Ease into summer with a fast and easy adult root beer float fortified with whiskey and chocolate mint liqueur, and a smidge of ice cream if you want it. And face it, you want it. Serve with a straw and spoon for easy sipping.
Fill a highball glass 2/3 with ice. Add whiskey, cherry bitters and give it a quick swirl. Add about half your root beer, swirl again, top with ice cream (if using) and then add root beer to fill to the top of the glass and garnish with mint and a straw. If you’re forgoing the vanilla ice cream, just fill up with root beer and garnish with a mint sprig.