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Subject: Re: Melting ice
From: Hambone
Posted: Fri Jun 18. 2010, 17:19 UTC
Followup to: "Melting ice"  by Jennifer223  (Wed Jun 16. 2010, 02:09 UTC)
> Today, my boss saw me making a bloody mary and said I put too much 
> vodka in.  I used a standard four count, and I'm fairly confident 
> that it was not overpoured, but the glass, a highball type glass, 
> looked like it was half full of vodka.  I contend that the ice melted 
> when the vodka was poured over it, and what she saw was actually half 
> water.  She made me measure water with a jigger and pour it over ice 
> in the glass, which did nothing to prove my case. Am I right that the 
> ice melts faster when alcohol is poured versus water?  Somebody help. 
>  She's called a meeting tomorrow, and I know overpouring is number 
> one on her agenda.

Another thing that neither Apetail or David brought up was the fact that you 
poured cold water into the glass (I'm assuming), while the vodka sitting in 
the rack would have a much higher temperature, which obviously will help melt 
the ice faster.

-- 
"You miss 100% of the shots you never take."

-Wayne Gretsky


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