Hey guys,
Just saw this on the Aldi website. It's a great price considering these things usually cost about $1 per stone.
In case your wondering why you would want stones in your whiskey. Basically you freeze these and use them as icecube substitutes. You can rinse and repeat. :) The point of it is too stop you drinks from getting dilutes by ice.
I guess if you make your icecubes with whisky these wouldn't add much. (you may need a very cold freezer)
Enjoy!
these will go great with my lemonade
haha.
I r stupid very
what a rip off when you can just wash some stones from the backyard.
they should have stainless steel icecubes with water inside, that way toss-pots could actually cool their drinks worth a damn, at least cooler than they could get with a handful of rocks.
what a wunch of bankers.
You'll need all 9 stones if you hope to actually cool your drink.
Why whiskey stones don't cool as well as ice
Just saw this on the Aldi website. It's a great price considering these things usually cost about $1 per stone.
Ahhhh they are a $1 a stone ?
Edit:Thanks jaragonzalo
Ahhh cool mught grab some
will have to check on way home this is a great price
Not on sale till saturday scorp
Whiskey Stones sound like a medical condition.
I'll have what he's having
instead of kidney stones?
Absolutely.
This will get you stoned.
Isn't stone porous?
Which means overtime your stones gonna have some flavour to them and you will be putting in different flavours into your whiskey.
like seasoning a cast iron grill?
lol someone throw these in a roast chicken for the lols
so if you soak your stones in coke - you don't even have to add the coke to your single malt…
you can just use these stones to achieve your favourite mixed flavours.
now that's a serious ozbargain mind - saving on horribly overpriced coke!!
:)
That went straight over your head.
clearly you have not tried laphroaig 25 y/o cask strength and coke….
I'm note sure you have lived yet!
I dont really know that much about drinking whiskey but isnt this guy right? why spend like $50+ on a good bottle of single malt if you want to mix it with coke? I mean if you went to scotland and asked for a good single malt and asked to mix it with coke the bartender would prob throw you out of the pub.
Also were talking about using whiskey stones to chill your drink and not dilute it..you might as well put the coke in the fridge if you wanted to mix
Expensive wiskey (especially single malts like Laphroaig) and coke go together like jv and his "where's the pedals" comment on every bike post. It's a long standing ozbargain joke. They need to put this in the wiki.
It couldn't have gone over his head. His reflexes are too quick!
True ozbargainers soak the stones in whiskey and add it to the coke.
GOLD! - you win my friend… you win!
True ozbargainer here..
We just drink water and pretend it's whiskey. If there are other people around then a few drops of food colouring will do wonders for the illusion.
Of course the water is drunk out of cupped hands as we can't be caught alive spending money on liquid holders. Reused plastic bags also work fine.
This is one of the things im thankful to pepsi for, I used to drink both as a kid and remember a time in the late 90's early 00's where each week one would be on special and the other would be $2.20 as a normal price and I wasnt allowed to have it.
Now Pepsi sits at $2.00-$2.60 for a 2L bottle and is frequently on special for under $2.00 per 2L…..
And coke has just gone up and up and up and up, even when its on special its still terribly priced.
Glad i became intollerant to coke years ago and can only drink pepsi max.
i cant believe so many people here drink it. You see the occasional post for coke unleashed points and you think, wtf?
It surely must be the king of brands if they can persuade the tightarses here to pay double the price for a label that they look at for 2 minutes and then throw in the bin.
I don't know about others but I drink my Scotch whisky at room temperature, with just a splash of water. I find that this brings out the flavour a lot better than when it's chilled.
real men drink mountain dew with doritos
Something's seriously wrong in your head…
I'd hate to see what goes on when you splash your face with water
Try to heat it up instead! ;)
good idea for some gluhwein…!
Just keep the stones at room temperature.
I prefer my whisky undiluted so I'd leave out the water.
Even a cask strength Islay?
A while since I've had that (unfortunately); still prefer it neat, just pour slightly less in the glass and take smaller sips.
Possibly one could add an extra stone or two?
Not sure of the point of this product - good whiskey is better at room temperature, and cheap whiskey is better diluted or even mixed. But still a deal nonetheless.
It really depends what 'room temperature' is. It's different from North Queensland compared to say, Northern Scotland. At higher air/room temperatures alcohol at this strength vapourises quicker, meaning you lose more flavour compounds in the alcohol than at a lower temperature.
But we all know that adding too much water dilutes our favourite drink. So, in order to knock down the temperature a tad to get the best of both worlds - either cool your glass, or add something to the whisky (like these stones) to get it to a good sipping temperature.
At higher air/room temperatures alcohol at this strength vapourises quicker…
Surely you'd have to be an exceptionally slow drinker if noticeable vaporisation is occurring before you finish your drink! And if you drink that slow, you could preclude the problem by pouring yourself a single sip into a chilled shot-glass, which would presumably keep you satisfied for an hour or two…
Generalisation?
