It was invented by Frank J. Wisner of Cripple Creek Colorado. Sometime in the late 1890's.
Frank J. Wisner invented the root beer float by putting vanilla ice cream on top of his root beer to imitate the white snow on top of the blackened Cow Mountain.
No, there is no alcohol in a root beer float.
No, but a tin can.
A root beer float has vanilla ice cream in it. Root beer itself does not contain vanilla.
The Root Beer and Dr Pepper are less dense than the water allowing them to float.
Me
Of course!
The density in the ice cream.
Black Cow
about $1.50
a root beer float
Root beer with ice cream is called a Root Beer Float. I don't think there is a specific name if the ice cream is chocolate.
the chemical reactions between the the dairy product in the ice-cream and the fiss in the root beer!