Root Beer Butterfest Float

Recipe from Brian Bartels

Adapted by Robert Simonson

Root Beer Butterfest Float — Nancy Borowick for The New York Times

Rating: 4(11)
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This low-alcohol, post-dinner drink tastes a bit like a root beer float after the ice cream has melted. It is named after the Butter Festival that takes place every June in Mr. Bartels’s hometown, Reedsburg, Wis. If you have a butter cookie or vanilla wafer on hand, it makes a nice accompaniment. —Robert Simonson

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Ingredients

Yield:1 drink

1ounce Kringle Cream
1ounce Root liqueur
Club soda

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Preparation

Step 1
Into a Collins glass filled with ice, pour Kringle Cream and Root liqueur and top with club soda. Stir briefly. Add straw.

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Adapted from Brian Bartels, Fedora, New York

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