Cooking Lesson #883: Guinness Stout Float

…from the Perspectives’ Happy Hour Bar

How you doin’? I like Guinness… I like to drink it. I like to cook with it, and I like to mix it with other beverage ingredients. It is the best liquid to use when making a rich chili. I like Guinness for a happy hour cocktail when mixed with vanilla ice cream making a Guinness Stout Float.
 
Here’s my make-it-yourself delicious Guinness Stout Float that consists of just two—count ‘em—ingredients, dark stout Guinness beer and vanilla ice cream. You can add Baileys as an Irish option! This adult float is sure to make your summertime Irish hamburger cook out a complete success.
 
Prep time:  5 minutes
Yield:  2 servings
 
Ingredients 
6 scoops vanilla ice cream (I prefer the richness of Ben & Jerry’s)
2 - 11.2 ounces bottles of Guinness Stout
2 ounces Baileys Irish Cream (optional)
 
Directions

1. Add three scoops of vanilla ice cream to a tall (ice cream float) glass.
2. Next, slowly pour Guinness beer over top. You will only use 1 bottle of beer during the official pouring of the two floats and then top off with the remaining bottle as you drink the rest.
3. If using Baileys, pour an ounce over the Stout.
4. Serve immediately with a straw!

ChefSecret: You can add whipped cream or spike freshly made whipped cream mixed with Baileys or Whiskey. A drizzle of chocolate sauce is delicious, too. If you don't have vanilla ice cream on hand you can also use chocolate ice cream. Also, you don't have to use three scoops of ice cream. That is just what I prefer, I love ice cream. You can put less or more of the ice cream depending on your whims and tastes. The size of your glass will dictate the amount of Guinness Beer you can fit in the glass.

Quip of the Day:  Tragedy at the Guinness Brewery:

Paddy O'Reilly works at the Guinness brewery. One day Mrs. O'Reilly gets a knock on the door. It's the manager of the brewery; he tells her there was a terrible accident and her husband drowned in a vat of Guinness.
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She is devastated and finally manages to sob... “please tell me he went quickly and didn’t suffer.”
The manager replied, “I’m afraid not mam, in fact he got out 3 times to pee.
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