Stout Float

By Rosie Schaap

Stout Float
Grant Cornett for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Rebecca Bartoshesky.
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How many of my favorite flavors can be packed into a glass? Plenty. Stout, coffee, chocolate, and vanilla make for a grown-up, earthy (but still fun) take on a float. I prefer a deeply chocolatey stout for this, but it’s just grand with any deep, dark porter you love—although I’d steer clear of oyster stouts for this. The vanilla seeds in the whipped cream may seem like a minor detail, but they’re not: they help to bring all the flavors together, and the small, brown flecks complement the rich color of the stout.

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Ingredients

  • ½oz. coffee liqueur (preferably Fair Café)
  • 2scoops vanilla ice cream
  • 6oz. stout (I like Young’s Double Chocolate)
  • Unsweetened whipped cream flavored with vanilla seeds
  • Dark chocolate for grating
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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    To a tall, soda-fountain-style glass (or an imperial pint glass), add the coffee liqueur and one scoop of the ice cream. Slowly add the stout and the second scoop of ice cream. Top with as much freshly whipped cream and grated dark chocolate as you like.

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Robin

I'd recommend Samuel Smith's Organic Chocolate Stout (the best example of this variety that I've found).

Mei Mei Miriyam

I like a stout float with an intense coffee ice cream, like Trader Joe's Coffee Blast that's flecked with coffee bean.

Amelia

I use Mass Landing Gunner’s Daughter stout which is relatively easy to find here in Massachusetts.

LB

Guiness now makes an absolutely divine Nitro Cold Brew/beer combo that would be perfect for this recipe!

Emily

So simple yet delicious! Koval (local to Chicago) has a coffee liqueur, and it tasted great with the Young's. FYI, Trader Joe's sells shelf-stable whipping cream. Perfect for pulling something like this together. I topped the whole thing with a bourbon gummy bear, chocolate truffle, and whiskey caramel. So fun!

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