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Michael A.
August 17, 2016
Magic Hat Circus Boy with a scoop of good lemon sorbet makes a terrific refreshing shandy.
Don B.
April 19, 2015
Interesting that the picture accompanying the article shows a bottle of Anchor Steam beer (one of my personal favorites), yet that beer is not in the list of 7 beers at the bottom of the article.
Keith W.
June 10, 2014
Delicious idea Alice! Judy I'm going to have to try this with some Left Hand Milk Stout tonight! May I also suggest boozy donuts to start your morning off right? http://www.homewetbar.com/blog/boozy-homemade-donuts/ haha!
Alan D.
March 13, 2014
try Ollebrod, danish beer- bread porridge, takes care of leftover beer to; osund revolting but is delicious: http://alandivack.blogspot.com/2013/03/bring-out-your-bread-ollebrodbeer-bread.html
rainey
August 12, 2013
The first time I heard the startling suggestion to pair ice cream and beer it was with a fruity Lambic and it was wonderful.
Sten R.
July 31, 2013
Seattle's Elliott Bay Brewery makes a fantastic ice cream with their Stout, and then throws caramel sauce, hot fudge, sugared hazelnuts and (of course) whipped cream. You cannot buy this ice cream anywhere - kills me. But I assume their stout with a scoop of Haagen Dazs Dark Chocolate would work pretty darn well.
Alice M.
July 31, 2013
Sounds fantastic, even with vanilla ice cream. But you could make some stout ice cream yourself. It's really not difficult, if you are so inclined! There is a recipe in my book, "Pure Desert" .
Zensister
July 27, 2013
Ballast Point Victory at Sea or Stone Vanilla Bean smoked porter with coconut milk ice cream.
Tina D.
July 22, 2013
Made a float with a smoked porter and caramel ice cream. Delicious. Thanks for the inspiration Alice!
The P.
July 22, 2013
Ultimate Ice Cream here in Asheville, NC makes an ice cream with our local Highland Ales Black Mocha Stout. I've always thought the two would make a great float. Now I've got the push I've needed to make one!
Alice M.
July 22, 2013
I agree that stouts and porters make excellent floats. For these dark brews, try stirring in a spoonful of chocolate syrup and adding a shot of kahlua to the stout, and use chocolate instead of vanilla ice cream!
icharmeat
August 30, 2017
I fail to see the need for adding chocolate syrup (or chocolate in any form, really) or Kahlua to a float prepared with a well-crafted stout (just as i fail to see the reason to brew a stout with coffee beans or cocoa nibs- those flavors can be derived from traditional brewing ingredients). To my mind, if you need crutches to make the float taste good to you, then the problem is likely that you aren't fond of stout beer to begin with or that the particular beer was a poor choice for a float.
Old Rasputin and "plain vanilla" ice cream. Simple, and the epitome of a beer float.
Old Rasputin and "plain vanilla" ice cream. Simple, and the epitome of a beer float.
bajema
July 22, 2013
Stouts are a good choice as well. Young's Double Chocolate Stout or North Coast Old Rasputin would be quite tasty.
carswell
July 22, 2013
A really good fruit beer - kriek or framboise - would make an excellent float as well.
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