Quote Originally Posted by gpmeakin View Post
Is this where having a drink "on the rocks" came from?
Actually, "on the rocks" was coined to describe something "over ice", but that is where the trade name for one version of this product, "On the Rocks" comes from, even though these are stones. I had one set of 9 stones I recieved as a gift last year, and recieved another set of 9 this year, again as a gift from a different friend who knows I like my scotch whisky.

The stones do need to be rinsed and dried before putting them in the freezer. They do chill a drink without diluting its contents with melted water as would ice. They do require thorough rinsing and drying again after use before returning to the freezer. They are not porous and are not supposed to add to or detract from the natural flavor of whatever drink you put them in, although I suppose if you put them in something particularly acidic or basic that that might not be the case with prolonged exposure.

I have only used them once, with a particularly potent bourbon I was trying out after discovering that I did not enjoy its fullness neat and at room temperature. Addition of a few "rocks" did drop the temperature significantly making the bourbon more palatable, but still not to my personal liking. As above stated I would personally NOT put these in my own glass of fine single malt scotch whisky, but I do know that others sometimes prefer theirs cold and others diluted with water or both.

Mine stay in their little bag in the freezer awaiting a visitor with a thirst who might like to try them, hopefully not with my "good" scotch.

One note---be careful when using them with fine glasses to gently place them in the glass so as not to break the fine glass itself by just plunking them in carelessly.