![]() He found Glenn Bowman of Vermont Soapstone, who remains the sole producer of Teroforma's American-made whiskey stones, and began selling them in late 2007. The thought behind whiskey stones, Hellman explained, was that they could be a $20 gift idea still novel in a time when cheap gifts for men meant socks and ties. Over years of living and working in Europe, Hellman had developed a taste for it, and at the distilleries he'd visited across Scotland, he said, "The notion was, sure, add water, but don't you dare add ice-it'll mess it up." As he put it, ice congeals the oils in Scotch, dulling its flavor, but stones provide a gentler way of cooling. In need of a new product-one that people could buy even in the midst of financial turmoil-the Hellmans realized the principle of using stones to cool liquid might apply to whiskey. Though he didn't realize their use until later, Hellman explained, he learned that the stones had been kept outside to chill and then dropped into hot liquid to cool it down, as old wood burning stoves didn't offer much temperature control. In the kitchen, Hellman found a leather pouch full of small, worn stones and held onto it. Before the Recession and before Teroforma, Hellman and his family had cleared out their large family home in Sweden following his grandfather's death.
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