Some high-end cast strength whiskys pretty much require a couple of drops of water, regardless of room temperature. This is in order for one to experience the full bouquet of aromatics the whisky has to offer. Otherwise the aromatics offered solely by the alcohol content, can (and usually does) dominate the palate.
Everybody has personal preference so it is difficult to argue one way or the other. But cask strength is generally 60% to 65%. One ounce is 29.5ml. Two drops of water = 0.1ml. Changing the composition by less than 1% is not really going to affect the taste. I'm of the opinion that any taste change from a couple of drops of water would be psychosomatic.
I think you mean self delusion. As a seasoned whisky drinker I an well aware that even a couple of drops can have a dramatic affect on the aromatics of a good whisky. You can reinforce the point re proportions by adding a few grains of salt to a cup of coffee and noting how much it changes the flavour.
The magic here is how the water changes the solubility of the ethanol in the drink and in doing so releases compounds that were bound by the ethanol which our nose and taste can detect.
@garglebutt: There is a huge difference between altering the balance between two compounds already found in a solution (ie water and ethanol) and introducing a new compound into a solution (ie salt into coffee). I am also a very seasoned whisky drinker, and I'll argue that 2 drops of water into an ounce of whiskey will not make a noticeable difference.
Also - you aren't changing the solubility with such a small change in concentration.
Here is a previous discussion I started about whiskey stones in general….
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/154713
I ended up just getting an ice cube tray that makes massive ice cubes, and they work great. Perfect for old fashioneds. Agreed, some whiskey is better at room temperature, blah blah blah… all personal preference.
I like bourbon slightly chilled so will grab some of these and try, cheers!
Throw the bottle of bourbon in the freezer. It will chill it and not freeze
He said "slightly chilled" hombre… not -20C!
Mine's set to -18C!
Slightly my friendo
perfect gift for the whiskey drinking relative you don't like very much
whiskey stones are a stupid idea…. so ineffective
just keep a clean glass in the freezer if you can't keep you scotch at a reasonable temp
That's fine if you plan to drink only one glass, by yourself, each session. Which is a sad scenario on multiple levels.
Im pretty sure that these rocks will only chill one glass, if that. So either stock up on these stupid rocks or put some more bloody glasses in the fridge. Your choice.
I will just leave this here. They dont chill much…
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yep, these don't work. the reason why ice is so effective at cooling as it 'consumes' energy (heat) in the phase change from solid to liquid.
Now I want balls of steel!
They might rust.
These could come in handy in the bedroom. No more wet bedsheets…just stones that smell like sex.
Now, if only Ozbargain had some cheap deals for sex…
Pointless. At all tasting's i've done i've been told to add a dash of water or let the ice melt into the whiskey before drinking.
Perhaps other people prefer different things? What a thought?!
mind…. blown!
so you mix your expensive whiskey with coke huh?
@glam77: that's exactly how I prefer my spirits. Apparently in supposed to drink them neat, but my preference is not to.
Why not just keep the whiskey in the freezer? It won't freeze, and it will be cold.
I also do this as I dont drink the good stuff, but as I was flamed the last time I suggested this, apparently you lose some of the flavor.
Wondering if you had the whisky too hot last time. Be careful out there.
What about the choking hazard after a couple too many ..il stick to ice
you'd be pooping bricks…literally.
How about put the whiskey in the fridge/freezer ?
NSW/VIC/QLD only, please update title
I noticed this and some camping gear they stocked were very similar to what's on DealExtreme. Chance of an Aldi and DX partnership?
Best prank ever
Add these to a drunk mates drink instead of ice if hes a chewer
Watch the hilarity unfold both then and the impending dentist bill
You ever cracked a tooth on something hard?
I have.
It's not something I would do to an enemy, let alone a mate.
Way overpriced.
you can get these for $100 per tonne (thats probably 5000 packs)
http://anlscape.com.au/Products/gravels-pebbles/nepean-river…
you can walk outside and chip a piece of concrete off the footpath by hitting it repeatedly with your head. Even cheaper.
Can confirm these things barely work. Waste of money.
Add a splash of water instead.
True, I tried these with soft drinks and juices, they hardly make any difference. Back to Ice
Whiskey instead of bong water, that's a Whiskey Stone
Option 1) Chip my good glasses, or option 2) Chip my teeth.
Besides, would be a pita to wash, dry and back to the freezer…
Its soap stone, so it won't chip shit.
But having actually used them several times, they barely chill the whiskey anyway and as other have mentioned, if your whiskey is good enough you probably won't need to chill it anyway.
Wouldn't these also scratch the glass?
These are usually made of soapstone, which is a lot softer than other rocks.
Why not just pick up pebbles from a riverbank and use those? They're free!
It's 9 stones 3,99 AUD.