Recipe

Black Velvet

Dark beer with a frothy head in a pint glass on a rustic wooden table, accompanied by a spoon and a bottle in the background.

It used to be that the world was divided into two distinct categories — those that politely sipped champagne and those who guzzled beer. But now there is a cocktail that combines the urbane sophistication of the bubbly with the sheer enjoyment of a good hearty stout.

And please don’t judge this cocktail by the list of it’s ingredients, for the taste far surpasses the oxymoronic sum of its parts. Try it and see.

  • Tall beer glass (chilled)
  • spoon
  • ½ Guinness stout
  • ½ Champagne
  • Fill glass halfway with Guinness.
  • Pour champagne over an upturned spoon to float it on top of the Guinness.
  • Sip and enjoy.
  • Legend has it that this drink was created by the bartender of a London club to mourn the passing of Prince Albert in 1861.


    champagne Guinness stout

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