Ice balls are a relatively new discovery of mine, I first encountered them when my brother, who was a bar manager at the time, pulled out a contraption and loaded a giant cube of ice into it. The device rapidly melted the cube into a clear sphere of ice which was then dropped into my bourbon.
I don’t remember much of what happened next, the night was a blur of Basil Hayden’s, ice balls and lengthy debates about the pros and cons of scotch vs bourbon. One thing we all did agree on was that ice spheres are the perfect way to cool down spirits, they melt very slowly and so dilute the nectar of the gods only slightly.
This kit by Cirrus is a professional grade ice sphere kit designed for use in bars, hotels and restaurants, hit the link to check it out via Williams-Sonoma.
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This film from 1950 was created to give Americans a look into what it was like to fly on the then-new Pan American Boeing 377 Stratocruiser. The Stratocruiser was an advanced aircraft for its time, it featured a pressurised cabin, two floors of seating for passengers, and it could carry up to 100 people. The…
The Roland Sands Design Jagger Jacket is a new release from the Californian motorcycle equipment and apparel company designed to offer genuine three-season usability in most climates, and four season usability in some. Roland Sands started his namesake company after retiring as a professional motorcycle racer, over the course of his career he set multiple…
The Off Grid Tools Survival Companion Multi-Tool was developed by a team of Minnesotans as a pocket survival tool that can be easily carried on road trips and off road excursions. The small, lightweight tool includes long-lasting magnesium and ferrocerium rods (one on either side), sliding the back of a knife down the rod fires…
The Cord 812 SC Phaeton, and its non-supercharged sibling the 810, have been held up as possibly the best examples of American automobile design from the pre-WWII era, and of the 20th century as a whole. The Cord 810/812 – History and Specifications The design brilliance of the Cord 810/812 is more than skin-deep, the…
This highly unusual 1933 Chevrolet custom car is thought to be the first complete car built to a design by Alex Tremulis, the legendary American car designer who would go on to design vehicles as varied as the Tucker 48, the Ford X-2000, the Subaru Brat, and even the Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar – a reusable…
The We Went Fast Christmas tree ornament doubles up as a bottle opener to ensure that it’s the only piece of Christmas decoration that you can actually use for the other 11 months of the year. Each one is cut from 1/8″ stainless steel by legendary custom car and motorcycle builder Bryan Fuller using a…
