Patent ID: 8443719

Claim:
A system for minimizing foam in a root beer float, the system comprising: a beverage glass; a strainer including a bottom section and a side section, wherein at least the bottom section and a portion of the side section are positioned in the beverage glass, and wherein at least one of the bottom and side sections is liquid permeable; one or more pieces of ice positioned in the strainer within the beverage glass; and root beer positioned in the beverage glass to cover at least a portion of the strainer and the ice in the strainer; wherein at least a portion of the root beer is allowed to foam inside the strainer and the beverage glass as the root beer is cooled by the ice in the strainer to thereby minimize foam when ice cream is added to the beverage glass; wherein, the strainer and any remaining ice is removed from the beverage glass after the foam is minimized; and wherein the ice cream is thereafter added to the root beer in the beverage glass to form the root beer float.