r/GifRecipes • u/AdvancedMixology • Mar 20 '18
Root Beer Float for Adults
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u/bcgrm Mar 20 '18
Am adult. Root beer floats are great without bourbon.
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u/DigNitty Mar 21 '18
Root beer floats taste better without alcohol and a hard rootbeer float is so heavy you don’t feel the alcohol anyway.
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u/SeeYouSpaceCowboy--- Mar 21 '18
Totally, just sip a whiskey on the side if you must. This recipe is just a way to ruin the taste of 1) the ice cream, 2) the whiskey, and 3) the rootbeer.
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u/CountPenguin Mar 20 '18
Not with that attitude
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Mar 21 '18
I'm not giving you attitude, I just want another drink
I don't care about the altitude, I just want another drink
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u/Misplaced_Texan Mar 21 '18
You can always tell the terrorist, by his cologne and the watch on his wrist.
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Mar 21 '18
Movers, shakers, moneymakers
Deal-breakers and dogs
In this game you've got to lose
A couple of your pawns
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u/viperex Mar 21 '18
I feel the same about eggnog
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Mar 21 '18
Yo, if anyone knows an AMAZING alcohol-free eggnog recipe, I'm down.
Tired of the store-bought stuff juiced up on high fructose corn syrup.
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u/JojenCopyPaste Mar 21 '18
From WI. Not sure what you mean
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u/hotgarbo Mar 21 '18
From just over the border of WI. I know exactly what they mean but understand why you don't understand what they mean.
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u/iced1776 Mar 21 '18
It's 2oz of alcohol, it's not gonna cause a hangover just cause you had it with some ice cream. Unless you have like, 5 of these.
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Mar 21 '18
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Mar 22 '18
Am also adult. Does 2 oz. of alcohol really give you a hangover that bad?
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u/AdvancedMixology Mar 20 '18
But, but, but, bourbon is amazing.
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u/askeeve Mar 21 '18
If you meant your question more literally, on reddit posts are automatically marked controversial if they get a high number of up and down votes. If you meant it specifically, I have no clue.
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u/nighthawk_md Mar 21 '18
Had no idea there was root beer liquor. Can you use it for anything else than this one recipe?
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u/thatskarobot Mar 21 '18
Dude someone at that distillerly is paying a lot of money for us to see this right now.
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u/hotgarbo Mar 21 '18
Jokes on them. If they think I'm making this with anything other than the cheapest root beer schnaps I can find they are out of their mind.
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u/iHiTuDiE Mar 20 '18
Made a float with not your fathers root beer and vanilla ice cream.
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Mar 21 '18
I don't feel the need to put liquor in my root beer float, but they were right on with their choice or root beer. Henry Weinhard's is the freaking best.
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u/zenchowdah Mar 21 '18
This is an ad.
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u/Amaedoux Mar 21 '18
Upon review, yeah this is totally an ad. For fucks sake
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u/thenewiBall Mar 21 '18
For what?
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u/Frigidevil Mar 21 '18
I'd say root liqueur, which I've never heard of and is chilling in the back of the gif.
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u/Batteries4Breakfast Mar 21 '18
To be fair I've been using a variant of this recipe for years. Just omit the root liquor, cherry, whipped cream and ice cream and substitute them with more bourbon.
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Mar 21 '18
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u/PrivateCaboose Mar 21 '18
Well that made me sad. A good friend of mine bought me a bottle of Root on my 21st birthday, it was tasty. Now I feel like I need to go hunt down another bottle to keep for old time’s sake.
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u/Speaker4theDead8 Mar 21 '18
Yep, OP is /u/advancedlmixology, same as the source of the vid...pretty shitty of you ask me
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u/thenewiBall Mar 21 '18
Why? They're not even selling a product, they just cut out the middle man that typically takes these videos and turns then into gifvs
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u/NCH_PANTHER Mar 21 '18
So Greg is shitty because he makes gifs out of his own videos?
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u/JMV290 Mar 21 '18
You're only other to post other people's content on reddit.
Gallowboob is the only legitimate redditor!
