July 5, 2010



Ingredients:
     -Hard Apple Cider
     -Caramel Ice Cream


I was surprisingly scared to try this one out, not only because I was still reeling from the experiment that was 'Bubbly Brains' but also because if it didn't taste very good I would be more disappointed wasting an alcoholic beverage than a bottle of sarsaparilla. I actually winced when I put it up to my lips, but was quickly reassured as the familiar taste of a caramel apple filled my mouth. It was incredible, and I will admit to having two helpings of this float, one right after the other.


THE GOOD:
To anyone who used to like those 'Caramel Apple' lolli-pops, this is for you. It's amazing. When I tried it the second time I went for a darker, dryer hard-apple cider and it was only an improvement. You have to drink this.


THE BAD:
If you happen to drink three or four in a row you will not only get a stomach ache, but at that point remember "Oh, yeah, there's alcohol in these things." I know it tastes delicious, but drink responsibly. (This is more a warning against stomach aches).






July 4, 2010



Ingredients:

-Raspberry Sorbet
-Sarsaparilla Sodapop

This is the worst float I've ever had. It started with high hopes and quickly spiraled into whimpering. Chelsea and I decided that we would try and come up with a unique float combination, and therefore chose Sarsaparilla as our base. Neither of us had ever had it, and were therefore unaware as to it's flavor. I imagined something fruity. Don't ask me why. Something about the spelling I guess. Being as I thought it was fruity I chose to pair it with raspberry. I love raspberry, so it seemed like a good choice.

THE GOOD:
Not much to say here. As soon as the raspberry hit the sarsaparilla it started making a grotesque beige foam. About two minutes into the drink, when the sarsaparilla was a little bit cloudy and the raspberry still pretty solid it tasted like a cream-sickle that had been left in the sun. This was the high-point.

THE BAD:
Except for that narrow window of drinkability between the 2-min to 2-min 30-sec mark, this drink went from bad to worse. The foam tasted like Pepto-bismol, the sarsaparilla (which I came to realize was not at all fruity, but rather tasted like an earthier, thicker root-beer), turned into a thick pink and beige bubbly-mass that looked like a mason jar full of brains, which is probably an accurate account of the taste at that point.