Celebrating National Root Beer Float Day in NoCo!
From craft root beer to homemade ice cream, Northern CO has great places to celebrate National Root Beer Float Day on Aug 6, 2023! #rootbeerfloatnoco
Just want some craft root beer without the ice cream? Scroll a little further down for local breweries that make their own.
Looking for spiked root beer? We found that too in NoCo!
Tag us #rootbeerfloatnoco
BUT FIRST, A LITTLE COLORADO HISTORY ABOUT ROOT BEER FLOATS:
Sharing from National Food.com: The unique fusion of ice cream with root beer is unlike anything else. This summertime delicacy has a history as rich as its texture and flavor!
Frank J. Wisner, the owner of Colorado’s Cripple Creek Brewing, is the person to thank for creating the root beer float on August 19, 1893. The idea behind this extraordinary innovation came to Wisner when he was looking at the snowy peaks of Colorado’s Cow Mountain that gave the illusion of ice cream floating on a beverage. While staring out of the window of the Cripple Creek Cow Mountain Gold Mining Company, Wisner thought the glow of the full moon made the snow-capped mountains resemble ice cream.
The following day, Wisner got to work combining vanilla ice cream with root beer and calling the result the ‘Black Cow Mountain.’ The soda he had used was Myers Avenue Red Root Beer. The root beer float was served to his guests the very next day and became an instant hit. Children shortened the word to ‘Black Cow,’ and today it is simply known as root beer float.
WHERE TO GET A ROOT BEER FLOAT IN NOCO:
-Walrus Ice Cream (made with CooperSmith's very own Root Beer)
-Glacier Ice Cream
-Josh & John's Ice Cream (they make their own root beer!)
-A & W (our favorite location is in Berthoud where you still get a frosted mug)
-Union Bar and Soda Fountain (they make their own craft sodas)
-Dairy Delite (Loveland)
-BJ's (they make their own craft sodas)
-Dairy Queen
-Windsor Lake Coffee and Ice Cream
-Goober's Ice Cream (Milliken)
-Brendy's (Wellington)
-PARADICE CREAM (Loveland)
-Old Town Churn
-Sonic
-Baskin Robbins
-Rita's Italian Ice (they make an italian ice version for something unique)
-CF&G Public Market (Timnath)
-Ben and Jerry's
-Kilwin's
-Culver's
-Freddy's
Let us know if there's a location you'd like us to add!
BREWERIES SERVING UP CRAFT ROOT BEER IN NOCO:
-Grimm Brother's
-BJ's
-CooperSmith's
-High Hops Brewery
-Stodgy Brewing Company
SPIKED ROOT BEER:
-The Heart Distillery (Green Fairy Root Beer)
WHO'D WE MISS FOR OUR ROOT BEER FLOAT BLOG? COMMENT BELOW!
NATIONAL ROOT BEER FLOAT DAY BY THE NUMBERS
1876 – the year when root beer was invented
16 – the number of roots and herbs that root beer is made of.
3% – the percentage that root beer makes up in America’s soft drink market.
1960 – the year when a key ingredient of root beer, the sassafras root, was banned by the FDA.
#1 – the ranking of A&W as the leading root beer brand in America.
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