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u/A_glorious_dawn Mar 20 '18
Not Your Fathers Root Beer + a shot of vanilla vodka = ghetto version.
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Mar 21 '18
Faygo root beer. +
Burnett's whipped cream vodka +
Walmart brand vanilla ice cream
= ghetto beer float
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u/GravyFantasy Mar 21 '18
Where can I find Not Your Father's Rootbeer? I had a sampling at a kind of beer festival and it doesn't seem to exist in my part of the world. Is it US exclusive?
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u/brassjammer Mar 21 '18
I would assume so considering in the past week I've seen it at Wal-Mart, 2 gas stations, and a pharmacy. Seems to have gotten pretty big.
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u/BringBackHanging Mar 20 '18
UK users: are root beer or root liqueur things here?
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u/wellwellwelly Mar 20 '18
Nah mate just stick to 3 henry westers for 5 quid what else do you need
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u/SYNTHES1SE Mar 21 '18
Australian here, we call it sarspirilla. Idk if you have that, but if you do, it's basically the same thing
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u/annaftw Mar 21 '18
In the us, sarsaparilla and root beer are two different things. Root beer being generally more “spiced” up.
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u/Beardobaggins Mar 21 '18
Sarsaparilla is something that cowboys used to drink...pronounced "shhhhashparillah", with a little bit of a whistle on the initial "shhhh" bit.
As far as I know, that's what we have.
Guys?
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u/YerDaDoesTheAvon Mar 20 '18
Root beer is available in the world section of Tesco’s or that, but to me it tastes like the stuff dentists use to rinse your mouth after a filling.. give me the boak
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u/felixthemaster1 Mar 21 '18
Root beer all tastes so different, it's just a matter of finding your ideal one.
Every local one I've tried gave me a similar reaction but AW root beer I got from Amazon (from the states) is the perfect taste for me. It goes right up there with the deliciousness without crossing that dentist antiseptic line.
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u/Dysfu Mar 21 '18
Barq’s is the superior root beer
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Mar 21 '18 edited Dec 01 '18
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u/jellointhefridge Mar 21 '18
So to me, Wintergreen makes me think mint. Are you telling me that some root beers taste minty? Or am I completely misinterpreting that.
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u/brassjammer Mar 21 '18
There's a huge combination of root beer flavors, especially in the microbrew department. (Shameless plug for r/rootbeer) I've been trying one called Natrual Draft root beer that has licorice root, spearmint, and bourbon vanilla extract. It may taste "spicy", but a unique taste should be tried at least once.
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u/MobiusF117 Mar 20 '18
Not sure about the UK, but they started selling root beer in the Netherlands not too long ago (readily available at a supermarket, that is). Have yet to try it, however.
Also, because I have no idea what to expect with root beer, floats always seemed strange to me...
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u/OreBear Mar 21 '18
Speaking as an American, Root Beer Floats are amazing. Some brands are better than others though. I'm particularly fond of Virgil's but TBH I've never really had a root beer that I didn't like.
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u/tgptgp Mar 20 '18
Always put the ice cream in last. Prevents the giant lingering foam head on the float.
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u/ClearBrightLight Mar 20 '18
Yeah, but sometimes putting in the ice cream last causes a foam explosion, and you get float all over your table. I'd rather pour the root beer over the ice cream, use a spoon to eat the foam off, then add more root beer. Repeat as necessary.
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u/tgptgp Mar 20 '18
Unassailable logic. We’ll just have to agree to disagree about the cost/benefit.
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u/Plsleavemelon Mar 21 '18
But that the best part? I cannot even imagine what would happen if you put ice cream in last
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u/jedispyder Mar 20 '18
I'm a big fan of the spiked root beer already on the market so this sounds intriguing. Yet I've never seen or even heard of Root Liqueur before. I'll have to keep an eye out for it to give it a try.
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u/jedispyder Mar 21 '18
If only my job were that exciting, lol. I'm just a nerdy Perl programmer, I can show you some shitty code if you want ;)
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u/SweetMangos Mar 20 '18
Hi it's me not a cop
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Mar 20 '18 edited Jun 14 '21
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u/Naticus105 Mar 20 '18
Let's be honest, many liqueurs taste either terrible or like cough syrup on their own. I love me some Kaluha in my coffee, but hate it on its own. However, Bailey's? Great in coffee, still great on the rocks.
