GIANT CUBES
Audrey Saunders, co-owner of New York's Pegu Club, employs a Kold-Draft machine to make big, slow-melting cubes for serving spirits on the rocks.

CUSTOM-MADE
At Manhattan's Little Branch, Joseph Schwartz custom-makes ice for each type of glass: A single long cube fits perfectly in a collins glass.

CRUSHED
Seattle-based cocktail consultant Ryan Magarian has found that the Clawson crusher machine makes perfect ice for mojitos and caipirinhas.

SHAVED
Ryan McGrale of No. 9 Park in Boston shaves cubes for daiquiris using an Ice-O-Mat ($50 from Metrokane; 212-759-6262). —Megan Krigbaum