MIDDAY
MIDDAY SEGMENT -- "MADE IN AUSTIN". WE FEATURE AUSTIN-GROWN
COMPANIES EVERY MONDAY.
AND TODAY -- WE'RE GETTING A
TASTE OF ICE CREAM -- WITH A
BOOZY KICK.
JOINING US TODAY IS THE FOUNDER
OF "PROHIBITION
OF "PROHIBITION
CREAMERY"
CREAMERY" LAURA AIDAN. WHEN WAS PROHIBITION CREAMERY
FOUNDED/HOW? SIX YEARS AGO I DECIDED THAT I
WANTED TO OPEN AN ICE
CREAM SHOP, BUT I HAD NOT QUITE
FIGURED OUT THE
MISSING INGREDIENT. I HAVE A
VERY BIG SWEET TOOTH,
MY HUSBAND ACTUALLY PROPOSED TO
ME BY ASKING IF
I WANTED TO GO OUT FOR ICE CREAM
BECAUSE HE KNEW IT WAS
THE ONE THING IN THE WORLD I
WOULD NEVER EVER SAY NO TO!
AS I WAS PLAYING AROUND WITH
IDEAS MY
HUSBAND ASKED ME IF I COULD MAKE
A BOURBON ICE
CREAM, I ALWAYS ENJOY A
CHALLENGE
CHALLENGE SO I DECIDED TO GIVE IT A TRY. OUT OF THE GATE THE FLAVOR WAS
FLAVOR WAS
AMAZING,
AMAZING, SO OF COURSE, I LOOKED AT MY HOME BAR AND THOUGHT, WHAT ELSE COULD I ADD
TO ICE CREAM? IT WAS
THE A-HA LIGHTBULB MOMENT THAT
LED TO
PROHIBITION CREAMERY. I OPENED
IN 2016, BUT I SPENT
YEARS BEFORE OPENING GOING
THROUGH THE PROCESS OF
OPENING
OPENING A
OPENING A BUSINESS WHILE PERFECTING MY FLAVORS AND INFUSING ALCOHOL INTO ICE CREAM,
WHICH IS A
MYSTERY TO A LOT OF OUR
CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE TRIED
IT BEFORE WITHOUT SUCCESS. WHY
AUSTIN?
I FELL IN LOVE WITH AUSTIN IN
THE EARLY 90'S WHEN MY
SISTER MOVED HERE AND I MOVED
HERE AS SOON AS I
COULD IN 2005. I COULDN'T
IMAGINE LEAVING, I DON'T
KNOW WHAT OTHER CITY WOULD
COMPARE TO
AUSTIN!
WHAT MAKES PROHIBITION CREAMERY
SO SPECIAL TO
AUSTINITES?
WE'RE AUSTIN'S ONLY BOOZY ICE
CREAM PARLOR! WE'RE A REALLY
POPULAR DATE NIGHT DESTINATION,
WE'VE BEEN
NAMED BY AUSTIN MONTHLY AND
PASTE MAGAZINE
AS ONE OF AUSTIN'S BEST DATE
SPOTS, I THINK BECAUSE
OUR
OUR ICE
OUR ICE CREAMS, MILKSHAKES AND POUR-
POUR-
OVERS
OVERS APPEAL TO THE KID IN ALL OF US BUT WITH THE FUN OF ALCOHOL. I THINK IT IS A
COMBINATION OF THE FACT THAT
WE
WE MAKE
WE MAKE OUR ICE CREAMS FROM SCRATCH USING HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD CRAFT PROCESSES
AND
THAT WE ARE SO FOCUSED ON
CREATIVE FLAVORS. FEW
PLACES MAKE THEIR ICE CREAMS
FROM SCRATCH AND
MOST START WITH AN ICE CREAM MIX
AND ADDING
FLAVORING, WHICH REALLY LIMITS
THEIR ABILITY TO BE
CREATIVE
.
CREATIVE . WHAT IS IT LIKE OWNING A COMPANY
ROOTED HERE IN
AUSTIN?
I LOVE AUSTIN. I MEET INCREDIBLY
CREATIVE AND
TALENTED PEOPLE EVERY DAY. I
LOVE THE PRIDE MANY
PEOPLE HAVE FOR OUR CITY AND THE
INTEREST IN
HELPING EACH OTHER OUT, AND
HELPING SMALL BUSINESS
BECOME SUCCESSFUL.
ANYTHING YOU WANT VIEWERS TO
KNOW ABOUT PROHIBITION
CREAMERY?
WE MAKE EVERYTHING COMPLETELY
FROM SCRATCH IN OUR KITCHEN. WE
PASTEURIZE ALL OF OUR ICE CREAM
FROM FRESH INGREDIENTS, WE MAKE
ALL OF OUR OWN
TOPPINGS FROM SCRATCH. WE HAVE A
FULL COCKTAIL BAR AND AS WITH
OUR ICE CREAMS, WE FRESH SQUEEZE
ALL OF OUR JUICES AND MAKE ALL
OF OUR BAR INGREDIENTS FROM
SCRATCH, INCLUDING OUR GRENADINE
AND GINGER BEER, A LOT OF OUR
SYRUPS ARE MADE WITH AGAVE AND
HONEY. WE HAVE NON-ALCOHOLIC ICE
CREAMS AND VEGAN OPTIONS AND WE
ARE ALL AGES THE ALCOHOL-INFUSED
ICE
ICE CREAMS . ANY EVENTS COMING UP? NEXT MONTH, WE ARE LAUNCHING OUR
NEWEST COLLABORATION WITH CHEF,
GABE ERALES, OF DAI DUE
TAQUERIA. WE WILL BE SERVING A
CORN & AMARANTH SUNDAE FEATURING
A FLAVORFUL MEXICAN CORN
ICE CREAM WHICH IS MADE WITH
ILEGAL JOVEN MEZCAL
AND DAI DUE TAQUERIA'S CHALQUEÑO
AZUL MASA.
BOTH PROHIBITION AND DAI DUE
WILL BE SERVING OUR OWN VERSIONS
OF THE SUNDAE ALL MONTH
HOUSEMADE CHURROS, YUM, AND OURS
INCLUDES PUFFED
AMARANTH, CARAMELIZED WHITE
CHOCOLATE AND TOFFEE
PIECES PLUS OUR SIGNATURE
BOURBON WHIPPED CREAM . AND IN
OCTOBER, WE WILL BE HOSTING A
FUN
WILL BE HOSTING A FUN POP-UP
EVENT AT THE SHOP WITH ANOTHER
LOCAL AUSTIN FAVORITE, IT'S
GOING TO BE A DELICIOUS SWEET
MASHUP!
MASHUP!
PROHIBITION CREAMERY IS LOCATED ON EAST 7TH STREET.
IT'S OPEN FROM 3 P-M TO MIDNIGHT
-- TUESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY.
AND FROM 12 P-M TO MIDNIGHT
FRIDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY.
IT IS CLOSED ON MONDAY'S.
AND A REMINDER TO PLEASE "DRIVE
ALIVE AUSTIN."
DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE!
WE HAVE LINKS ON KVUE DOT COM TO
HELP YOU FIND A
SOBER RIDE HOME.
THANK
THANK YOU
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US