Irish Car Bomb
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| An Irish Car Bomb with Guinness and Irish cream. | |
| Type | Beer cocktail |
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| Served | Straight up; without ice |
| Standard drinkware | A pub glass and a shot glass..svg){kind=small} .svg){kind=small} |
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| Preparation | The whiskey is floated on top of the Irish Cream in a shot glass, and the shot glass is then dropped into the stout. |
| Notes | Original recipe:
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An Irish Car Bomb is a beer cocktail similar to a boilermaker[1] made with Irish stout, Irish Cream , and Irish whiskey.[2]
The name refers to the drink's Irish ingredients - typically Guinness stout, Baileys Irish Cream, and Jameson Irish Whiskey - and the car bombings notoriously used by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) during the Troubles. The whiskey is floated on top of the Irish Cream in a shot glass, and the shot glass is then dropped into the stout. Once mixed, the drink must be consumed quickly because it will curdle.[3][4]
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[edit] History
The Original Car Bomb, is the combination of a shot called the IRA and a half glass of Guinness., The IRA was created in 1977 at Wilson's Saloon, 76 Franklin St. Norwich, Ct., on St.Patrick's Day by Charles Burke Cronin Oat. The IRA shot evolved from another drink Oat invented that same day, a shot known as the GrandfatherIt was made of one half oz. (give or take) of Baileys and one quarter oz. (give or take) of Kahlua. After a few toasts wth the Grandfathers, realizing that something was missing, Oat added some Jameson Irish Whiskey, as he did this he said "the IRA just showed up", due to the fact thst the mixture boiled up like a little explosion. And with his addition of Irish Whiskey, the Grandfather disappeared the day it appeared and a new shot, the IRA was born. Two years later, while he and a bar manager where drinking IRAs and Guinness, Oat created the first Carbomb by dropping his shot of IRA; Bailey's, Kahlua and Irish Whiskey, into his half finished pint of Guinness with the comment "Bombs Away". And so the Irish Car Bomb came to be. It is believed that the Car Bomb became popular because of the intense American advertising campaign by Guinness beginning in the late-1980s. Everything associated with Guinness was quickly popularized. While Kahlúa was part of the original recipe, it is often dropped from the drink today. Some refer to that original recipe as a Belfast Car Bomb.
The name Irish Car Bomb is sometimes considered offensive because of its reference to Provisional Irish Republican Army terrorism. For this reason, some bartenders refuse to serve it.[5][6]
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[edit] References
- ^ Hellmich, Mittie (2006). The Ultimate Bar Book: The Comprehensive Guide to Over 1,000 Cocktails. Chronicle Books. pp. 93-94. ISBN 0811843513. http://books.google.com/books?id=ds5uVGQM8OAC&lpg=PA93&dq=boilermaker%20drink&pg=PA93#v=onepage&q=boilermaker%20drink&f=false.
- ^ Irish Car Bomb recipe. Retrieved 18 Nov 2009.
- ^ Sennett, Bob. Complete world bartender guide. http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780553299007.
- ^ Charming, Cheryl. Everything Bartender's: 750 Recipes for Classic and Mixed Drinks, Trendy. http://www.adamsmediastore.com/product/the-everything-bartenders-book-2nd-edition?r=gbs.
- ^ Dicke, Scott (March 6, 2007). "History of Irish Car Bombs Isn't Something to Drink To". University of California, Santa Barbara. pp. Issue 88, Volume 87. http://www.dailynexus.com/article.php?a=13515. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- ^ Halleron, Chris (September 28, 2005). "Hal Wastes His Wages Defuse the 'Irish Car Bomb'". Hudson Current. http://www.hudsonreporter.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Hal+Wastes+His+Wages+Defuse+the+-Irish+Car+Bomb-%20&id=2406564-Hal+Wastes+His+Wages+Defuse+the+-Irish+Car+Bomb-. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
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- Wilson's Saloon, origin of the Car Bomb
