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Some like to muddle a bitters-soaked brown sugar cube until "smooth paste" to make this cocktail. Depending on your sugar cube, even with a splash of soda...
one of my favorites but I have to know: what the heck constitutes wet ice? regardless, I used a splash of water this time because I'm assuming my ice isn't wet, quite delicious. Knob Creek and Doctor Bird
Our understanding is that 'wet ice' is most likely to be encountered in a bar, where the cubes are stored at a relatively high temperature...perhaps to make them easier for the bartender to deploy. Any cubes coming out of an optimally functioning home freezer are unlikely to be 'wet'.