The beer milkshake.

comes from John Steinbeck's Cannery Row.

One of the characters in the book, Doc, likes beer and someone told him he'd probably order himself a beer milkshake.

Of course in the book Doc drove out of town into a quiet place and ordered one. The directions he gave the fountain attendant sounded terrible.

Still, the idea stuck in my mind and I decided to experiment with making one and actually got it right the first try.

Take about a pint of Ben and Jerry's Butter Brickle and dump it into a shake can, add maybe a half pint of milk, 2/3s of a beer and fire up the mixer until it's a shade lumpy like a good shake should be.

It's actually pretty good even though it sounds terrible.


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