…but rocks with whisky might be taking it a little too far.
I must confess to being rather partial to a good single malt (none of that blended rubbish, thank you very much), and one of the reasons that I’ve enjoyed many a trip to Scotland is that it combines lots of cool geology with pubs that have a row of 50-odd different whiskies lined up behind the bar. But I’ve never thought to combine the two in quite the same way as Dr. Howard Lahti, the brains behind Sippin on the Rocks, has…
thusly:Put a little piece of Scotland in your Scotch!
Sippin on the Rocks offers the perfect solution to the problem of having your Scotch or favorite drink diluted with melting ice. These highly polished granite cubes are simply placed in your freezer and then are used to cool your drink.
The Scots claim that one of the most important factors contributing to the flavor of Scotch whisky is the water, which has percolated through, and flowed across the primordial granites of their Hibernian homeland.
Based on this assumption, Canadian Geochemist, Dr. Howard Lahti, reasoned that the flavor of Scotch could be retained, and enhanced, if the liquor were reunited with the rock so vital to its origin.
While working in the Canadian Shield near his hometown of Mattawa, Ontario, Dr. Lahti added pieces of cold granite to his favorite Scotch, and savored the non-diluted result. Eureka!! His hypothesis was confirmed.
I can’t say I’ve ever been inclined to add ice to my whisky glass anyway (maybe a small drop of cold water) – and it seems that many might consider it a heresy, and at $70 for the set pictured above, I’m not sure I’m tempted to try the replacement for something I don’t do anyway…
(HT: The Self-designed Student)
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