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Re: Making ice Cubs on the road
« Reply #25 on: April 12, 2016, 11:02:48 AM »
Quote from: Bird on April 12, 2016, 09:15:24 AM
why not use river stones...?

What if someones piddled on them  :o
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Re: Making ice Cubs on the road
« Reply #26 on: April 12, 2016, 11:11:17 AM »
Quote from: KingBilly on April 11, 2016, 09:11:11 PM
Cheap, blended scotch maybe.  A quality single malt is destroyed by adding ice.

KB

I don't know. I knew a bloke that spent time at Mawson Station that liked his scotch. They would mount an expedition to drive 80km across the ice to get 10000 year old ice from the glacier to put in their single malt.

I know this might sound obvious, and I'm not a scotch drinker.... but... why not put the bottle in the freezer? Then you wouldn't need ice to cool it, which will melt and dilute it in the 1st place.

People keep vodka/sambuca in the freezer. I had friends in Norway and they would go skating and take some vodka along. The bottle would be buried in the snow beside the lake so they could 'warm up'. Getting hammered while skating will never end well.
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Re: Making ice Cubs on the road
« Reply #27 on: April 12, 2016, 11:54:00 AM »
Quote from: GUEY on April 12, 2016, 11:02:48 AM
What if someones piddled on them  :o
leave em in river for 10 mins and it will wash em clean ;)
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Re: Making ice Cubs on the road
« Reply #28 on: April 12, 2016, 12:29:58 PM »
For goodness sake we are all drinking dinosaur wee if you think about it   >:D      :cheers:
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Re: Making ice Cubs on the road
« Reply #29 on: April 12, 2016, 01:06:54 PM »
Quote from: speewa158 on April 12, 2016, 12:29:58 PM
For goodness sake we are all drinking dinosaur wee if you think about it   >:D      :cheers:

Yes - that's true...

Whilst I still can't get my head around understanding this - I have heard before that every drop of water on this planet has already been peed out at least one time by something.....
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Re: Making ice Cubs on the road
« Reply #30 on: April 12, 2016, 01:10:55 PM »
Quote from: speewa158 on April 12, 2016, 12:29:58 PM
For goodness sake we are all drinking dinosaur wee if you think about it   >:D      :cheers:

....if we don't think about it, will it be any different?..... :P
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Re: Making ice Cubs on the road
« Reply #31 on: April 12, 2016, 02:28:06 PM »
We use the ice cube bags as well. They work pretty well and ice cubes are a must for those gin and tonic times at camp! I don't like scotch.
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Re: Making ice Cubs on the road
« Reply #32 on: April 12, 2016, 02:54:51 PM »
Mark,

If you want to give the ice machine a go you are welcome to borrow mine.  It makes a tray every 10 minutes.
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Re: Making ice Cubs on the road
« Reply #33 on: April 12, 2016, 05:45:19 PM »
We use the small decor containers. 40mm round x 40mm deep they have a good sealing lid that does not leak even if they are upside down or on there side .most super markets sell them .Fill Em Freeze Em Then pour Wild Turkey over Em  ENJOY
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Re: Making ice Cubs on the road
« Reply #34 on: April 12, 2016, 08:43:22 PM »
You need the McGirr ice maker. Never leave home without one.

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Re: Making ice Cubs on the road
« Reply #35 on: April 12, 2016, 10:04:29 PM »
Quote from: McGirr on April 12, 2016, 08:43:22 PM
You need the McGirr ice maker. Never leave home without one.

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Care to put up some pics / blueprints on the McGirr ice machine   

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Re: Making ice Cubs on the road
« Reply #36 on: April 12, 2016, 10:08:06 PM »
Quote from: MarkVS on April 11, 2016, 08:20:57 PM
We have a few longish trips coming up, and I was wondering, how do people go about making ice cubes in a Evakool/Engel style portable fridge/freezer.

I have looked on the web and can't find anything. Are there special style containers you can get that allow you to make ice cubes in a moving environment ? Because water in ice cube trays just won't work...

What do others do ?

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We also use the sealable Tupperware trays. Work a treat!
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Re: Making ice Cubs on the road
« Reply #37 on: April 13, 2016, 12:36:53 PM »
For the fans of the s/steel balls - you can get your fix on some cheap ones of Russ' over here...

www.kogan.com/au/buy/ovela-stainless-steel-whisky-stones-ice-cubes-6-pieces

 ;D         :cheers:         ;D
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Re: Making ice Cubs on the road
« Reply #38 on: April 13, 2016, 07:53:28 PM »
Quote from: Bird on April 12, 2016, 09:15:24 AM
why not use river stones...?

Whisky stones are made from "soap stone".  It's a high mass stone so can hold more cold than light stones (heavy good, light bad)

Anything will work but some better than others.  :cheers:
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Re: Making ice Cubs on the road
« Reply #39 on: April 13, 2016, 08:22:54 PM »
Ice.....really
In saying that, SWMBO likes a bit of ice in white wine but is happy to drink red
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Re: Making ice Cubs on the road
« Reply #40 on: April 13, 2016, 08:31:52 PM »
Thanks everyone for your responses.. ;D ;D....

Got some good ideas....

But it is always interesting to see where some of these threads go.....discussion wise....


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Re: Making ice Cubs on the road
« Reply #41 on: April 14, 2016, 10:51:29 AM »
Freeze this and drop it into your tumbler  >:D

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Re: Making ice Cubs on the road
« Reply #42 on: April 14, 2016, 05:15:08 PM »
Yeah  -- so that's were the one I had mounted on the tow ball went to  ...   ;D      :-*       8) 
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Re: Making ice Cubs on the road
« Reply #43 on: April 14, 2016, 08:09:22 PM »
Just chill your beverage  , drink it quickly , chill your beverage , drink it quickly . Are you with me ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, :cheers:
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Re: Making ice Cubs on the road
« Reply #44 on: April 14, 2016, 08:39:23 PM »
Quote from: BaseCamp on April 14, 2016, 05:15:08 PM
Yeah  -- so that's were the one I had mounted on the tow ball went to  ...   ;D      :-*       8)

Now I'm even more worried about Jet's offer  >:D ;D
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Re: Making ice Cubs on the road
« Reply #45 on: April 14, 2016, 08:52:28 PM »
Yeah -- he did say he wanted to lick'm loose    :-*
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Re: Making ice Cubs on the road
« Reply #46 on: April 14, 2016, 08:53:00 PM »
I use 2 silicon ice trays, they make nice big square cubes. 9 each tray. That is easy enough for a night with me, so I just fill them before bed, and in the morning they are frizen for travel. No problems
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Re: Making ice Cubs on the road
« Reply #47 on: April 14, 2016, 09:02:02 PM »
Images of little boys in khaki sitting in a commercial freezer come to mind every time I see the title of this thread.    Cruelty to Cubs is not a usual camping enhancement. 

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Re: Making ice Cubes on the road
« Reply #48 on: April 15, 2016, 06:11:56 AM »
Quote from: Redcherokee on April 14, 2016, 09:02:02 PM
Images of little boys in khaki sitting in a commercial freezer come to mind every time I see the title of this thread.    Cruelty to Cubs is not a usual camping enhancement.

Thanks...after all this time I hadn't even noticed...... ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Making ice Cubs on the road
« Reply #49 on: April 15, 2016, 07:23:02 AM »
Quote from: Redcherokee on April 14, 2016, 09:02:02 PM
Images of little boys in khaki sitting in a commercial freezer come to mind every time I see the title of this thread.   

Thanks Red  :cup:

I've been waiting for someone to come up with a comment about Cubs, 'cause I couldn't think of anything myself!  :-[
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