This weekend was up in Maine. My buddy has a small ice cream maker, he made a couple pints with MBC Zoe. Outstanding.
I don't know about this. Zoe is an excellent beer by itself and there are some things that really do not go together.
Fair comment I am a big fan of Zoe too and I was skeptical . This is not something you would eat a bowl of or in a cone. I would say its perfect in between courses of a fancy meal, or as a small taste along with a glass of bourbon.
As long as you believe my comment was fair, there's another comment I didn't include. There are plenty of other beers with a similar taste profile as Zoe that are far less expensive. I guess it was just that your friend used Zoe, which I consider a premium priced worth the price to try at least once beer.
Here are three recipes I would go for..http://www.thenibble.com/reviews/main/desserts/beer-ice-cream3.asp
I'm not sure what you're trying to say in either of these. Do you not think Zoe Ice Cream makes sense? Do you think Zoe is too expensive to use for cooking? Either way, though, I'd have to disagree. I've had several types of bitter-sweet ice creams from high-end restaurants, including rose petal ice cream, micro-basil ice cream, and several others. They were definitely unconventional and nothing you'd make the focus of a dish, but they worked great as accompaniments. The micro-basil ice cream was served with a slice of cheesecake and raspberry coulis and it was awesome. I also think that because ice cream isn't cooked, it's a good place to apply high quality beer. When you're reducing beer into a sauce or using it as a steaming liquid or whatever, so many of the subtleties (along with most of the alcohol) cook off. Ice cream, however, retains full flavor of the beer and is one of the only ingredients, so it's a good platform for it's full complexity to shine. Just my two cents on it, though.
there are several places in my area that serve beer icecream. this is hardly unusal or ridiculous! its actually pretty good, hope you enjoyed it op!
Good food comes from good ingredients. 1 pint of Zoe (serving for 1) = 2 pints of really good ice cream to be served to 10+ people all of whom love Zoe which is what makes it a fun experience. If I used the "other beers with a similar taste profile as Zoe that are far less expensive" it would defeat the purpose (or I could say, this is Beer Ice Cream made with a beer that has a similar taste profile to Zoe). If you are telling me I could have saved $3 I guess your being silly. Would love to hear the names of all the beers you would say have similar taste profile to Zoe.
I didn't google it, but I remember when I lived in Michigan I found that Hagen Daas used to make a beer ice cream, "black & tan" or some sort. I had it and it was decent.
I made a batch of Victory at Sea ice Cream 4-5 weeks ago. Was pretty outstanding. Needed to reduce the V@Sea a bit though, and added a touch of melted chocolate to round it out a bit. I also made a Salted Caramel gelato 2 months ago, and made beer floats with it and Parabola. That was serious business right there.
Jeni's is an ice cream chain in Ohio that makes a wonderful Kriek Sorbet. One of the absolute best things I have ever had.
The ultimate beer ice cream combo... New Glarus belgian red with vanilla ice cream. i normally just make a beer float with it. Its crazy good!
Ommegang makes 3 Philosopher's ice cream that is available at their cafe and it is fantastic. I always look forward to it when I get to go there. DFH also makes Raison D'etre ice cream at their brewpub in Rehoboth, which is also really good. I've wanted to make beer ice cream for awhile but haven't gotten around to it yet. I'd like to make a pumpkin beer ice cream and a chocolate stout ice cream with cinnamon and cayenne.
