The New York Times

I'll Have a Big Scoop of Beer, Please

Some producers avoid iciness by keeping beer out altogether. Tyler Malek, the head ice-cream maker at Salt & Straw in Portland, Ore. has developed a "six pack" of beer ice cream, five of which do not include any beer. He worked with local brewers to "deconstruct,then reconstruct" specific beers into ice creams using a variety of malts, lactic acid, a partly fermented beer, yeasts, a bourbon barrel and whole pellet hops.

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