My bartender friend taught me a simple trick to make beer even more refreshing

I'm not a huge beer drinker, but I certainly enjoy a light, crispy summer crusher when it's hot out. Once, long ago, during a particularly gnarly heat wave, I walked into a bar manned by a friend. He took one look at me and took pity on me. "You need my special summer brew," he said, and proceeded to fill a pint glass halfway with ice, crack open a Miller High Life, pour it right on top, and stick a straw in it. He slid it over the bar to me, ignoring what was, I'm positive, a highly skeptical expression. "Just try it." It was the most surprisingly refreshing drink I'd ever had.

I know what you're gonna say, but my friend assured me that there's no better way to be refreshed, and he was right. I don't know what it is about the combination of light beer and ice, but it's magical. Yes, you can just have a cold beer. Yes you can serve it in a frosty glass. I hear what you're saying and I see the logic - but this defies logic. Something about the glass being full of ice transforms a regular beer into a cool-blasted treat. The ice melts a bit, which waters it down and makes it somehow even more refreshing. All I can say is you have to try it at least once. Bonus points for a straw.