They had the best malts at Felbinger’s. Made with a Malto-matic and real malt powder from the brewery.
Or whatever the mixing appartus was with a 50’s swoop in Chartreuse and Stainless …The Shakinator… I just know that they were the same machines that Ray Croc sold before McDonald’s. McDonald’s brothers placed such a large order for shake mixers that it intrigued Ray and merited his investment.
Do they have Braum’s in Tucson? If so, they have some pretty good malts (I’m addicted to them myself) for about $2.50 for a medium. Mmmm, malts.
There are a couple of new places that have opened in Phoenix - one is Nielsen’s and the other is Culiver’s. Both serve that fabulously rich mid-western style custard and “concretes.” I don’t know if either is available in Tucson, but if you find one, definitely check it out.
(I didn’t have a malt at either one, but the custard I had was great!).
Well now, this is hardly awkward at all.
Since he went ahead and put it out there, I had found him a little stalkery. Now I see that was a good call on my part.
I thought this thread was about Scotch. Sorry.
What’s the difference between a malt and a shake?
I was in Vegas last weekend and I went to The Burger Bar in The Luxor and had a Nutella Milk Shake. It was so good, I finished it before receiving my hamburger.
Your statement that you have never had an icre cream soda is, I think, the most amazing thing I have heard in weeks. I can’t imagine growing up without having had an ice cream soda. And I had no idea they were becoming extinct as you imply. Just for the record, I’m 72 and to the best of my knowledge I have never had a malt. Maybe they didn’t have them in New England which is where I grew up.
The addition of malt powder, a product which comes from barley and provides a slightly sharp, nutty taste which is a nice complement to overly-sweet pure milkshakes.
I think this is part of the ‘lost art’ that my dad always referred to. He would have been 68 this year. He liked egg cremes and ice cream sodas a lot too. I remember he used to try get me to try a Purple Cow (grape soda or grape juice with vanilla ice cream) instead of my preferred rootbeer float, which seems to be the most enduring ice cream soda drink in pop culture.
Is an ice cream soda just ice cream in soda? I thought it would be… different. Yeah, everybody’s had a root beer float. And egg cream makes me visualize a Cadbury Creme Egg.
Is there a Swensen’s or similar ice-cream shop in Tucson? Swensen’s over here make great malts. So does Haagen-Dazs and Baskin-Robbins.
I just went to Swensen’s the other night and got a peanut butter chocolate malt and it was very good. I will definitely go there again for malts, although I do find their food mediocre and their waitresses bitchy.
I worked at DQ many years ago. I’m pretty sure we didn’t even have malt powder. I don’t recall malts being on the menu. I worked in the kitchen most of the time, but I did get trained on the ice cream and filled in up there on occasion. I think if someone had ordered a malt, we’d probably either give them a milkshake or a blank stare. Maybe this varies by location…
I do enjoy a good malt, though I wouldn’t consider myself a connoisseur.
Good Lord, No!
An ice cream soda is made with a syrup flavoring, selzer water, and ice cream.
An egg cream (native to New York City) is made with chocolate, milk, and selzer water. (Note: no eggs and no cream)
I went to grad school with a guy from New York City who, when he ordered an ice cream soda, used to ask the fountain clerk to add a raw egg to it. I don’t know what he called the concoction and I never tried it.
Swensen’s serves regular food over there? It’s strictly an ice-cream shop here, and the waitreses are all real sweeties. Nubile young Thai ladies that they put in these cute uniorms, innocent to the point of looking sexy as all get out. Those male tourists who can’t ditch their wives to check out the naughty bars while here seem to spend an awful lot of time at Swensen’s instead. 
Well it’s not like that here, trust me! I went there again today, damn you for reminding me of that chocolate peanut butter malt’s delicious goodness, and didn’t order any food. I was told that even after ordering ten dollars worth of ice cream between me and my kid, we couldn’t sit at a table. If you’re not ordering food, you have to either take your ice cream or shake to go or sit in this little cluster of chairs near the front door. My son said it was like being sent to time-out. So, yeah, good malts, but jeez, how rude.