How to Chill a Glass

Published on Monday, December 3, 2007, by CHOW Video Team / Edit Post

How to Chill a Glass

Bartender Duggan McDonnell shows how to chill down a glass for a better cocktail experience.

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  • Yeah, at home I always go for the rinse->freezer method. much better than going through all that ice.

  • you can do the same think with a little ice and water

  • ridiculous. so much for presentation when there are drop of water all over the martini glass. just put it in the fridge for ten minutes.

  • Kind of a waste of resources (the energy to make the ice, only to toss it 20 seconds later), unless you reuse the ice, which I don't think I'd want to do. Instead, I rinse the inside of the glass with water and then put the damp glass in the freezer for a minute or two. The freezer's already working, so it doesn't waste energy, and I'd suspect that the result is similar or perhaps even superior...+READ

    Kind of a waste of resources (the energy to make the ice, only to toss it 20 seconds later), unless you reuse the ice, which I don't think I'd want to do. Instead, I rinse the inside of the glass with water and then put the damp glass in the freezer for a minute or two. The freezer's already working, so it doesn't waste energy, and I'd suspect that the result is similar or perhaps even superior to the method described here.-COLLAPSE

  • Is it really true that club soda chills the glass faster than water? I've heard that for years.