beer float

i have been dreaming of beer floats ever since i read this post. here is my very lame attempt:

the problem was, i didn't write the name of the beer down so when i went shopping i tried to do it by memory. nothing looked or sounded familiar. i made several attempts, all without ever going back to read the post again. i was finally so desperate that i decided to ask some people who looked like beer connoisseurs. they looked at me like i was crazy and then sent the vons clerk over to help me. he had absolutely no clue either but he suggested a light, blond beer. something danish, i believe. well, i ran home to make it and was sadly disappointed with the result. i realize my first mistake was not writing it down and my second mistake was shopping at vons...as my husband put it, "vons?!? really?" i do have to say that once the foam went down and it sat for a while, it became less bitter and the ice cream was actually very good. i'm going to try it again, using the proper ingredients, because i am still obsessed with this darn float.

for those of you interested in making one, use old rasputin and go heavy on the ice cream.