How To Make Bar-Quality Ice, The Secret To A Better-Tasting Drink

Your brain will freeze when you realize how much good ice improves your drink.

For too many years, ice has been treated like an under-appreciated background singer for the “star power” of the liquids at hand. As it happily chills bevvies of every sort, ice makes the main attraction look good, but gets little attention or praise, even from the thirstiest among us.

But that attitude has been changing as a number of innovative mixologists have risen to fame not just on the strength of their skills with liquids, but their ability to create perfectly shaped, utterly clear ice cubes that elevate and enhance all kinds of cocktails. And they do it by starting out with the humblest of ingredients — just plain old water.