too can match the number of brain cells left over in an “AI” user.
@DrunkCat Would you like to create our AI-generated stuff from scratch? We have a volunteer position open…
@troy Genuinely love the implication that “AI” use is a free cost. Besides, I already paid my dues.
@DrunkCat @troy
None of the pictures are visible …
@Kyeh @troy Blame meh, the images are still up. https://imgur.com/5Fmrcsd
@DrunkCat @troy Thanks … I can only see one, though!
@Kyeh @troy A few more:
https://imgur.com/bcEH9u7
https://imgur.com/fvaqmXG
https://imgur.com/caKaeSF
https://imgur.com/wUkBllL
@DrunkCat @troy Thanks!
I really like the wet dragon.
@Kyeh @troy It’s a Royal Ludroth from Monster Hunter!
No whiskey, no deal.
@ShotgunX Waiting for a 12-pack deal on the sister site BarrelMates.com
$10 less than Amazon? Shame shame shame
@zen Not a math major, I see
Indeed, a self-shaming comment!
/showme a self-shaming comment that rings a bell
@lonocat The Most Interesting Cat in the World …
@Kyeh @lonocat “I don’t always drink whisky, but when I do, the whole neighborhood knows about it.”
@lonocat Sadly, our cats are gin drinkers… (cretins)
Whiskey stones are useless
@dpease It’s a way of drinking whiskey I’ve never understood. You don’t want your whiskey diluted by melting ice… but you also want it cold enough you can’t taste all of it? Go for it if that’s what you like but whatever you are doing is too complicated for me.
@dpease Completely.
As Dave Arnold writes in Liquid Intelligence, “there is no cooling without dilution,” or at least too little to measure. Whiskey stones just give you an easy way to crack your teeth.
@dpease Yep. It’s water’s phase change from solid to liquid that sucks up the calories. http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/phase.html
I’d rather have a bottle in front of me,
than a frontal lobotomy.
When I can’t say that I’ve had enough…
@JohnQ118 Yes one of my favorites. Plus, two variations:
I’d rather have a full bottle in front of me,
than a full-frontal lobotomy.
I’d rather have a free bottle in front of me,
than a pre-frontal lobotomy.
Anyone I gave this to would either be confounded or insulted. I think it’s for the aspiring drunk in your dorm.
Nicer box for just a little more.
https://a.co/d/6eEBoQb
@medz A far better deal, considering that the box is the nicest part of the collection.
I tried… I really tried… to do the whiskey stone thing 15 years ago. Went full-on into it for a few years.
I didn’t see any effect, really, except that it felt weird having actual stones in my glass.
So a few years ago, I bought one of those refrigerators that makes ice balls. much better. At least for me.
/showme craft ice balls
@haydesigner
I have molds I use for ice balls (I use ice balls every day, not for alcohol) but I’ve never heard of a refrigerator that makes them…
@Lynnerizer Some friends had a fridge that made clear ice balls in addition to regular cloudy ice. Maybe it was an LG.
@SSteve
Neat, I’ll have to check that out!
@Lynnerizer @SSteve If you boil the water first, it will drive out the dissolved air that causes most of the cloudiness. (Probably want to let it cool before putting it into molds). The speed of cooling also has an effect.
@mehcuda67 That’s not true. Directional freezing is what makes clear ice. You can read about it from the guy who literally wrote the book about ice. He has done all the experiments. https://www.alcademics.com/index-of-ice-experiments-on-alcademics.html
@mehcuda67 @SSteve I have a standard bullet type ice machine. It makes cloudy ice with filtered water (what I usually use). It makes clear ice with distilled water.
@dpease @mehcuda67 @SSteve @Lynnerizer @EtAl…
First, it is indeed an LG refrigerator who automatically makes my ice balls (
). They call it “craft ice“ and as far as I know, they are the only ones who do it for consumer freezers. It was very pricey when they first introduced it, but when I got mine, it only cost an extra $150.
Second, they have two options for those ice balls (
). The fastest they can make them is 6 balls per day. They have another option for 3 balls per day, but that will make the balls clear. Apparently the way they do that (and why it takes twice as long) is they heat up the water before freezing it!
Now in my experience it doesn’t make the ice balls completely clear, but it does make them noticeably clearER. So apparently there is some truth to heating water makes ice clear.
@dpease @etal @haydesigner @mehcuda67 @SSteve
I wouldn’t have thought there was a big enough market for such a thing! Just to be clear, (no pun intended 
) are they the 2.5" to 3" ice balls? 
That’s pretty cool! It’s crazy to me that they actually make a refrigerator, or built-in ice maker, that gives the option of having clear ice. And ice balls at THAT!
