A Classy, Artisan Way to Crush Ice

As any drink connoisseur will tell you, there’s nothing better than a frosty cocktail, made with a tasty garnish, and a glass filled to the brim with crushed ice.

And if you are going to embrace better ice, you need the right tool.

Enter the ice mallet and Lewis bag. A canvas sack and a wooden hammer may sound medieval, but the result is pure hospitality.

You are not “smashing” ice. You are liberating it. Transforming cold, authoritarian blocks into a fluffy, democratic pile of cocktail-ready goodness.

With use of this handsome wooden mallet, you can quickly dispatch with large, aggressively square ice cubes, and quickly get them down to size. It’s highly cathartic.

The ritual alone is worth it. Thud. Crunch. Done. No loud machines, no soulless ice dispensers. Just you, some aggression, and a better drink waiting on the other side.

Mojitos need it. Mint juleps demand it. Whiskey stops acting like it has something to prove.

Crushed ice increases surface area, improves the vibe, and turns harshness into hospitality. It is, scientifically speaking, better at bringing people together.

Just a human, a tool, and the therapeutic joy of dismantling something overly rigid.

This wooden mallet and Lewis bag can be found online for $24.99.

There are two kinds of ice in the world right now.

One makes life colder, harsher, and harder to swallow. The other makes a perfect julep. We wholeheartedly prefer the latter.