Ever had a Birch Beer Float? Damn skippy.

Bumping this thread since today is National Root Beer Float day, but I’m sure you were all well aware of that!

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2024/08/05/national-root-beer-float-day-2024-aw/74651541007/#:~:text=Tuesday%2C%20Aug.%206%2C%20is,do%20a%20'Float%20Flex'%3F&text=Sipping%20on%20a%20root%20beer%20float%20can%20transport%20you%20to%20simpler%20times.

Anonymous wrote:I’ve never met one I didn’t like.

This. I hacked a root beer float at McDonald’s on Sunday. It was delicious. 😋

Anonymous wrote:Do they still make Hires root beer? It was the best.

I looked it up, because I remember Hires, and my mom had a bottle of Hires root beer concentrate in her cupboard my entire childhood, I don't recall it ever being used. Apparently you were supposed to use water, yeast, and sugar, and once you had bubbly you could add the concentrate.

Hires got bought by Dr. Pepper (which also merged with Keurig) but it was the longest-produced soft drink in the US (since 1876 says Wikipedia). I think Mtn Dew is part of that whole thing as well. Anyway, they make A&W so Hires is apparently no longer made.

Too bad. I've read that many sodas that were around when I was a kid are still bottle in local regions.

A&W with Tillamook old-fashioned vanilla

The root beer I mentioned uses sugar, not corn syrup.

Anonymous wrote:Corn syrup slurry! Yummy!

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I hope you get help for your ED

Do they still make Hires root beer? It was the best.

Corn syrup slurry! Yummy!

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A&W but here's the real trick...get everything as cold as possible. I put an insulated thermos in the freezer ahead of time and then put the can of root beer in the freezer as well. Ideally the root beer will be almost slushy when you pour it out so it forms little ice crystals on the ice cream. That way you don't get a mixed up goopy mess but the ice cream and the root beer remain separate and delicious.

Stewart's Root Beer and Turkey Hill hommade vanilla ice cream