I love a good ice cream float - especially root beer floats. When I saw the bottle that said A&W Root Beer Float in my local convenience store, I was more than excited. A root beer float in a bottle? Oh yeah, I’m there!

Unfortunately, I don’t think this could have tasted worse if they were trying to make it taste bad. It had that tan, ice cream plus root beer look to it, but it was super sweet and tasted really strongly of black licorice. Most good root beer has a licorice undertone but this was too much. Gah! I couldn’t even finish it. I poured it out after three or four swigs. It was truly awful.

Get one now if you are a soft drink/bottle collector because I can’t imagine these will last long. These also come in Sunkist Soda Orange Float flavor and I’ve heard those taste pretty darn good (like a Creamsicle), but I haven’t tried it myself.

If you want a good ice cream float at home, make one yourself and skip the float in a bottle.

• A&W Floats