National Root Beer Float Day 2023: Date, History, Facts, Activities

Diet? No, not on August 6. National Root Beer Float Day is a time to indulge in one of the world’s finest beverage-dessert combinations. On that day, some even compete for the title of best root beer float. Everything began in Colorado in 1893. Frank J. Wisner was moved to create. Wisner conceived a novel notion while surrounded by Cow Mountain, where his Cripple Creek Brewing Company was located. While gazing at mountains, he did not observe any snow-covered summits. Instead, Wisner imagined ice cream scoops drifting in root beer.

The background of National Root Beer Float Day

The combination of ice cream and root beer is unlike any other. The history of this summertime delicacy is as complex as its texture and flavour!

On August 19, 1893, the root beer float was invented by Frank J. Wisner, the proprietor of Colorado’s Cripple Creek Brewing. This extraordinary innovation was inspired by Wisner’s observation of the snowy peaks of Colorado’s Cow Mountain, which resembled ice cream hovering on a beverage. While gazing out the window of the Cripple Creek Cow Mountain Gold Mining Company, Wisner perceived the snow-capped mountains to resemble ice cream due to the radiance of the full moon.

The next day, Wisner combined vanilla ice cream with root beer and dubbed the resulting beverage “Black Cow Mountain.” His beverage of choice was Myers Avenue Red Root Beer. The next day, he served his guests the root beer float, which became an instant success. Children shortened the name to ‘Black Cow,’ and it is now known simply as root beer float.

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Activities on National Root Beer Float Day

Create your very own root beer float.

There is no better way to commemorate National Root Beer Float Day than by creating your own. Grab your preferred brand of root beer, pour it into a chilled glass, and top it with a dollop of vanilla ice cream. Nice!

Conduct some research on root beer

This is the type of investigation you can appreciate! The Root Beer Store carries over 100 root beer brands and flavours. You can read customer evaluations of all available root beers and even mix-and-match bottles. Additionally, your local specialty liquor store may have a decent selection, so consume up!

Throw an adult root beer gathering.

Hard root beer is on the rise! Crafty producers have developed root beers with varying levels of alcohol. Invite your neighbours to a dessert party and serve them root beer cocktails. However, while root beer goes down quickly and easily, it will eventually catch up with you.

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Root beer floats prepared with root beer ice cream and Boylan root beer can be purchased at Jeni’s ice cream shops.

In Philadelphia, The Franklin Fountain produces authentic root beer floats with their own brand of root beer syrup and ice cream.

Scooter’s Frozen Custard in Chicago offers a root beer float with vanilla custard, a refreshing variation on the traditional float.

Instead of suspending the ice cream on top of the root beer, combine the two to create a root beer freeze.

In Alexander City, Alabama, the SpringHouse restaurant serves a bourbon float prepared with Buffalo Trace bourbon, bourbon ice cream, and house-made root beer syrup.

NATIONAL ROOT BEER FLOAT DAY DATES

Year	Date	Day
2023	August 6	Sunday
2024	August 6	Tuesday
2025	August 6	Wednesday
2026	August 6	Thursday
2027	August 6	Friday