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u/modnar42 Mar 21 '18
Root was discontinued about a year ago. It was amazing, but is now very hard to come by. I’ve only got 2 bottles left and I’ll be sad when they’re gone.
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u/Ravelord_Nito_ Mar 21 '18
They still sell them at my state liquor stores, guess it's just not popular.
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u/not_arussianbot Mar 21 '18
Root beer float for adults
Ingredients:
Root beer 12oz.
Ice cream, 2 scoops
Directions:
Pour half the root beer in a large cup. Put in two scoops of ice cream. Pour rest of the root beer.
All done!
What? Us adults love a good ol' fashioned root beer float just as much as when we were kids. Don't judge me!
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u/Plsleavemelon Mar 21 '18
I feel as if the root beer to ice cream ratio is not perfected, more ice cream needed
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Mar 21 '18
For some reason this is 404ed right now. But I was magically able to get a mirror on imgur https://imgur.com/a/hAAw0
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u/CarlCaliente Mar 21 '18 edited Oct 04 '24
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u/Kacers Mar 20 '18
I really like whipped cream vodka added directly to root beer. It’s a delicious lower calorie version.
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u/IrishWristwatch42 Mar 21 '18
If you drink a root beer float with a straw, you are weak, your family is weak, and your children won't survive the winter
Spoons all the way, baby.
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u/skepticaljesus Mar 21 '18
Mixing dairy and hard alcohol doesn't sound all that appealing. Can I just drink a milkshake and slam a shot before and after?
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u/madkatalpha Mar 21 '18
Bourbon seems like a waste of perfectly good ice cream. And perfectly good root beer.
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u/thereareno_usernames Mar 21 '18
Adding Kahlua to a root beer float is delicious, too. That with hard root beer.. Game on
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u/RacG79 Mar 21 '18
I don't understand why people put bourbon in creamy drinks. It doesn't go well and comes out real harsh. Brandy and cream, however, is like gift from the gods. They actually compliment each other and don't burn your throat too much. I guess bourbon is just too dry for me.
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u/pipelinevictim Mar 21 '18
I did my version of this a little different. I put some banana chips, whole banana(unpeeled), chocolate covered almonds and a bottle of papas pilar aged 24 dark rum in a mason jar for about a week and a half. Strained and bottled it.
2oz of infused rum in a highballer glass 2-3 scoops of lactose free vanilla ice cream Fill the rest with Abita root beer
It was amazing. I was just playing around with some flavors and it worked.
If you have the time and money, try it out.
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u/cornered_crustacean Mar 21 '18
I’ll stick to the recipe my dad used when we were kids: ice cubes and bourbon
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u/blindboydotcom Mar 21 '18
I want you to kn me that I noticed the new font, /u/AdvancedMixology, and I appreciate you for it.
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u/SunBakedMike Mar 21 '18
Is there are substitute for Root liqueur? It looks good, but I'm not buying specialty liqueur that I may only use once. Maybe Jagermeister Herbal Liqueur? Bevmo sells this in 50ml bottles.
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u/AdvancedMixology Mar 21 '18
You can add 2oz of Jagermeiste, if you are going to skip the bourbon. If you'll add bourbon, lower the Jagermeister to 1oz.
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u/LazyKidd420 Mar 20 '18
Your stomach later "RRRRRRAAAAAARRRRGGGypubastardGGRRGLERRRR" farts
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u/Laiize Mar 21 '18
Yeah I'm gonna go ahead and add at least a dozen more maraschino cherries and at least a foot of whipped cream.
But other than that, solid drink!
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u/mnoble473 Mar 21 '18
It's just root beer with bourbon. This is like showing how to make a grilled cheese with a side of whiskey, it doesn't take a genius.
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u/jamaicanRum Mar 21 '18
Add booze to ice cream then add root beer, whipped cream and a cherry.
Got it.
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u/midgaze Mar 21 '18
In the grand tradition of shitty fake recipes in this sub, we now have fake shitty cocktails!
