Patent ID: 7685936

Claim:
A method of minimizing foam in combining root beer and ice cream in a beverage container, the method comprising: placing a liquid-permeable strainer in a beverage container capable of holding root beer; thereafter, adding ice to the beverage container where at least some of the ice is retained in the strainer placed in the beverage container; thereafter, placing the root beer in the beverage container such that the root beer comes in contact with the ice retained in the strainer to reduce a temperature of the root beer; allowing at least a portion of the root beer to foam inside the strainer and the beverage container as at least a portion of the root beer is cooled by the ice in the strainer to thereby minimize foam when ice cream is added to the beverage container; thereafter, removing the strainer with any of the ice remaining in the strainer from the beverage container; and thereafter, adding the ice cream to the beverage container.