Guinness Punch w/ Caramel and Chocolate Swirl

Ice Cream Base:

2Cu Heavy Cream

1Cu Half and Half

(Steep mixture with 2 cinnamon sticks, 1Tbsp Fresh Nutmeg, 2 split vanilla beans for about an hr)

5 Yolks

1Cu Sugar

1 can sweetened condensed milk

Guinness Concentrate:

4 bottles of Guinness Foreign Extra frozen over night. Strain beer, leaving the ice behind (see pic 2).

Reduce ice distilled beer to a syrup down to about 1 1/2 cups.

Combine concentrate, to cooked custard and add condensed milk to taste.

Churn. swirl in caramel sauce, chocolate magic shell, cruahed Peppridge Farm Fudge Pirouttes (for texture).

This is just version 1 of this flavor. Still workshopping it. 2 major issues: 1st the texture. it was firm enough to scoop but didnt hold its shape long enough to get a good looking pic. this is purely a personal esthetic issue because I like to post pics on IG. Im thinking more half and half and less cream.

The second issues is the flavor. it was too bitter for my liking despite the sugar, condensed milk and caramel. I want something more balanced so ill add less of the distilled beer on round 2.