I <3 Single Malts And The Macallan Ice Ball Maker

By Peter Ha | January 19, 2010 | +

Photo Credit: Notcot

This is totally off-topic, but I had to share this video I took while at a Macallan tasting event in NYC last week. The team at Macallan first discovered this copper contraption in Japan and has struck a deal for the exclusive rights in the US. The weight of the top piece and copper’s heat conductive properties all come together to form a perfect sphere of ice.

I really do enjoy a nice glass of single malt and had the opportunity to taste some amazing stuff from Macallan, like, a 142 proof New Make, as well as 10-, 15-, 17-, 18-, 30- and 52-year-old variants. It was a pretty cool experience. Any other single malt drinkers in the crowd?

I failed to bring a camera or video camera (borrowed someone else’s for our video) to the tasting, so if you’re looking for images then head over to Notcot.

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http://www.twitter.com/leverus Lev Grossman

When the man asks if you want the 17, you drink the 17.
http://www.simonvinkenoog.nl/beeld/Yogi%20-%20Annelies%20Rigter.jpg yogi

That is cool, but the Muji silicon ice ball maker (at the bottom of the link you provided) seems way cheaper.
thebro88

So thats how they do it. I was watching a anime flick some time ago, i think it was Paprica, and some dude had a glass with an ice ball. I thought “only in animation”…i thought wrong.
I always enjoy a glass of Laphroaig. Neat of course, but for the ice ball, i’d make an exception
Mike Williams

Here’s a better question: where the hell do you get three inch square ice blocks?
Allie Townsend

Really big ice-cube trays.