Feeling daring, want something delicious and dangerous? The Irish Car Bomb!

The Irish Car Bomb is a popular cocktail consisting of Guinness Stout, Irish cream liqueur, and Irish whiskey. The ingredients are usually layered and consumed quickly, combining creamy, sweet, and intense flavors.

Having a St Patrick’s Day party? Making and drinking these Irish Car Bomb cocktails will be more fun than you’ve had in a while. They will AMP UP the celebration! You can’t go wrong with an Irish Car Bomb.

As you drink an Irish Car Bomb, you will first taste the Irish Whiskey’s rich, smooth, warming taste, then the roasted barley of the stout, and in the end will be the sweet taste of Baileys. They are delicious yet dangerous.

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Ingredients you’ll need to make an Irish Car Bomb

1. Guinness Stout
2. Baileys Irish Cream
3. Bushmills Irish Whiskey

Guinness is a world-famous stout, brewed in Dublin, Ireland, and has been a cherished beverage for centuries. When it comes to drinking Guinness, the Irish know best.

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Guinness tastes best when served on draft, but only in a Pub or Bar that sells a lot of Guinness. Guinness will lose its freshness if the stout sits in the tap line for over an hour. For this cocktail I chose the nitrogenated cans.

For traditional Irish Whiskey, Bushmills is best. The website states:

you’ll notice its rich, smooth warming taste almost instantly, just as generations have done before.

Original – Bushmills Irish Whiskey

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How to make an Irish Car Bomb Cocktail

First, pour the Irish Whiskey into a shot glass until the glass is half full.

Add the Baileys to the Irish Whiskey until the shot glass is almost full.

Pop the tab on the can of Guinness and let it sit for a moment. You can hear the surge of bubbles from the nitrogen-filled capsule contained in each can or bottle of Guinness. The sound reminds me of a can of Reddi Whip when you squirt whipped cream over that piece of Thanksgiving pie.

Pour the stout into an official Guinness tulip-shaped pint glass at a 45-degree angle until you have enough to cover the shot glass. Let the beer settle while you wait for the creamy head to form on the top of the stout.

Then drop the shot glass into the pint glass of Guinness.

Drink up quickly and enjoy. Happy St Patrick’s Day!

Need a Guinness shot glass or pint glass? You can get 2 Guinness shot glasses here and the Guinness pint glasses here. Perfect for serving your Irish Car Bomb drinks on St Patrick’s Day.

If you liked this recipe, try the other traditional Irish drinks: Guinness, Baileys (on ice or without), Baby Guinness, Black & Black, and Irish Whiskey & Cranberry.

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