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The assertion that Carolan's is the "drink of choice" in Ireland is a blatant factual inaccuracy. Baily's is by far the bigger seller of Irish Cream in the Republic of Ireland. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.203.65.65 (talk) 14:30, 26 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Be exrememly careful as this oontains honey and some people have a honey allergy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.112.111.162 (talk) 05:42, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Irish Cream does not contain honey. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TheJudge310 (talk • contribs) 00:13, 31 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Carolan's contains honey. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.119.201.189 (talk) 23:38, 9 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Irish Cream is very popular in the United Kingdom, the number 1 brand of Irish Cream is Baileys, with over 100 million bottles being bought every year. Irish Cream is generally suggested to be served chilled and poured over ice. Irish Cream can be quite high in alcohol, and is a liqueur itself, however in the United Kingdom if it is drank as a shot, or is wanted to be made more alcoholic people will mix Irish Cream with the Italian aniseed-flavored liqueur Sambuca.

Is that accurate? I'm not from the UK myself, I'm American, but I know many people from the UK and they have always suggested quite the opposite. They've all projected a pretty strict "No ice" policy on drinking irish cream, and they've also stated it's more commonly used as a sipping drink and not as a shot.

Also, I'm not sure the line irish cream can be quite high in alcohol is accurate either, at lesat, I've never seen one that's over 15% myself. While that's high in alcohol when compared with drinks with no alcohol I suppose, as far as alcoholic beverages 15% is considered fairly low, where as drinks in the middle usually range around 40%, and the really high ones can go up to 75% or more. --TheJudge310 15:35, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm a big fan of irish creams, and there are a LOT to be found over here in California. Every single one I've ever seen is always 17% ABV, aka 34 proof. Also, mixing it with anything licorice flavored would be considered absolutely revolting over here. I've never seen it; the licorice flavor would completely override the more delicate irish cream flavor. Irish cream is most commonly "boosted" with vodka and mixed into many, many other things. There are at least 100 common mixed drinks that use irish cream, almost always with vodka just to boost the alcohol. Adding ice or putting the ingredients into a blender with ice is common, usually with milk or cream (bar owners like adding ice and milk/cream to drinks, and patrons often like the results. Adding vodka is an inexpensive way to pad the bill. There is no drink made with irish cream and vodka that cannot also be made without the vodka, since vodka adds nothing to the taste or chemistry; it will just be a little less potent (and less expensive), which is actually a plus for inexperienced drinkers). See webtender.com or drinksmixer.com or any other site for a zillion ideas. The OTHER most common way of serving is to float it on top of the drink being served. One of the more impressive, but least seen, ways of serving is to layer it with two or more other liqueurs/liquors/other ingredients (a pousse-cafe). This takes knowledge of or access to a web page or cheat sheet of the specific gravity of liqueurs/liquors and ingredients, as well as being able to pour slowly. This is sometimes done around the 4th of July (Independence Day), using the irish cream as the "white" layer in a red, white and blue layered drink, although irish cream isn't exactly white. Irish cream also curdles readily, so it makes some very disturbing drinks when mixed with things like cranberry or cherry/maraschino or blue curacao for Halloween (looks like brains, and clumps up firmly). Hey, I didn't invent it and couldn't possibly consume it, but there it is. If someone could incorporate this information into the article, that would be really awesome. I haven't the faintest idea how to do it, and I'd definitely mess up the formatting or violate a rule somehow. Thanks so much. 69.226.75.68 (talk) 07:05, 4 January 2009 (UTC) acorn@inbox.com[reply]

I'm from the UK though not a huge fan of these types of drink. I do often see it served over ice, if this is not the norm then it is at least a common way of serving it. I can't say I regularly see it being consumed like a shot, though I have no doubt some people will drink it that way. --Delta-NC (talk) 18:12, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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The Economics of Irish Cream

The Republic of Ireland’s parliament, in late 2008, passed the Irish Cream Act, which increased tariffs on alternative types of alcohol in an effort to bolster production from local manufacturers. Foreign distributors protested to no avail. The act was passed by Members of the Dáil Éireann, by a vote of 97 to 69. Bertie Ahern, leader of the Fianna Fáil party, commented: “This act will not only help Irish workers, but also boost national pride.”[1]

The above is complete and utter BS. There was no such act passed by the Dail in 2008 (see http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2008/acts.html) and Bertie Ahern was no longer Taoiseach or leader of Fianna Fail at that time.