Baby, it’s cold inside. Ice is not only a key ingredient of cocktail culture, but your frosty drink can also be matched with a frigid atmosphere by visiting an igloo or ice bar. Even when it’s over 100 degrees outside, you’ll have to put on a hat and heavy coat to enjoy this unique barroom experience.
During the winter months, no frozen bar in the nation is more impressive than the massive igloo complex at the Sunday River ski resort, in Maine. Each year, a team of specialists arrives from Europe to construct a traditional Alpeniglu, a huge, domed structure the size of a medieval castle, made entirely out of snow. The first of its kind in this country, “The Iglu” has multiple entrances, long cave-like corridors and arched sitting…