Alcademics

Super fun slow-motion videos of a new, cheap automatic cocktail shaker that stirs drinks for you. Read more →

The fun with ice continues! In ongoing experiments freezing things in ice, I decided to try freezing food coloring in the middle of an ice cube. Then when the ice melts, the coloring will release and change the drink. Click on the link below to see how I did it... Read more →

This blog post is a continuation of this experiment. In this experiment, I wanted to test out another way to insulate an ice cube tray to make clear ice. Inspired by a comment from another blog entry by a reader named Gael, I decided to try salt water as an... Read more →

In a set of experiments, I showed that you can make clear ice by controling the direction of freezing. The container I've been using for this is an Igloo cooler. When using it, the ice freezes from the top-down and all the cloudiness in the ice forms at the bottom... Read more →

As you're probably aware, I've been dabbling in experiments making clear ice at home. [update: An organized index of ice experiments on Alcademics can be found here.] The way I've found that works best is to freeze ice in an Igloo cooler with the top off. (Please read the post... Read more →

This post is a continuation of this one on how to brine olives at home. My olives went from this: To this: To see the process, keep reading by selecting the link below. As you may recall from the earlier post, I was late on buying olives so the ones... Read more →

Don't wait until December to buy fresh olives to brine at home, because that's late in the season. This is the first of a series of blog posts on curing olives in brine solution at home. Read more →

Experiments with Spike Your Juice, a product that turns juice into a fizzy alcoholic beverage. Read more →