Baby Guinness

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Baby Guinness
Cocktail
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Type Mixed drink
Standard drinkware
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Shot glass
Commonly used ingredients34 shot (3 parts) coffee liqueur, 14 shot (1 part) Irish cream
PreparationFloat Irish cream on top of coffee liqueur
NotesVariations substitute black sambuca for coffee liquer, creating a 'Slippery Nipple' cocktail

A Baby Guinness is a shooter, a style of cocktail, or mixed alcoholic beverage, intended to be consumed in one shot. A Baby Guinness does not contain Guinness stout. Its name is derived from the fact that it is made in such a way as to look like a tiny glass of stout.

Contents

Preparation

A portion of coffee liqueur (e.g. Kahlúa or Tia Maria) is topped by a layer of Irish cream (e.g., Baileys or Coole Swan) which is poured over the back of a spoon so that it sits on the coffee liqueur. The ratio of coffee liqueur to Irish cream varies but is generally around 3-to-1. The resulting drink looks like a miniature pint of Guinness stout, with the coffee liqueur as the beer and the Irish cream as the head. It is normally served in a shot glass. [1]

Some recipes call for the Irish cream to be whipped then spooned on top of the coffee liqueur in order to look more like the head on a pint of Guinness. [2]

Variations

In some places a Baby Guinness is served with black Sambuca instead of coffee liqueur [3] [4] creating a drink similar to a Slippery Nipple.

History

The famous Baby Guinness shot is believed to have originated in Dublin during the 1980s and early 1990s. Its roots can be traced back to a bar (now closed) called the "Waxies Dargle," located next to the Rotunda Maternity Hospital. The bar brewed its own Irish coffee liqueur and it became a tradition to offer expectant and new mothers and fathers a complimentary Baby Guinness shot with coffee liqueur and Baileys alongside a pint of real Guinness, and this has continued in Irish pubs.

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