LAZIEST way to make CLEAR ICE, nobody talks about

How to Make clear ice at home
Making clear ice is easy. There are a lot of misconception about clear ice and how to make it
Today I will show you 3 different ways to make clear ice at home. Including the easiest way. it requires very little effort, your don't need a lot of space in your freezer and you probably already everything you need in your home. Clear ice is superior to cloudy ice in many way.
Clear ice is beautiful and perfect for cocktails, whiskey on the rock and especially clarified cocktails.

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[NEOS-Scott]

Finally a use for all those promotional insulated coffee metal mugs!

[MaSOneTwo]

I can't believe I watched almost nine minutes about how to make clear ice AND now having the wish to go ahead and do it. Very good teaching skills here, Sir. Thanks

[efusco]

There are nuances to the metal tumbler method that deserve to be explored. I've made 4-5 clear cubes with several different tumblers since watching this video.
First, I found that it needs to be a good quality/well insulated tumbler. My cheap give-away ones didn't have the insulating qualities to work well.
Second, I found that ~18 hours is the sweet spot. If you let it go completely frozen it takes forever to get the ice out.
Third, I had better success but putting a Koozie around the bottom of the tumbler to enhance the top-down freezing method.
Fourth, Do NOT use the tumblers with the threaded lids. You need to be sure there's a decent taper so that the ice will slide out after just a short thaw
Fifth, the shape is less than ideal for pretty much any application, you'll need to chip/shape it down to something more functional.
Lastly, I still found that some amount of trimming of the bottom is usually necessary.
That all said, it's a pretty easy option, just be sure to set an alarm for 18 hours after you put it in the freezer, trust me.

[w.scottimcdowell]

So... not sure if you will see this (the producer of this video)... but the concept of using the YETI cup (or other double-walled) was great! Chipping it out with the knife was quite a burden though depending on how much clear ice I wanted to do in one shot (24, 36, or 48hrs). HOWEVER, I found an additional hack to your hack which makes it even lazier.

I have a set of those oven safe silicone baking sheets... so I got the smallest one I had and rolled it up so that it fit perfectly inside the cup as a barrier. When I pulled the cup out (regardless of the time spend in the freezer) and let it set for the 15 min, all I had to do was grab the top of the baking sheet "tube" all at once and lightly twist and it broke free... every time! :)

[nikolapapovic]

I'm a professional and I did it couple of the easiest ways but never got to the lazy one. Thanks for this one, efortless for home bartending! 🍸

[DudeManLarry]

I watched the video all the way just as you asked and it was totally worth it! Thank you for showing and informing us viewers on how to make clear ice. I bought 2 different ice trays to make clear ice from Target and both failed. I tried using distilled water with them, checking the ice trays every other hour in hopes that I could get clear ice but failed miserably lol

[Feed_The_Fink]

Dude your the man. I had like 6 of these insulated cups building up in my cabinet and i used them all and now your method is the talk of the bar

[theincreate]

Your personality in the tutorial video is as transparent as your final ice, that was a nice video bro thanks

[marcberm]

This makes so much sense I'm not sure why I've never thought about it this way. If you've ever tried to freeze water based liquids (like broth, tea, fruit juice, koolaid, etc.) the ice always turns into a gross mess where parts of the cube are almost clear, and other parts are where everything else that WAS in suspension is now concentrated.

[russellhogg]

There are a lot of clear ice videos out there. This is one of the best because of the level of depth and detail. You've clearly put some time in and experimented. Great job!

[MacBookAir-cufb]

This is quality content! I thought the ice chest method was the lazy method but then the ingenious method of doing it with a coffee mug came and I didn’t understand why I didn’t think of it before. Thanks for the tip! Will definitely try that out!

[Switchlurk]

I’m infuriated by the simplicity and efficiency of the coffee cup method. Bravo sir, bravo

[danjackson]

I have a small apartment freezer so no room even for a small cooler. So I made one that fits out of a Tupperware type container and then surrounded it with styrofoam sheets (like the kind Ikea uses to protect their products.) Then duct taped the whole thing together. It works perfectly. 8 large cubes in 24 hours.

[mazenmounla]

been using the cooler method for years and I'm so mad at myself for not thinking of using one of the many insulated travel cups I have in my cupboard... Thank you!

[MisterBadde]

As someone who previously had no experience making ice for cocktails, this video is perfect for me! Thank you very much!

[afinecupofcoffee]

I've done the cooler method for YEARS and tried method three last night. Just dumped it out and I'm amazed. It even fits perfectly in my rocks glass. This is WILD. I need to know the science of why it works lol.

[remcovanvliet]

A friend of mine who used to sell hand made ice slurpies on the beach told me you should add a knife tip of salt per gallon of water you're freezing.

I was told it makes the ice form slower, and thus more clear. I was also told the ice would be slightly softer and less brittle, making it easier to cut and shave.

If you can taste it, you're using too much salt.

[TheROMaNProject]

What an EXCELLENT video! Concise, useful information, and delivered with a light touch of humor. I’ve tried the first two methods, getting identical results to this video… with an entire kitchen cabinet full of insulated travel cups, the next thing I’ll do this morning is to repurpose several of them to making clear ice for my expensive bourbon collection (13 different brands thus far). Thank you!

[ules]

I am so glad this got recommended to me. I've never had a reason to try making clear ice or to understand how it's made, but now I do! I learned something new, it makes total sense and that makes me really happy. Thanks for this video, subbed!:)

[eronackerman]

Alton Brown showed his method for making clear ice in an episode of Good Eats, but it was a complicated process that took multiple steps and containers over a couple of days. This way is so much easier! I'll definitely try this out next time I have guests over for cocktails.