He wondered what a beer milk shake would taste like. The idea gagged him but he couldn’t let it alone. It cropped up every time he had a glass of beer.
Cannery Row, John Steinbeck
Steinbeck was ahead of his time, boozy ice cream is fairly common these days. There are recipes online for stout shakes, wine floats, and creamy cocktails. You can buy spiked artisanal brands like Tipsy Scoop and Proof. Even grocery store staple Haagen Daz has gotten in on the act with their Spirits line of alcohol-infused ice creams. A local ice cream shop in my town offers a full range of ice cream cocktails.
I’m not a big fan of ice cream but I’d try one of these. How about you Deadsplinters, do you like booze, ice cream? How do you feel about boozy ice cream?
Ice cream maybe once a year?
Booze, yes please!
I do like a creamsicle though, I might have to try that for science!
@Sedevilc That’s the one I’d try too. I’m just not that interested in ice cream. We have a gourmet popsicle shop that I love. They don’t make boozy ones though.
I love booze. I love ice cream. Should work!
I’d rather have the booze by itself but I’d try it once.
I would DEFINITELY try Chocolate Stout Ice Cream.
The shop that sells the drinks I posted has a Stout Ice Cream. I’ve never tried it though.
I went to the coolest bar in San Francisco a few years back that did those drinks…
https://www.theicecreambarsf.com/
@Loveshaq Did you like it?
Pricey but amazing. Cant get drunk on those or you are going to be full & sick
For sure, definitely more of a dessert.
Oh I can see this. I think I’d steer very clear from “the Barry White,” but a White Russian is almost like a liquid, alcoholic version of vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce. You can top ice cream with crème de menthe and cherry liqueur. Ice cream aside, when you flambé a dessert you often pour rum or bourbon on it and set it alight. Vanilla extract is very alcoholic (just googled: supposed to be 70 proof) but it’s so expensive I can’t imagine a more expensive way to get drunk.
I can never drink more than 1 White Russian, too filling. But I’ve been known to knock back a couple of Black Russians.
Even when I drank, I hated beer, so I can’t even imagine how awful a beer milkshake would be. Now, that doesn’t mean I didn’t drink beer at all, because I was a drunk which meant that if there was nothing to drink but beer, then you can bet I would drink it. But, it was essentially a business transaction–I would down that shit as quickly as I could so I could get it over with. However, I did enjoy grasshoppers a lot. If you haven’t had one, I do recommend.
I used to like beer but I can’t stand the taste of it now. I’ve never had a Grasshopper, not sure I’d care for it. I like fruity vodka drinks or bourbon. I think a beer or stout shake sounds disgusting.
A grasshopper is like having mint ice cream. It’s just vanilla and creme de minthe. However, you might prefer a brandy alexander, which is brandy and vanilla. I wasn’t a fan of brandy, so didn’t like those.
I might like that better.
I’d try the beer milkshake over a wine float (which I initially imagined was red wine with vanilla ice cream)… unless it’s sparkling wine and something like berry sorbet.
I prefer sorbet over ice cream. Still not sure about a wine float though.
I would try both of those things pictured! I am not a big drinker but I AM big on dessert, and I love amaretto. I’ve tried a couple of those Häagen Dazs alco-ice creams, the one with beer in it was my favorite (and I don’t even like beer). I just checked their website and it’s not listed so my luck they probably stopped making it 😟
@PumpkinSpies They have other drinks too. Even just a scoop with a shot. I’m sure you could whip them up at home easily enough.
Did you mean… *make* beer ice cream???
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@PumpkinSpies No, lol. The cocktails.
A local brewpub makes a chocolate stout ice cream – it is good. Not amazing. Good. I imagine that any drink made with Bailey’s Irish Cream approaches dessert?
I like a good spiked coffee after dinner instead of dessert. But I’ve also had dessert martinis that I enjoyed. Both have included Bailey’s.
My mother was the one who taught me that liqueurs (Creme de Menthe, Kahlua) make good ice cream toppers. Not a drink, just pour some over ice cream and eat it like normal.
My father used to poor bourbon over fresh sliced peaches. He’d let them sit while he had dinner so the juice from the peaches would mix with the bourbon, then eat it for dessert. It’s very good.