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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...
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'.