Cocktail Hour: Bourbon Root Beer Float – Garden & Gun

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 oz. root beer syrup
• 2 oz. bourbon, preferably Buffalo Trace
• 8 oz. sparkling water
• 2 scoops bourbon vanilla ice cream
• 2 1/2 cups heavy cream
• 1 1/2 cups half-and-half
• 2 1/2 oz. brown sugar
• 2 oz. white sugar
• 6 egg yolks
• 2 1/2 oz. bourbon, preferably Buffalo Trace
• 3 oz. sassafras root
• 1 clove
• 1 star anise
• 1 tsp. coriander seeds
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 2 drops wintergreen extract
• 6 cups sugar
• 1 vanilla bean, split but not scraped