Recent content by Aloha_Mike

Sorry pulykamell, didn't see your post...but yeah, I basically did your suggestion. I imagine grain alchohol has less taste than vodka, but I've seen vanilla done with vodka, and assumed its close. It is close, but the vodka definitely has a taste that comes through...i think.

Success! The ice cream had a subtle bitterness and went great with the beers we were drinking (brown ale, and American pale ale). The dairy would also cut the heat nicely on a chipotle stout, especially if it was overly spicey, so a stout float with this ice cream would be incredible! I put...

I am going to try making some this weekend. I hadn't thought of the tea idea, but I did start soaking some whole hops in vodka to make a bit of an extract. I don't recall the type, but they had a very high AA, in the high teens. I figured they might use peppermint oil or extract to make...