Ice cream float
An ice cream float is a beverage. It has ice cream in either a soft drink or in a mixture of flavored syrup and carbonated water. It can also be called soda (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa and East Asia), coke float (United Kingdom), root beer float (United States,[1] Canada) or spider (Australia and New Zealand).[2]
 An ice-cream float | |
| Alternative names | Ice cream float, Coke float, root beer float, spider |
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| Type | Beverage |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Created by | Robert McCay Green |
| Main ingredients | Ice cream; soft drink, or syrup and carbonated water |
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Media related to Ice Cream Float Media
- Limespider
Root beer float, a type of ice cream soda.
A Boston cooler with Vernors ginger ale
A beer float made with Breyers vanilla ice cream and Samuel Adams beer
A Japanese style cream soda in Ueshima coffee shop
References
- ↑ Wenzl, Megan. The Hidden History of Root Beer Floats in Chicago. Chicago Eater. http://chicago.eater.com/2015/9/15/9261695/root-beer-floats-chicago-history-5-outstanding. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ↑ "spider, n.4" The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. 1989. OED Online. Oxford University Press.