New Belgium has created another ice cream inspired beer with Ben & Jerry’s. The beer, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ale, will hit the shelves this fall. The brewery will donate $50,000 of the proceeds from the beer to Protect Our Winters (POW), a non-profit raising awareness of climate change.
The beer announcement reminded us that we really love ice cream paired with beer. And it’s hot outside. So here’s some beer/ice cream porn for your viewing pleasure.
1 of 12
![]()
The new Ben and Jerry's beer from New Belgium.
2 of 12
![]()
CCCDA (Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ale) isn't the first ice cream beer from New B. New Belgium released the Ben and Jerry's Salted Caramel Brownie Brown Ale last year.
3 of 12
![]()
Meanwhile, All About Beer magazine and Baskin-Robbins partnered to create this handy beer and ice cream pairing guide.
4 of 12
![]()
And the admiration works in the other direction too. Frozen Pints has a whole line of beer-flavored ice cream, some of which have an ABV reaching 3%.
5 of 12
![]()
Victory Brewing has a whole ice cream division, producing three different flavors from the wort of Golden Monkey.
6 of 12
![]()
Here's a cool infographic explaining how the symbiotic relationship between beer and ice cream works at Victory.
7 of 12
![]()
Sweet Action Ice Cream, out of Denver, partners with local breweries to make limited edition beer ice cream. Their latest is an Almond Lager Praline with Strange Craft Beer company.
8 of 12
![]()
Then there's The Ice Cream Bar, which creates boozy ice cream and sorbet with flavors like Bourbon Butter Pecan that reaches 8% ABV.
9 of 12
![]()
The Ice Cream Bar insists that there are three shots of booze in every pint.
10 of 12
![]()
Brooklyn Brewery has an easy recipe for a beer float that includes two bottles of their Black Chocolate Stout, one pint of vanilla ice cream and a spiced Mexican chocolate bar. Pour the beer, carefully add the ice cream and use a grater to shave some spiced chocolate on top.