Large Ice Cube
Big cold but small surface area
I currently use hand-crafted ice cubes made out of a clear ice block created via uni-directional freezing with a personal sized igloo cooler in my freezer. (I need to write a post about this process.)
I used to use this ice cube tray from w&p.
References
The Art Of Choke
🍹 Cocktails
Strain into a chilled rocks glass with a large ice cube
🥃 Bitter Giuseppe
Cynar, sweet vermouth, lemon, and orange bitters
🍹 Cocktails,
Martini Family
Strain into a chilled rocks glass with a large ice cube
🥒 Cucumber Mezcal Margarita
Mezcal, lime, cucumber, and Cointreau
🍹 Cocktails,
Sidecar Family
Place 1 large ice cube in the glass
🥃 Fancy-Free
Rye, Maraschino, and bitters
🍹 Cocktails
Strain into a chilled Old Fashioned glass with one large ice cube
🥃 Improved Whiskey Cocktail
Simple to make, complex to taste
🍹 Cocktails,
Old Fashioned Family
Strain into a rocks glass with one large ice cube
☀️ Margarita
Tequila, Cointreau, lime and salt
🍹 Cocktails,
Sidecar Family
Place 1 large ice cube in the glass
🥃 Monte Carlo
Rye, Bénédictine, and bitters
🍹 Cocktails
Strain into a chilled Old Fashioned glass with one large ice cube
🥃 Negroni
A bitter classic
🍹 Cocktails,
Martini Family
Strain into a rocks glass over 1 large ice cube
🥃 Old Fashioned
Pre-prohibition, bourbon, sugar, bitters
🍹 Cocktails,
Old Fashioned Family
Add a large ice cube
🍹 Piña Colada Milk Punch
Milk clarified: rum, coconut water, falernum, and pineapple
🍹 Cocktails,
🥛 Milk Punch,
Tiki
Serve ~3-4oz chilled in an Old Fashioned glass over a large ice cube
Rocks Glass
Low, wide, varsatile glass
Glassware
Sometime referred to as an "Old Fashioned glass". Used to serve cocktails "on the rocks". Or over a single large ice cube.
🪞 Smoke and Mirrors
Scotch, lime, mint, absinthe
🍹 Cocktails,
Daiquiri Family
Double strain into a rocks glass over one large ice cube
☁️ Smokescreen
Scotch, lime, mint, Chartreuse
🍹 Cocktails
Double strain into a rocks glass over one large ice cube
🥃 Vieux Carré
Rye, cognac, sweet vermouth, Bénédictine, and bitters
🍹 Cocktails,
Martini Family
Strain into a chilled Old Fashioned glass with a large ice cube
🥃 Whiskey Sour by Dan Sabo
Rye, lemon, orange, and egg white
🍹 Cocktails,
Daiquiri Family
Strain into a rocks glass over 1 large ice cube