Bartender -- Gimme An Iceberg, On The Rocks!

One of the more unfortunate consequences of global warming is that 15,000 year old arctic sea ice, which normally helps to cool our planet with its reflective capabilities, is melting at a surprisingly rapid rate. Things are getting pretty toasty out there in the ocean as more of it becomes exposed to the sunlight and some scientists actually speculate that the icebergs that exist today could end up disappearing within 30 years. Ocean water -- which is a lot darker in color than ice -- absorbs sun rays, triggering a heating effect which ends up significantly altering climate patterns around the globe. Rising sea levels could result in such disasterous consequences as regional flooding, water supply issues, habitat and property destruction, and the death of people and wildlife.

Ninety-three percent of the world's icebergs are found surrounding the Antarctic -- the remaining ones, such as the icecap of Greenland, occur in Arctic waters. Large glaciers, such as the Jakobshavn Glacier on the west coast of Greenland, produce many icebergs which weigh on average 100,000 - 200,000 tons each. These floating masses of ice, detached from ice sheets or glaciers, drift on ocean currents for several years and many miles before finally melting. With all of this extra water, beverage makers are capitalizing on this sad but inevitable climate change by-product by making it the star ingredient in their products.

Enter Japanese microbrewery Abashiri with their aquamarine tinted Okhotsk Blue Draft, made from icebergs that travel all the way from the Russia and Japan bordered North Pacific Ocean into the Sea of Okhotsk and finally onto the shores of Hokkaido. This novelty alcoholic beverage is naturally colored with seaweed, and described as being devoid of its beer like qualities. In fact, it is a reportedly light, somewhat fruity and refreshing beverage with barely any malt or hoppiness to speak of. Even though I don't understand Japanese, the gentleman in the video below seems incredibly enthusiastic about his chick-friendly brew so I can only guess that it tastes decent...for Barbie Beer.

Founded in 1994, Canadian Iceberg Vodka is an ultra-premium liquor produced with Iceberg Alley collected glacial ice from Newfoundland’s east coast. Once it's purified in their St. John's facilty, they then blend it with triple-distilled corn based spirits, imparting it with a slight hint of sweetness.

If you've sworn off the hard stuff, you can always sip on a tall cool glass of genuine iceberg water. You can choose to enjoy Johnny Genuine Canadian Iceberg Water or Berg Water, both of which are born from ice that has fallen free from the ice shelf off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. Thanks to natural means (and a little global warming thrown in for good measure), icebergs break off the ice shelf of Greenland during the spring and early summer. They then get swept into Labrador currents and finally find their way into Newfoundland waters. Iceberg harvesters -- yes, that's a real job -- are always thrilled when they can locate massive shards out in the open, but on occasion they are forced to use more aggressive means. Chainsaws have been known to be employed as well as guns, which help them to release 1 to 5 ton ice chunks. Those more managable pieces are then lifted into their vessels, steam cleaned, portioned and finally melted in 150 liter drums. Now that's a bracing glass of water -- cheers!