J.P. Licks and Castle Island Brewing team up for new ice cream and beer

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The 2 Boston purveyors partnered on salted caramel espresso flavored beer and ice cream.

Citadel Island Brewing Co.’s new Crooked Cow Prints with a dollop of J.P. Licks’ new Salted Caramel Infused Espresso ice cream — or, a “Crooked Float.” Courtesy

Boston’s hometown ice cream store J.P. Licks and South Boston brewery Citadel Island Brewing Co. have partnered on a brand new beer and ice cream taste. 

J.P. Licks’ new Salted Caramel Infused Espresso ice cream debuted in any respect places on Friday, Oct. 28. Citadel Island’s Crooked Cow Prints, a salted caramel espresso blonde stout, rolls out at their Norwood and Southie taprooms and at liquor shops throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island subsequent week, and will likely be accessible all through November and December.

J.P. Licks’ new taste is made out of their very own roasted espresso, blended with caramel and a contact of salt. The ice cream firm has roasted its personal honest commerce beans since 1999 within the Firehouse, the unique ice cream store location at 659 Centre St. in Jamaica Plain. When the Espresso Connection was purchased by Starbucks within the ‘90s, J.P. Licks proprietor Vince Petryk says on J.P. Licks’ web site that he “couldn’t purchase cup of espresso in Boston,” so he began roasting his personal.

In contrast to the model’s common Salted Caramel Cookies ‘n’ Cream taste, Salted Caramel Infused Espresso doesn’t have cookie crumbles and is, due to this fact, gluten-free. Salted Caramel Cookies ‘n’ Cream was the model’s most up-to-date addition to its everlasting taste lineup.

Citadel Island’s Crooked Cow Prints, a flavorful mild stout, has a “caramel taste that hits the pallet on the primary sip,” mentioned Emily Whitney, senior model supervisor at Citadel Island. Lactose provides sweetness, and a pinch of salt drives dwelling the salted caramel theme, though the J.P. Licks-roasted Peruvian espresso beans are the “star of the present,” mentioned Whitney.

Citadel Island Brewing Co. has taken forays into the funky beer world earlier than —they did a frappe-inspired Porter at one level, says Whitney. Because the Citadel Island staff began speaking about innovation for this yr, they determined to accomplice with an ice cream firm.

“It was essential for us to work with a Massachusetts-based firm that we revered, and that all of us imagine does it proper,” she mentioned. “We instantly considered J.P. Licks.”

From there, the beer’s taste got here naturally, impressed by espresso and lactose — J.P. Licks’ two fortes.

“The imagery and identify of the beer actually fueled itself from there. We imagined an over-caffeinated cow roaming in its pasture,” mentioned Whitney, and the identify Crooked Cow Prints was born.

“To us, ice cream and beer ought to be enjoyable, and it was about time for us to place the 2 collectively,” she mentioned.

The ice cream store and brewery will host a joint kickoff occasion at Citadel Island’s Southie taproom at 10 Previous Colony Ave. on Nov. 3 from 7 to 10 p.m. The ice cream social is open to the general public and options karaoke and each the brand new beer and ice cream individually — or company can mix them for a “Crooked Float.”

Each new releases are limited-time gadgets, though J.P. Licks and Citadel Island each say they received’t deny prospects what they actually need. 

“Each taste has the prospect of turning into everlasting,” mentioned Petryk, relying on buyer response. “If it blows each different taste out of the water, we’ll hold it round to see if it has endurance,” he mentioned, like they just lately did with Salted Caramel Cookies ‘n’ Cream.

“This beer is a restricted one-time launch,” mentioned Whitney, “but when our followers need some extra, we’ve by no means mentioned no to giving them extra as a pilot batch sequence.”

Ethical of the story? Get these flavors whereas they’re scorching (or, on this case, chilly), as a result of neither will doubtless stick round for lengthy.