Apparatus and method for thawing a frozen drink in a glass drinking bottle

An apparatus for thawing a frozen drink in a glass drinking bottle, having:

• a housing;
• a bottle accommodation space with a cylindrical shape, which is arranged in the housing and set up to accommodate the glass drinking bottle with the frozen drink for thawing;
• a heating device, which is arranged in the housing and has infrared heat radiators which are arranged circumferentially around the bottle accommodation space in order to radiate thermal energy onto the glass drinking bottle during thawing operation;
• an electronic circuit configured to detect whether one of the infrared heat radiators is defective;
• a thermally insulating space, which is constructed in the housing between the heat radiators and an outer housing wall and circumferentially encompassing the outer housing wall;
• and
• air cooling means, comprising an air intake, an air conveying device, an air duct and an air outlet, via which cooling air is drawn into the housing from the surroundings via the air intake by means of the air conveying device and conducted in the housing via the air duct to the air outlet, wherein the air duct is constructed encompassing at least the thermally insulating space.