Placemat No. 01 · Read it while you wait

The float,
given proof.

Same great taste.

A 130-year-old dessert, five generations of good times, and one bottle that tastes exactly like it.

  1. 1893 A Colorado brewer drops vanilla ice cream into root beer. The float is born.
  2. 1920s Counters, spinning stools, striped straws. The float becomes a Saturday ritual.
  3. 1950s Chrome, checkerboard floors, a jukebox that takes a nickel. Peak float.
  4. Since The float keeps showing up. Drive-ins, county fairs, backyard summers, the back of the freezer.
  5. Today Whiskey Pop. The float, given proof. Blended and bottled in San Diego County.

A word from the counter

Here's the thing nobody at the counter noticed: the float was already halfway to a whiskey. Vanilla, caramel and baking spice already live in whiskey. Sarsaparilla, vanilla and cream were waiting on the other side of the counter. Put them together and nothing has to be forced.

So we didn't force it. Whiskey Pop is real whiskey with natural root beer and vanilla flavors. No syrup, no dairy, nothing to shake or stir. Seventy proof. The first sip tastes unmistakably like a root beer float. We're not kidding.

— Whiskey Pop, San Diego County

A root beer float in a fountain glass with a striped straw at the Whiskey Pop diner
130 years in the making.

What's in the bottle

  • Root beerRoot beer
  • Vanilla creamVanilla cream
  • Real whiskeyReal whiskey

Three tastes. Already in the bottle. Nothing to mix.

By the numbers

130
Years in the making
70
Proof
35%
Alc/vol
750
ml
3
Tastes, one bottle
0
Dairy

How the counter pours it

  • Over iceTwo cubes, nothing else.
  • Over vanilla ice creamPour slow. That's the float.
  • Into root beerThe double root beer.
  • Neat and chilledStraight from the freezer door.

Pick a favorite. Then change your mind.

The jukebox at the Whiskey Pop diner
A nickel and a little patience.

Counter trivia

Q1How long did the float wait for proof?

About 130 years. We figured that was long enough.

Q2What makes a float foam?

Ice cream fat meets carbonation. Science, but delicious.

Q3What's the only spirit in Whiskey Pop?

Whiskey. Real whiskey. That's the whole list.

Tap a question. No peeking.

A Whiskey Pop bottle and a rocks glass on the soda fountain counter
More than a century later.

While you wait

Guest checkNo. 1893

Pull up a stool. However you pour it, you're invited.

  • Root beer float flavored whiskey · 750 ml$21.99
  • Two cubes, a fountain glass, or neatYour call
  • Good timesNo charge
Total$21.99
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21+ · Gratuity not required

Whiskey Pop · Root beer float flavored whiskey · 35% alc/vol · 70 proof · Blended and bottled in San Diego County · Please enjoy responsibly