But some people ask more of a Guinness than it can provide. They want super-sweet flavors. Their sweet-tooth solution: a stout float.
A Google search turns up a dozen different variations on the idea, but a general theme exists among them--use one can or bottle of Guinness and a scoop of (usually vanilla) ice cream.
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There are of bloggers and food critics who call this practice blasphemy. The idea of dumping a well-crafted stout into a glass and mixing it with a dairy product seems wrong to them.
I side with the anti-stout float bunch. I'm sure a stout float has its merits, but why waste the beer? Equating a bottle of cheap-o root beer to Guinness makes no sense. The Guinness costs far more and offers a complexity of flavors. I've never found a person who commits his or her time to studying and rating root beer the way beer critics do.
If you really feel so inclined to mix beer and ice cream, follow the lead of these guys:
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