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Why isn't beer served with ice? Well, the main reason is, the beer will get watered down as the ice melts – it's a problem that also extends to drinks that are served on the rocks, even though the coldness of the ice may help them to go down smoother. That's where the Beyond Zero system comes in. Instead of making ice cubes out of water, it makes them out of booze.
Invented by Kentucky-based entrepreneur Jason Sherman, the system actually consists of two devices – the Liquor Ice Maker and the Liquor Ice Storage Unit.
A liquor of the user's choice is first poured into the Maker, where it's cooled well below the temperature reached by a regular freezer, and formed into cubes. Exactly how that's accomplished is a trade secret, although the process takes just a matter of minutes.
Whiskey slushie, anyone?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by coolgopher on Saturday May 27 2017, @11:36AM (2 children)
This sounds like it'd be a lot more expensive than regular whiskey stones/steel [coolmaterial.com]. I think I'll stay low-tech this time.
(Score: 1) by anubi on Saturday May 27 2017, @11:59AM (1 child)
What amazes me a lot is how effective these things seem to be without undergoing a phase change.... unless they cooled 'em with liquid nitrogen.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 1) by arcz on Saturday May 27 2017, @09:44PM
The steel ones have gel inside that freezes.