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Those are bunk. The cooling power of ice comes from the phase change from solid to liquid, which absorbs a ton of heat. The temperature change from 25 to 32 de
by bcbrown 12y ago
Those are bunk.
The cooling power of ice comes from the phase change from solid to liquid, which absorbs a ton of heat. The temperature change from 25 to 32 degrees Fahrenheit is minor in comparison.
Whiskey stones do not change phase, and so they have a much smaller amount of heat they can absorb, and I haven't found them to be very effective for chilling a drink to 32 degrees and keeping it there. There's no dilution, but that doesn't matter to me as much as the temperature.
- dkersten 12y agoSo, I didn't know what they were so looked them up. According to some of the reviewers on Amazon, the purpose of Whiskey stones is not to chill your drink, but rather to only very slightly chill whiskey below room temperature. That is, as one of the reviewers says, they are great for their very specific purpose and useless for everything else and they are not an ice replacement. So, they're not bunk - they just weren't designed for your use case. Of course, as another reviewer suggests, a cheaper way to chill your whiskey by a degree or two would be to put the glass in a fridge for a minute ;-) (Then again, someone else comments saying that "You don't want to chill your glass, because the moisture will effect your whiskey. You're still exposing your whiskey to the moisture (water) as the glass warms.")