It’s a bummer that I wouldn’t be able to use a refrigerator/ice maker like that because we don’t drink our tap water here, not even with a filter. For some reason our water has a gross smell and a strange color. It’s extremely unappealing!
Except for the neighbor across the hall nobody else that I’ve asked here in the condos seems to be bothered by the water. So, I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s either we’re just way gtoo picky, or it’s something in our pipes that’s causing it. 
Either way, unless it’s possible to hook up the water line to a 5 gallon jug ANY KIND of ice maker isn’t going to work. 🫤
@etal @haydesigner @Lynnerizer @mehcuda67 @SSteve I have a countertop ice maker. No water line, you pour whatever water you want to make ice with into it and it turns it into ice. We have a jug on the counter and when the ice machine needs more ice we fill the jug from the filtered tap and pour it in the ice machine. The ice isn’t clear, or in funny shapes, but it is great in beverages.
@Lynnerizer is it your area, or just your building that’s funky? Either way, it is probably worth calling your local water utility.
And the balls are about 2.5”, and come with a small slice off the top. Or bottom. Depends on your perspective
. I’ll take a photo later if you want. It does take up a whole shelf of your freezer, though, in addition to the regular ice maker built-in to the freezer door.
@dpease, I have read in a few places (but not looked into it very much myself) that table top icemakers can easily have mold issues, usually because they are never cleaned. They were one of the top returned items at Costco while they had them.
@haydesigner So I believe it’s only a few units in my building that have an issue with the water. Well, it’s actually half, 3 out of 6 of us only use bottled water. We’ve done water testing but not professionally. I haven’t had any luck with figuring out who to call about it. I suppose I should start with the management company.
I’d been looking at the countertop units but I don’t care for the tiny cubes that they make. I’ve only seen the kind that make the bullet cubes. And I hadn’t read about the mold issue. Can’t you just make sure you clean it every now and then?
@haydesigner definitely possible to have growth in the unit. Mfr recommends running cleaning cycle with a dilute vinegar solution every so often. I have done it once or twice. I drain it and wipe down the tank on a more regular basis.
I got my first countertop ice maker in 2022 and ran it virtually non-stop for 25 months until it stopped working. Then I bought a replacement. The ice tastes great and the system seems much more trustworthy to me than something with a water line and dispenser connected to an appliance where god knows what is going on inside. (I’ve been hurt before…)
So WHY do you keep having a poll with this kind of question if you’re no longer setting up a poll thread? Are you hoping people will just post their comments in this thread, or that we keep creating the threads ourselves?
@Kyeh
Good question!
@Kyeh Let’s vote on it.
@Kyeh Sorry, we know about this and we’ll get this back working. Hopefully soon.
@dave Yay! Now if only we could get our original ugly-cute Irk back, instead of his lousy knock-off version.
@dave @Kyeh
@dave @Kyeh
Is it Cute, ugly IRK or Ugly, cute IRK?
I just think IRK is adorable whatever way we see him!
MEH
“Brown Wood”. Wow. And it talks!
@stolicat Well, if the wooden box talks, in for 2! (So they can have a conversation, of course).
@stolicat It’s a mimic.
Haven’t been drinking whiskey drinks a whole lot lately for whatever reason. But I made Sazeracs a couple nights ago and Manhattans last week. Here’s one we like a lot that we learned from Imbibe Magazine. It’s called an Old Friend:
1½ oz. bourbon
½ oz. Cynar
½ oz. Bénédictine
@SSteve if there is one thing I love hate, it’s a recipe that includes an ingredient I have heard of, but would never have on hand plus an ingredient that I have never heard of.
this forces me to simplify your recipe to:
1 1/2 oz. bourbon
@SSteve I’ve heard of one of those ingredients.
@SSteve @umbrellacorp Cynar is pronounced “chee-nar,” with a hard “ch” sound at the beginning.
Cynar is an apéritif (low sugar, low alcohol, meant to stimulate appetite), and can be consumed by itself, or mixed with soda water and lemon or orange slice.
Bénédictine is a French herbal liqueur known for its complex, rich, and honeyed flavor profile, with notes of warm spices, citrus, and a hint of herbs
Bourbon is a barrel-aged American whiskey made primarily from corn and aged in new, charred oak barrels.
(Had to look it up)
@accelerator @SSteve @umbrellacorp Thanks for saving the rest of us from the dreaded rabbit hole!
@ekw @umbrellacorp I have a passion for making cocktails. I make one for my wife and myself almost every night and I’m always trying new recipes. We have a lot of cabinet space dedicated to ingredients.
