ON THE ROCKS… The term is synonymous with Scoth Whiskey… “Let me get mine on the rocks” everyone has heard this at some point in their life when visiting their favorite pub / bar. Usually it means having your favorite whiskey with ice. But has anyone ever wondered where this popular term / phrase comes from? Today “on the rocks” refers to having your favorite whiskey or spirit with ice. However, it has long been argued that ICE, once diluted affects the taste of your whiskey drastically. Some like it some don’t, but there has even been devices created to form a perfect ice sphere (i.e. Macallan) to dilute your perfect dram slowly and perfectly, but that option is almost impossible to obtain, and if so, you are looking at $3K for the perfect ice sphere device. So back to ON THE ROCKS, where does this come from? And what does it mean??? On the rocks, actually derives exactly from what you would think it derives from… The old European (specifically scottish and scandnavian) practice of using a specific type of stone, such as soap stone to cool your dram of whiskey to the perfect temperature. How does this work you may ask? Well soapstone is a very special stone that is non-pourus and also adhere’s to its temperature, thus if placed in a cold temperature, it will absorb that temperature for long periods of time, therfore making it the perfect accent to your glass of whiskey. It does not melt and stays relevantly cool. Thanks to Andrew Hellman and his accidental discovery of whiskey stones, found in his swedish grandfather’s home. Andrew set out to make the century old traditional item from Scandinavia, into a streamlined version for the U.S. market with his wife, thus forming TEROFORMA.COM and WHISKEY STONES - as well as forming an alliance with the vermont soapstone workshop; the mill has been around for over 150 years. The package comes in a set of 9 along with a muslim storgae bag, and the website even sells a set with some high end avva slovenian glass blown tumblrs. The stones retail for $20… We definitely have ordered our set, and we suggest you take a look at the teroforma site, it’s pretty neat. VISIT TEROFORMA.COM WEBSITE

ON THE ROCKS…

The term is synonymous with Scoth Whiskey… “Let me get mine on the rocks” everyone has heard this at some point in their life when visiting their favorite pub / bar. Usually it means having your favorite whiskey with ice. But has anyone ever wondered where this popular term / phrase comes from?

Today “on the rocks” refers to having your favorite whiskey or spirit with ice. However, it has long been argued that ICE, once diluted affects the taste of your whiskey drastically. Some like it some don’t, but there has even been devices created to form a perfect ice sphere (i.e. Macallan) to dilute your perfect dram slowly and perfectly, but that option is almost impossible to obtain, and if so, you are looking at $3K for the perfect ice sphere device. So back to ON THE ROCKS, where does this come from? And what does it mean???

On the rocks, actually derives exactly from what you would think it derives from… The old European (specifically scottish and scandnavian) practice of using a specific type of stone, such as soap stone to cool your dram of whiskey to the perfect temperature. How does this work you may ask? Well soapstone is a very special stone that is non-pourus and also adhere’s to its temperature, thus if placed in a cold temperature, it will absorb that temperature for long periods of time, therfore making it the perfect accent to your glass of whiskey. It does not melt and stays relevantly cool.

Thanks to Andrew Hellman and his accidental discovery of whiskey stones, found in his swedish grandfather’s home. Andrew set out to make the century old traditional item from Scandinavia, into a streamlined version for the U.S. market with his wife, thus forming TEROFORMA.COM and WHISKEY STONES - as well as forming an alliance with the vermont soapstone workshop; the mill has been around for over 150 years.

The package comes in a set of 9 along with a muslim storgae bag, and the website even sells a set with some high end avva slovenian glass blown tumblrs.

The stones retail for $20… We definitely have ordered our set, and we suggest you take a look at the teroforma site, it’s pretty neat.

VISIT TEROFORMA.COM WEBSITE

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    I seriously just want these for life in general, never mind for whiskey. Though, seriously, yum.
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