GUINNESS STOUT ICE CREAM FLOATS (6 dessert servings)

The bar order “Guinness and Black” combines Irish stout with a shot of blackberry brandy. That drink is the inspiration for this float.

2 pints super premium vanilla ice cream

6 tablespoons blackberry brandy

4 chilled 12 ounce bottles of Guinness

1. Divide ice cream among 6 (sixteen ounce) glasses, then add 1 tablespoon brandy to each. Slowly pour 8 ounces stout into each glass.

from Gourmet Magazine, June, 2007