Coke Sets Record for World's Biggest Ice Cream Float

Guinness World Records has confirmed that the Coca-Cola Co. has recently broken it's own world record for the world's biggest ice cream float set almost a decade ago. The new world record float was 3,000 gallons, 915 gallons more than the older record of 2,0875 gallons. All I have to say is, Damn, that's a lot of coke! Here's the story from Yahoo!News:


Coke sets largest ice cream float record

ATLANTA - The world's largest beverage maker on Friday kicked off the holiday weekend by creating a 10-ton ice cream float to break a world record the company set nearly a decade ago.

An official from Guinness World Records confirmed the 3,000-gallon float, made of Vanilla Coke and ice cream, set the new world record.

The Coca-Cola Co. held the previous world record for largest ice cream float — 2,085 gallons — that was set in 1998 in Atlanta, said Guinness representative Derek Musso. He said he was not aware of any other attempts to break the former record.

A tanker from the Atlanta-based company's syrup plant pumped a non-carbonated mixture into a specially made 15-foot-high glass containing a device that carbonated the beverage. Workers dropped buckets full of ice cream into the top of the glass by hand.

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