However, unlike the root beer float, the Boston Cooler consists of the two ingredients — ice cream and ginger ale — being blended, rather than just the soda being poured over the scoops of ice ...

after adding the right soda to some plain ol’ vanilla ice cream, I’d be hooked. I just don’t want that soda to be root beer. Let’s start by talking about what a Boston Cooler is not.

[Paul] himself has tried the dry ice in a cooler full of root beer method. The problem is that the cooler isn’t pressurized so the carbonation level is very low. You need to have cold ...