Marble Whiskey Stones Ireland

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Marble whiskey stones ireland.

4000 year old axes made from connemara marble in the stone age can be seen in the national museum of ireland. Streamstown marble quarry in clifden is the. The marble forms when limestone is heated under pressure. The main benefit of using whiskey stones is that they will not increase the dilution of your drink as they do not melt preserving the original flavour notes.

The streamstown marble quarry. Irish ice chilling stones nine cubes of connemara marble. The stones are made from connemara marble a green stone found only in western ireland. We design fun and functional gifts from materials such as slate marble wood and steel.

While the colour is predominately green there are often shades of grey and brown seen throughout. The cubes comes with a black box with a black cotton bag to hold the cubes in when freezing image 2 and 3 show the front and back of the outer sleeve. Marble is the best stone for this purpose as it cools very quickly and is non porous. The irish whiskey stone company is a small business based in kinvara in the west of ireland.

Stephen walsh and his family welcome you to our connemara marble website. We design fun and functional gifts from materials such as slate marble wood and steel. My family have worked the beautiful green connemara marble for three generations and we take great pride in the irish jewelry and irish gifts that we produce. Each rock may differ in shades of green as connemara marble is a naturally occurring stone.

The stones can be reused time and time again just wash and freeze again. Connemara marble is over 900 million years old and is unique to ireland.