My favorite floats start with vanilla ice cream, and while any vanilla will work, vanilla bean or French vanilla ice cream work best. Then pour your beer over it, just like you would a root beer ...

Drinking an ice cream float would probably fix this, but since I started writing this piece the temperature has risen another 10 degrees, and my brain would rather start a war over ice cream ...

Or better yet, I’ll force my kids to make an ice cream float for me, since I’m utterly exhausted from all this whining. They’ll like me much better once I’ve cooled down. ••• Ice ...

With sunshine and warm days ahead, it’s time to put away winter beers and reach for lighter, thirst-quenching, summer beers. Pair that other summertime favorite — ice cream — with your next ...

Beer and ice cream can be paired in a range of beer float combinations, like this ice cream float made with an Irish stout. (Courtesy Getty Images) By Jay R. Brooks, correspondent ...