Maker’s Mark Ice Ball Maker Mold “Bourbon Balls” Gift

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Maker's Mark Ice Ball Maker Mold Holiday GiftBourbonBlog.com has noticed the recent trend of designer spherical “ice balls” made for cocktails and mixology. With a perfect sphere giving less surface area, your cocktail or Bourbon stays cold without the ice melting so quickly.

Maker’s Mark recognized the trend and created their own plastic signature ice ball maker mold as the 2010 holiday gift to Maker’s Mark Ambassadors. Perfect timing and for a plastic design, this mold makes some great ice balls and easy to use.

There are Japanese brands that charge several hundred to over a thousand dollars for molds and solutions. Leave it the American ingenuity at Maker’s Mark Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky for quite a gift! Bill Samuel’s Jr. calls it “the ultimate bourbon ball” in this “spirit of unconventionality” in his holiday wishes to Maker’s Mark Ambassadors.

Thanks, Maker’s Mark for delivering Maker’s 46 to us in 2010 and a way to make sure that we have some “Bourbon Balls” this Christmas (Bourbon not included in this gift).

If you have used this Bourbon Ball ice Maker, we’d love to hear how you like it, post in comments below!

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57 Responses to “Maker’s Mark Ice Ball Maker Mold “Bourbon Balls” Gift”

  1. Ev

    hi i got one but i have no idea what to do with it. i filling it with water… why not a free cupon for a bottle to go with it? BOO

  3. jimmy

    fill the bottom tray entirely full with water, then push the top piece down upon it. not too hard, the water comes squirting out of the relief holes. plug up the relief holes and drain off excess, then dribble out some excess water from each sphere.

  4. Kate

    I was excited to find mine on the porch today. I have it sitting outside freezing up now. (Its cold out and there is no room in the freezer.)

  5. Joe

    Got mine today – I love the Ambassador gifts every year. After freezing up for several hours, and using a little cold water to release the ice balls from the mold, they turned out pretty much perfect.

    Thanks Makers Mark!

  6. Jamie

    I’ve not had success yet making them. They always seem to break in half, and they are cloudy. I’m making a new batch now with some distilled water to make them clear. I’ll try the tip about draining a bit out of each ball to allow for expansion. I was a bit surprised they didn’t include any instructions with them.

  7. Mike Panic

    Mine showed up last night. For those questioning the directions, look on the back of the enclosed form, it’s clearly there, or follow what jimmy has said, since that’s basically the exact same thing.

    I did chip mine already, it doesn’t have any effect on the balls, but the plastic is very thin so be careful when you break them apart.

    I’ve found that filling the bottom tray to within a 1/4″ of the top yields the best results with the least overflow.

    Jamie – here’s how to make clear ice cubes: http://www.randomn3ss.com/a-guide-to-making-clear-ice-cubes-for-the-anal-retentive/

  8. robet

    made them 1st time last night… when we pressed the top down the excess water in top of mold, my 13 yr old son came up with the idea to seperate it again, pour excess out then place top piece back… 2nd press had just enough water that no excess came out holes… used luke warm tap water to get them to release… warm water also melted outer layer of balls and made surface smooth

  9. Chris

    I got mine yesterday and I LOVE it. I’ve already made 16 of them. I’ve been using them for everything.