Indeed. In Cologne, which has quite a beer-brewing tradition, there are even humongous deep and large cellars, where they stored ice and cooled the beer barrels

Indeed. In Cologne, which has quite a beer-brewing tradition, there are even humongous deep and large cellars, where they stored ice and cooled the beer barrels for later sale. Some of them are as large as a basketball court and today they make nice party locations - there is no way the sound gets to the surface, so you can make any noise without aggravating neighbors :)