Guinness Stout Shake / Float Recipe (Stout with ice cream concoction)

The Guinness (or any other brand of stout) Shake (or Float) is a delicious concoction made with stout (the dark beer) and ice cream. It's preferable to use vanilla ice-cream in this recipe as a flavored ice cream adds an undesirable taste to the resulting drink, though experimentation is encouraged. There are various recipes for making a Guinness Stout Shake and this one is a quick and dirty method of banging out a fast one within minutes with ingredients that are readily available in your kitchen (that is, if you keep beer in your fridge). ;) 1. Stout (the dark beer) Guinness Stout is my preferred stout of choice but Panther Superior Strength Extra Super Stout is a hyperbolic, but acceptable substitute as well. It's cheaper than Guinness and I love the brewery's name - Bali Hai. Heh! 2. Ice cream (vanilla) It's always a good idea to use premium ice cream (with an appropriately high fat content and a correlating rich texture) instead of quasi ice cream, but sometimes, we just have ...

22:37:25 October 26, 2005, Wednesday (PDT) Source: sixthseal.com

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