@SSteve @umbrellacorp I would certainly try what I would call “fancy cocktails”, but it’s unlikely I’d ever make them. I tend to drink the cheapest bourbon that I find “drinkable” straight.
lately, that bourbon has been “Ten High”.
it is . . . inexpensive.
@SSteve I love bourbon, am very familiar (and fond of) cynar in cocktails, less so with benedictine, and not at all with this combo, but it sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing!
@accelerator @mehcuda67 @SSteve @umbrellacorp ALSO, Cynar is made from artichokes!
@longtones Cool! I hope you try it and like it. Since you like Cynar, here’s another. We learned this one from a bartender at Clive’s Classic Lounge in Victoria, BC. It’s called a Nancy Sinatra (because it’s all about boots). It’s one of our favorites.
1.5 oz Johnnie Walker Black
0.75 oz Cynar
0.75 oz Maraschino Liqueur
1 dash orange bitters
lemon twist
“Oh, Whisky stones!”
My favorite whiskey cocktail is whiskey plus lemonade plus aperol. It originally started out as a paper plane, and took some detours along the way.
@Jamileigh17 what’s the ratio?
@umbrellacorp Roughly equal, depending how sweet the lemonade and which whiskey I’m using, I taste it and adjust.
@Jamileigh17 @umbrellacorp Here’s what I found for a Paper Plane cocktail recipe. I guess the detours help eliminate the complicated ingredients while making a tasty drink.
1½ ounces bourbon
1½ ounces Aperol
1½ ounces Amaro Nonino Quintessentia
1½ ounces fresh lemon juice
@accelerator @Jamileigh17 Thank you!
@Jamileigh17 hmm. I have all of these things. Guess im giving an after dinner cocktail a try tonight!
Getting a whiskey guy whiskey stones is akin to getting dad a tie. If your he likes whiskey, buy him a BOTTLE. Aim for either something he’s never had before or something he regularly drinks.
Every time I see those cooling rocks, I’m reminded of the Ink & Paint Bar in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. (“And I mean ice!”)
This’ll make a great addition to our emergency ‘Oh crap, we need a gift’ stash.
Everyone I know who drinks whiskey just wants whiskey as a gift, not additional barware.
Whiskey Sour -
2 ounces bourbon whiskey
1 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
3/4 ounce simple syrup
1 egg white from a small to medium egg
Ice
1 maraschino cherry
Build the cocktail - Place the bourbon, lemon juice, simple syrup, and egg white in a cocktail shaker. Do not add ice yet.
@accelerator Good recipe. Pretty soon the egg white might be the most expensive ingredient in it.
Can I use this with Kool-Aid?
@blaineg
Let he who is without whiskey cast the first stone.
Cast them in to the back of the liquor cabinet and get some nice ice cube molds.
Nothing like a rock sliding down glass and break a tooth, hard pass.
To answer the poll, is it “neat” if you drink whiskey out of the bottle? Preferably a big plastic one with a handle? Asking for a friend.
@lljk But it has to be in a brown paper bag so it’s not suspicious at all when the local police have to step over you on a sidewalk in the bad part of town.
@lljk @pmarin
/showme what I should not mix Whiskey with
@OnionSoup Soot not, and eneeergy drinks.
Well, it’s not incorrect.
@Kyeh I suspect milk would be disgusting mixed in whiskey too… and that bent bottle in the bottom engine oil? I probably wouldn’t mix whiskey with engine oil.
@Kyeh @OnionSoup I was thinking the bent bottle was toilet cleaner.
@ItalianScallion @Kyeh yeah, that might not work with whiskey either. Although if it contains bleach it might protect me from Covid.
@Kyeh @OnionSoup But supposing you brought the light inside the whiskey, either through the glass or some other way?
@ItalianScallion @Kyeh @OnionSoup
I’m actually fond of eggnog in the season…
@chienfou @ItalianScallion @Kyeh @OnionSoup Agree (but I more often use dark rum rather than whiskey in eggnog).
The biggest non-meh source of traffic for this item is drone.horse !?!
Did that meh site re-emerge like a phoenix from the ashes, or is someone’s web crawler stuck in 2016?
@zippyus WTAFBBQ?
Oh…
From the email I thought the deal was going to be for a set meh. branded whiskey glasses.
Not that I should buy those either. But, I would probably buy those.
pass, no booze, I already have the glasses and rocks and tongs and coasters and drink recipes
Why not take a masonry bit to the whiskey stones you were gifted, add pips, and regift them back to the giver as a rustic Yahtzee® set?
Does it come with gender reassignment? Is that what the stones are for? Because without it, I can’t be that guy…despite my enormous…collection of single malts.
I received it with a broken glass. Hopefully it gets taken care of