its menus, but that variant is actually a Vernors float, as the ice cream is not blended. The drink is also found at many Detroit-area ice cream parlors (including Dairy Queens) and at Halo Burger, a Flint, Michigan–based fast food chain. Snow White A Snow White is made with 7 Up or Sprite and vanilla ice cream. The origin of this variation is unknown, but it is found in some Asian eateries. Purple cow In the context of ice cream soda, a purple cow is vanilla ice cream in purple grape soda. The Purple Cow, a restaurant chain in the southern United States, features this and similar beverages. In a more general context, a purple cow may refer to a non-carbonated grape juice and vanilla ice cream combination. Grapico, a brand of grape soda bottled in Birmingham, Alabama, is ubiquitously linked to ice cream floats in that state. Sherbet cooler The American Friendly's chain had a variation known as a "sherbet cooler," which was a combination of orange or watermelon sherbet, vanilla syrup and seltzer water. (At present, it is billed as a "slammer.") Vaca-preta At least in Brazil and Portugal, a non-alcoholic ice cream soda made by combining vanilla or chocolate ice cream and Coca-Cola is known as vaca-preta ("black cow"). Vaca amarela ou vaca dourada In Brazil, a vaca amarela or yellow cow or vaca dourada or golden cow is an ice cream soda combination of vanilla ice cream and orange or guaraná soda. Helado flotante In Mexico the most popular version is made with cola and lemon sorbet. Orange float An orange float or orange whip consists of vanilla ice cream and orange soft drinks. Beer float A beer float is made of Guinness stout, chocolate ice cream, and espresso. Although the Shakin' Jesse version is blended into more of a milkshake consistency, most restaurant bars can make the beer float version. When making at home, the beer and espresso should be very cold so as to not melt the ice cream. Nectar soda This variant is popular in New Orleans and parts of Ohio, made with a syrup consisting of equal parts almond and vanilla syrups mixed with sweetened condensed milk and a touch of red food coloring to produce a pink, opalescent syrup base for the soda. Melon cream soda Cream soda with melon flavor (クリームソーダ) is a common drink in Japan. Melon soda (メロンソーダ)