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Original Irish Carbomb 1979


How To Make Original Irish Carbomb 1979


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Original Irish Carbomb 1979 Recipe

Original Irish Carbomb 1979 Ingredients


1/2 oz Bailey's® Irish cream
1/4 oz Kahlua® coffee liqueur
8 - 10 oz Guinness® stout
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Serves / Yield: 1 serving
Ready in: 4 min
Nutrition: approximately 254 Calories
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Original Irish Carbomb 1979 Drink Recipe Instructions


Original Irish Carbomb 1979 Recipe Preparation & Instructions:

Pour shot in order listed.

Slide shot into Guinness, admire, toast, and drink it down (sliding shot avoids major curdling and keeps the bartender happy!)

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Original Irish Carbomb 1979 Recipe Information


This incredibly tasty drink was invented in 1979 as a follow up to the shot which I created in 1977 on St. Patrick's Day.

NOTE: Before you start; understand that this was a carefully thought out "Cocktail", a Recipe!!! To you naysayers on the Kahlua because it is not Irish.. remember a Margarita has Triple sec and it is French. The Carbomb is a recipe.

Originally the shot was called a Grandfather- 1/2 oz. give or take of Baileys and 1/4 oz.or so of Kahlua The name Grandfather lasted through the first hour of its life and many, many toasts to our grandfathers were made.

I put it together for my brothers who were visiting my pub, Wilson's Saloon, 76 Franklin St. Norwich, Ct. Est. 1886, that St. Patrick’s Day afternoon.

Being St. Patrick’s Day heavy toasting was in order. However, after consuming a few "Grandfathers" along with Pints of Guinness, the true drink of “The Day”; we all realized something was missing. The taste was incredible!!! (Kahlua was key to this) but, couldn't quite get the buzz going. I knew immediately what it was, and with a laugh at our stupidity, I yelled for a bottle of Jameson.

As I poured the whiskey into the shot of Baileys and Kahlua I commented that “the IRA just showed up. This oughta work now!” (As you add the Jameson to the Baileys and Kahlua, the shot boils up like an explosion, hence the IRA.) Others at the bar joined in to the toasting , “Give us some of those IRA shots they’re drinking ” was the call up and down the bar. And the name Grandfather disappeared and the IRA was born.(In its early days the use of Scotch and American whiskeys was used in place of Jameson throughout the area, because so very few establishments had an Irish Whiskey. An ugly thought.}

Two years later, drinking IRAs and Guinness with my manager, I got the crazy idea as we were toasting to drop the shot in my half finished Guinness. The look in his eyes as I held the shot over the Guin

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Original Irish Carbomb 1979 Recipe Variations


Please note that there are many ways and variations to make Original Irish Carbomb 1979. The Original Irish Carbomb 1979 recipe above is the most common way to make this drink, you can always improvise with your own twist and enjoy. You can also find many other variations of this drink on our website, just use our search to see more.

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