Is It Wrong of Me to Want These People to Have Their Fingernails Slowly Ripped Out

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Seriously. What the fuck? "Artisinal Ice?"

As the 300-pound block of ice ascends from the Jacuzzi-sized industrial ice machine, its edges crackle like broken glass. Joseph Ambrose and Caleb Marindin use an engine hoist to lift the flawless-looking mass, which you can see straight through thanks to a system that circulates the water, releasing any bubbles as it freezes.

Ambrose and Marindin rotate the block and lower it onto a metal table, here in the Bethesda facility of boutique ice company, Favourite Ice. Ambrose takes out a chainsaw and cuts through it, spewing snowy bits across the room. Marindin, nicknamed the “Eskimo” for his Alaskan roots, picks up a frozen brick with his bare hands and moves it to a table saw. He slides the ice through the blade, creating smaller and smaller pieces.

“It’s actually a meat saw,” Ambrose says. “Those blades cut through bone.” Marindin can break down a 300-pound block into about 800 two-inch cubes within a few hours.

The point? Creating the perfect cocktail on the rocks.

Ambrose, a bartender at P.O.V. Lounge at downtown’s W Hotel, founded Favourite Ice last year with Range beverage director Owen Thomson. Marindin, another bartender at Range, handles most of the ice cutting.

Favourite Ice is the area’s first outfit selling customized ice, hand-cut to specification, specifically for cocktails. Its growing client list includes Range, Rasika, Jaleo, Estadio, Proof, and Hank’s Oyster Bar on the Hill.

Fresh-squeezed juices, infused liquors, and house-made sodas and bitters have already infiltrated D.C.’s drinking scene. Ice, it seems, is the final frontier for craft cocktails.

While local cocktail scene pioneers PX and Columbia Room have sculpted frozen blocks since they opened, “ice programs” are only just now becoming a hot—or, uh, cool—trend in D.C. bars. At Hank’s on the Hill, mixologist Gina Chersevani only uses ice carved from 25-pound blocks from Favourite Ice. José Andrés’ just-opened “cocktail lab,” Barmini, also hand-carves its ice using a Japanese handsaw. And whiskey-centric Rye Bar, opening at Georgetown’s Capella Hotel in April, is already promoting its “hand harvested ice program” with an array of “chilling options.”

“Ice is the soul of a cocktail,” says Barmini “cocktail innovator” Juan Coronado. “You have your spirits, you have your ingredients—your organs, basically, in a body—that give shape and texture and aroma and flavor to the cocktail. But without ice, you have nothing.”
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http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/...n-ice-the-final-frontier-for-craft-cocktails/
 
I guess that seems a bit extreme.

This actually didn't bother me - why does it bug you? Just seems like people who are trying to elevate their craft.
 
The whole idea of "Artisinal Ice" just blows my mind. I mean, Yeah Capitalism! and everything and I like a good ice cube as much as the next guy, but let's get real. The pretentiousness is a tad much. It's ice. I guess this part is what really got to me:

“Ice is the soul of a cocktail,” says Barmini “cocktail innovator” Juan Coronado. “You have your spirits, you have your ingredients—your organs, basically, in a body—that give shape and texture and aroma and flavor to the cocktail. But without ice, you have nothing.”
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Eat shit "cocktail innovator" Juan Coronado.
 
“Ice is the soul of a cocktail,” says Barmini “cocktail innovator” Juan Coronado. “You have your spirits, you have your ingredients—your organs, basically, in a body—that give shape and texture and aroma and flavor to the cocktail. But without ice, you have nothing.”
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that's a pretty spectacular sales pitch. the moron rich people will buy in to it nicely.
 
Dungheap said:
The whole idea of "Artisinal Ice" just blows my mind. I mean, Yeah Capitalism! and everything and I like a good ice cube as much as the next guy, but let's get real. The pretentiousness is a tad much. It's ice. I guess this part is what really got to me:



Eat shit "cocktail innovator" Juan Coronado.
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I was laughing at that part too. It's ridiculously pretentious as you say, and I can only begin to imagine the assholes this place must attract. This is D-bag central I bet you anything.
 
Dungheap said:
The whole idea of "Artisinal Ice" just blows my mind. I mean, Yeah Capitalism! and everything and I like a good ice cube as much as the next guy, but let's get real. The pretentiousness is a tad much. It's ice. I guess this part is what really got to me:



Eat shit "cocktail innovator" Juan Coronado.
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Wow, people are pretentious about stupid shit. Stop the fucking presses.
 
Ice is the heart of a cocktail??

Yeah, if you use cheap booze or want some sweet, fruity concoction.

The best purchase I ever made for my booze is "whiskey stones". I have my drink, literally, "on the rocks". And the rocks don't melt and water down my beverage.
 
Living in Seattle, I get the faux worship of refined cosmopolitan living while still agreeing with Dubgheap's statement that it's "just ice."

It's fun to see cosmopolitan culture pitted against blue collar attitudes. :D
 
I am currently drinking at The Rock, enjoying a honey wheat beer called Wild Thing. No martinis for me, I just don't enjoy them. There is a bar in Seattle called Aquabar which specializes in making authentic martinis, but they emphasize the flavour and rare garnishes over "ice."
 
Darla said:
I was laughing at that part too. It's ridiculously pretentious as you say, and I can only begin to imagine the assholes this place must attract. This is D-bag central I bet you anything.
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The guy is brilliant, reminds me of some comedian in France in the 80's "The Americans are so dumb you could sell them water".
 
Darla said:
I was laughing at that part too. It's ridiculously pretentious as you say, and I can only begin to imagine the assholes this place must attract. This is D-bag central I bet you anything.
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Its Washington DC.....whats left to say. Next stop will be Hollywood Calif. so Baba Streisand and Roseanne and the rest of the pinheads can enjoy....then, obviously New York.
 
Is It Wrong of Me to Want These People to Have Their Fingernails Slowly Ripped

It's taking place in Washington DC where all of the left wingers leaders live.
Why would left wingers begrudge these people dedicated to public service and helping the po?
 
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