The Macallan Ice Ball Machine- 01.15.10
Sure its 4am, but i couldn’t go to sleep before showing you the magic of the Macallan Ice Ball “Machine”. Did you know it runs on GRAVITY? Yes, high tech stuff… also the magical frictional heating of copper also comes in to play somehow just perfectly at room temperature. Really you stick a roughly right sized chunk of ice in between the two heavy pieces, and let gravity go to work on it. And with in moments ~ right before your eyes ~ it melts down to a perfectly glossy sphere. It’s magical really. This incredible device was discovered in japan (side note: where the macallan team also discovered japanese taking straight razors to carve perfect spheres of ice) ~ and they have exclusive rights to the device for a few years! I’m secretly wanting one to play with at home… See the pictures on the next page…
First exposed to it at Two Johns in Shreveport. Ordered a couple of the Macallan presses, low and behold built here in the United States. Constructed of anodized copper colored food grade aluminum alloy. Came with molds to make the ice blanks, key to clear ice is the sloooooooow freezing of water with no impurities. Heavily made to form the ball melting away the excess ice, you’ll need to run the press under hot water if you’re making multiple drinks as production slows down as the press gets colder.
DEFINETLY a fine addition to your drinking experience.
----- AndyC 22.07.14 08:43