The Scoop

There’s nothing like a root beer float. Next time you’re in Blue Marble you should try the classic concoction our way—Velvet Vanilla in Virgil’s Root Beer. But we have so many other flavors of ice cream to drop into any of the Reed’s sodas we stock that it’d be a shame to stop there.

The other day I walked through the Slope and into the Heights to make some floats with Carolyn, manager of our Underhill Avenue location. She demonstrated the Ginger Bomb for me: Reed’s Extra Ginger Brew with our Gentle Ginger ice cream.

Ginger addicts will love it. And if you’re not the type who regularly snacks on candied ginger until your sinuses are cleared and your eyes water, don’t fear the Ginger Bomb—it’s loaded with snappy ginger flavor, but the richness of the Gentle Ginger keeps it from being overpowering.

One float wasn’t enough for me, so Carolyn also floated Dulce de Leche in China Cola, (think Coca Cola with spicy notes from the addition of Chinese herbs and none of the cloying artificial stuff).

Since then, I’ve found it hard to stop myself from floating:

• Blue Marble Dark and Stormy – Drunken Rum Raisin in Extra Ginger Brew
• Red Eye Float – Cafe Au Lait in China Cola
• Spice Float – Cinnamon and Gentle Ginger in Root Beer

I could go on, but I’ll leave further experiments up to you. 

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