Beer Float #5
Experiments with beer continue - after having beer floats in San Diego, I'm trying to recreate the deliciousness at home - and encourage the bars restaurants I frequent in NYC to add them to the menu.
In a conversation with Garrett Oliver, the brewmaster of the Brooklyn Brewery (who is one of the few people so far to not be at all freaked out by the idea of adding ice cream to beer...) he recommended adding coffee ice cream to his award-winning Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout.
Unfortunately, the deli around the corner doesn't consider "coffee" to be a popular enough ice cream flavor to have on hand - round here, looks like "Mango" and "Dulce de Leche" are more popular. Come to think of it, maybe coffee was there and it sold out, leaving mango behind in the freezer. Oh, well.
Vanilla worked just as well - swimmingly in fact. Until I get my hands on some coffee ice cream, this is perhaps the best combination of beer and ice cream I've tasted so far. (with the Mother's Milk Stout running a close second). Don't believe me? Get yourself some Chocolate Stout (any brand) and some vanilla ice cream and try it on your own.
Oh, BTW - You're Welcome!
Beer Float #5
Experiments with beer continue - after having beer floats in San Diego, I'm trying to recreate the deliciousness at home - and encourage the bars restaurants I frequent in NYC to add them to the menu.
In a conversation with Garrett Oliver, the brewmaster of the Brooklyn Brewery (who is one of the few people so far to not be at all freaked out by the idea of adding ice cream to beer...) he recommended adding coffee ice cream to his award-winning Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout.
Unfortunately, the deli around the corner doesn't consider "coffee" to be a popular enough ice cream flavor to have on hand - round here, looks like "Mango" and "Dulce de Leche" are more popular. Come to think of it, maybe coffee was there and it sold out, leaving mango behind in the freezer. Oh, well.
Vanilla worked just as well - swimmingly in fact. Until I get my hands on some coffee ice cream, this is perhaps the best combination of beer and ice cream I've tasted so far. (with the Mother's Milk Stout running a close second). Don't believe me? Get yourself some Chocolate Stout (any brand) and some vanilla ice cream and try it on your own.
Oh, BTW - You're Welcome!