Irish cream
Irish Cream is a cream liqueur based on Irish whiskey, coffee, cream, and other ingredients, which can be served on its own or used in mixed drinks or as part of a shot. Baileys was the first Irish Cream liqueur.
Irish Cream is very popular in the United Kingdom. The best-selling brand is Baileys, with over 100 million bottles bought every year[citation needed]. Irish Cream typically has between 15 to 20% alcohol by volume, and is a liqueur. It is sometimes made more alcoholic by mixing with stronger drinks such as the Italian aniseed-flavored liqueur Sambuca[citation needed].
Home recipes for Irish Cream liqueur, using various combinations of Irish whiskey, cream, coffee, sweetened condensed milk, and evaporated milk have been published. Many have significantly less ABV than the commercial brands.
Irish Cream liqueur is not Irish coffee, a hot drink prepared with whiskey, coffee, and cream.
Brands
- Ashbourne
- Baileys
- Bushmills (until 2005)
- Carolans
- Coole Swan
- Duggan's
- Emmets
- Feeney's
- Harvest Grand
- Maloney's
- McCormick's
- Merry's
- Michael's
- Molly's
- O'Darby's
- O'Leary's
- O'Mara's
- Ryan's
- Saint Brendan's
- Brogan's
- Supermarket brands, in many cases made by the makers of Merry's
External links
- The Baileys website
- The Coole Swan website
- [Molly's Irish Cream website]
- Site comparing several different makes of Irish Cream liqueur
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References
Molly's Irish Cream [1]