Beer + Ice Cream = Beer Cream
Posted by SmallTimeDrinker in Other Oddities on April 8, 2011 9:47 am / 1 comment
I needed a desert for a meal the other day. To be honest I did not feel like baking which is my default. I was feeling lazy. I happened to read over the weekend about all these breweries making beer ice creams. I once enjoyed Edmund Fitzgerald Ice Cream and a Beer Float at Kona. My problem is I lack an ice cream maker, but I found a solution.
I went to the store and bought a 1.5 quart container of Edy’s Slow Churn Vanilla Bean. I took a 12 oz bottle of Barrel Aged Stout from Bluegrass Brewing Co. and headed into the kitchen. I allowed the ice cream to soften and started shoveling it in my stand mixer. When half the ice cream was in the bowl I added about a 1/4 bottle of stout. With the mixer running I added the rest of the ice cream. After I felt like it was mixed thoroughly I tasted, mixed in more beer and tasted again. I used a total of 1/2 a bottle. I recommend stopping the mixer occasionally to taste as you add the beer. If I added anymore it would of been over powering. If you lack a mixer letting the ice cream soften a bit more would mean you could use a sturdy spatula to blend it together. Once your happy with the taste pour (it will be a bit soupy) the mixture back into the container and place in freezer. It took my mixture about 2 hours to solidify.
Why this pairing?
I am of the opinion that bourbon and vanilla work together. I picked vanilla bean because the flavor really pops. The BBC Bourbon Barrel Stout was picked for a less grand reason. I had this beer at a beer festival some time back and remembered loving it. I bought a four pack about a year later and let the beer age for about nine months. The tastes was fine, but it was way over carbonated. I assume it was an aging issue. Mixing it with ice cream eliminated the carbonation problem and allowed the taste I like to come out creating a tasty treat. I found this to be a good way to get rid of a bottle of beer I did not want.
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Tags: Bourbon Barrel Stout, Food and Fun, Ice Cream
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What beer and ice cream flavors sound best?