While savouring a craft cocktail at a bar, the rod or block shaped ice is a defining feature of how drinks can be made to appeal visually even before a sip has been taken. Their clear, shiny ...

At quality cocktail bars across the globe, drinks are chilled by precisely shaped, crystal-clear ice cubes. However, most people don’t realize that these dense and exacting cubes are hand-cut or ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you like trying to recreate fancy cocktails at home, you might notice they never look or taste quite the same as what you get at the bar.

Clear ice melts more slowly, reduces the rate of dilution, and contains fewer impurities than cloudy ice. A simple method to make crystal-clear ice is by controlling the direction that the water ...

Mitchel Hurtado has the coolest job in town. When San Antonio temperatures spike into the triple digits before noon, the owner of BJMK Clear Ice is usually chilled out in a 40-degree refrigerated room ...

Follow the journey of cocktail ice from 300-pound blocks to the rocks glass. At quality cocktail bars across the globe, drinks are chilled by precisely shaped, crystal-clear ice cubes. However, most ...

Camper English is a San Francisco-based cocktails and spirits writer and educator. He is the author of Doctors and Distillers: The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine, Spirits, and Cocktails ...