You may be asking yourself, “What makes the perfect root beer float?”\u00a0 I am going to give you my definition.\u00a0 Then I am going to give you the directions on how.\u00a0 Then you too will know the perfect RBF is within your reach.\u00a0 You must be patient and practice.<\/p>\n
I have always enjoyed RBFs for as long ago as I remember.\u00a0 I noticed, at an early age, not all root beer floats contained the same amount of good.\u00a0 I began to notice a few things;\u00a0 warm root bear and melted ice cream, so often delivered at church youth functions, were the least acceptable.\u00a0 So over my teen years I realized temperature was a critical factor.\u00a0 \u00a0 Through my college years I noticed the type of ice cream and brand of root beer also played a part.\u00a0 But still being young I was taking what ever RBF was offered and thankful for it.<\/p>\n
After being married for over ten years and having more time on my hands I decided to make a effort to find the Perfect RBF the PRBF. \u00a0 This started sometime in 2004, while living in San Antonio Texas.<\/p>\n
Here are my findings;<\/p>\n
First is the choice of the vanilla ice cream.\u00a0 It has to be the right consistency.\u00a0 Surprisingly Wal-mart Great Value vanilla is a great example, and my typical choice.\u00a0 While Hagen Daas Vanilla is devine it is too rich for the PRBF. The homemade or vanilla bean types of vanilla ice cream are not the right consistency or flavor. So take my word for it and just buy some Wal-mart Great Value vanilla, in the blue box.\u00a0 Once you develop the art of the PRBF, you can experiement with other ice cream.\u00a0 As I discovered early on, temperature is critical. Make sure the ice cream has been in the freezer sufficently long that is is hard.\u00a0 If it’s so hard you can’t scoop it it is cold enough. However, it can be a really frustrating shaving a little cream from the rock,\u00a0 so give it a couple of minutes outside the freezer. Once the Ice cream is a bit softer it will work great. You may even need to adjust the temperature of your freezer lower to make sure the ice cream is firm when you attemp the PRBF.\u00a0 This is one of the secrets of a PRBF.<\/p>\n
The next step is extreemely critical and may take the most amount of practice.\u00a0 This step is getting the root beer to the right temperature.\u00a0 The average refridgerator is not cold enough to get the root bear to the right temperature so you will need to put the root beer in the freezer until it is almost to freezing. At first I tried with two liter bottles.\u00a0 I found that the two liter is difficult to get it to the best temperature and once it’s to the right temperature it is only good for a float or two and then it needs to go back into the freezer again.\u00a0 So I have found that 20 once bottles are the best.\u00a0 They are enough for a float or two and they take less time to get to the critical temperature.\u00a0 Be careful not to leave the bottles in too long so that they freeze.\u00a0 I a very small amount of ice, as long as the ice will flow freely out of the bottle is not a problem.\u00a0 If there is so much ice that the root beer will not flow freely.\u00a0 Abort the process and thaw the bottle before attempting again.\u00a0 This is probably the biggest secret and probably the most overlooked process of root beer float creation.\u00a0 You will know the root beer is the correct temperature when you pour the root bear over the ice cream and there is no foaming.\u00a0 That is right no foaming! The root beer semi freezes as it runs over the ice cream and becomes almost slushy, and there is NO foaming.<\/p>\n
The last aspect is the glass.\u00a0 Glass or ceramic containers work the best.\u00a0 This is something I didn’t encorporate until Late 2007.\u00a0 place the glass or mug into the freezer about 15 minutes before you are ready to make the PRBF.\u00a0 This helps the root beer reach that perfect non-foaming temerature.<\/p>\n
After all the patience and pratice you are ready to experience the perfect root beer float.<\/p>\n
There may be some that claim you need to put the root beer in first.\u00a0 Everything still applies, but it is more critical that the root beer is very near freezing to eliminate the foam.<\/p>\n
Most of you will say, the foam is part of the root beer float experience.\u00a0 And I say the foam is part of the less than perfect RBF experience.<\/p>\n
Have faith and experiment for yourself and I know you too can experience the Perfect Root Beer float.<\/p>\n
Enjoy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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