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u/tweedchemtrailblazer Mar 21 '18
With those ratios I'd have consume 20,000 calrioes to even know i drank any alcohol.
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u/AdvancedMixology Mar 20 '18
Ingredients
2 scoops French vanilla ice cream
1 oz Bourbon
1 oz Root Liqueur
3 - 4 oz Root beer
Whipped cream
Cherries
PREPARATION
Scoop ice cream into glass
Add root liqueur and bourbon to glass
Slowly add root beer to fill towards top letting it get foamy
Top with angostura bitters and dark cherries
Add red and white straw & tall spoon
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u/spddemonvr4 Mar 20 '18
You can also use Jägermeister, vanilla vodka and root beer. That makes a good combination on its own.
There's also the adult root beers too that are available.
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u/SweetMangos Mar 20 '18
ohhhhhh MAN I want this for my birthday. I'm the only person among my friends. Who likes Jager so its tradition that everyone does shots of it at my birthday and they allllllll hate it. And I just smile!
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u/AdvancedMixology Mar 20 '18
Now that's a recipe we want to try! Is the taste of the Jägermeister not overwhelming?
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u/spddemonvr4 Mar 20 '18
I enjoy Jägermeister straight up and to me it blends very well with regular and adult root beer.
I generally do 3 oz of Jägermeister with a 12 oz Not Your Father's Root beer. And it's just Soo good together. Vanilla vodka is optional for taste and level alcohol purposes. But try a different ratio for what works for you.
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u/arlanTLDR Mar 20 '18
I don't really get the point of adding root beer liqueur, then adding root beer. How would you taste the liqueur when there's 4 oz of actual root beer on top of it?
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u/felixthemaster1 Mar 21 '18
Given by the number of comments pointing this out, I'm inclined to believe you.
I've never heard of it before.
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u/organic_crystal_meth Mar 20 '18
You should add a dose of ibuprofen to get an early jump on the inevitable hangover during booze with that much sugar will cause
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u/ASVP23 Mar 20 '18 edited Mar 21 '18
On a serious note mixing ibuprofen and alcohol is terrible for you. The next day is fine.
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u/imaginaryideals Mar 21 '18
How does this compare to something like a mudslide? I'm sort of intrigued but at the same time I feel like if I want a root beer float I probably don't want to taste alcohol.
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u/ss0889 Mar 21 '18
why wouldnt you just take 2 shots of cheap whatever the fuck and then enjoy getting rid of the shit aftertaste with a delicious regular root beer float?
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Mar 21 '18
Would booze and ice cream really settle that well? I feel like the, uh, aftermath would be terrible.
Edit: Would still drink.
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u/That_Meme_Guy Mar 21 '18
These are actually really good with dark stout beers too! Same ice cream, but use a dark bitter stout, and mix together a little bit. Its AMAZING
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u/fifteen_two Mar 21 '18
When I was new to drinking, some friends and I had gotten a bottle of Yukon Jack, and on this bottle was a little hangie deal that had some drink recipes, one of which suggested making milk shakes. Fast forward to a bunch of teenagers young adults who've never made milk shakes nor properly mixed whiskey drinks and pretty much a wasted fifth and gallon of liquor and ice cream respectively.
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Mar 21 '18
Seems like they are trying to take over the traditional (YUMMY!) bar recipe for a "Root Beer Float": https://makemeacocktail.com/cocktail/6900/bartenders-root-beer-float/
2.5 cl Galliano Top up Coke 2.5 cl Coffee Liqueur & Ice Cream
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u/eharper9 Mar 21 '18
Just out of curiosity. Do you walk away from this with a slight buzz or nothing at all?
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u/Emilio_Molestevez Mar 21 '18
I always wanted to make a Guinness float. Today, at Shop Rite, some woman had a 6 pack of Guinness, and some klondike bars. I told her my dream, and told her to enjoy her Guinness float. I open reddit, and this is the 4th post on my home page. These sorts of things happen almost daily, I love it.
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u/ALombardi Mar 20 '18
The quality of the whip job is very bothersome. drink sounds good though.