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from the also-because-ice-cold-beer-is-an-abomination dept.
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: 2) by hendrikboom on Saturday May 27 2017, @05:29PM (1 child)
What about small cubes of stainless steel? They don't freeze or melt, but they do have heat capacity. Not as much as the heat of fusion of water, but they can still cool a drink. Just don't swallow them
(Score: 2) by Rivenaleem on Monday May 29 2017, @02:23PM
Or you can just use grapes.