Guinness and the Irish Car Bomb

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Author Message   Jess Alvarez (Jester) Posted on Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 12:38 am:    I was reading through some previous posts regarding Guinness and thought it would be fun to have you all try this drink when you get the chance. It is called an "irish car bomb". Ingredients are pretty simple: 3/4 pint of Draught Guinness (trust me...go with the draft, no matter how good they say the 'doohickey' or the 'widget' is in the bottle or can, nothing serves up a better car bomb than a truly nitrogen charged Draught Guinness...but I digress 3/4 pint of Draught Guiness One shot glass with: 1/2 shot of Jameson Whiskey 1/2 shot of Baileys Irish Creme What you do is pour the Guiness...or Guinii..whichever the case may be into a pint glass, and then in a shot glass pour the half shots of Baileys and Jameson into one glass. Basically, you toast your buddies and their Rovers, and then drop the shot glass (yes, the whole glass) of Jameson and Baileys into your 3/4 pint of Guinness. Then, slam it. Sure, you dont get to enjoy the Guinness as a beer, but it sure tastes good (some people think like oatmeal chocolate chip cookies), and gets you tilted in the right direction....not that youre into that... Let me know if you like em. Jess 02D2   Carter Simcoe (Carter) Posted on Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 12:51 am:    Ohhhh yeah, car bombs are great. But have you ever tried a Cement Mixer???? Pour half a shot of Irish Cream and in a SEPERATE glass another half a shot of lime juice, shoot the irish cream BUT DONT SWALLOW IT, then pour the lime juice in after it, swish the two around in your mouth for a few seconds and then swallow. This one is great at parties, try it any you will know what I mean.   Jess Alvarez (Jester) Posted on Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 07:18 am:    Yeah that is a pretty terrible feeling, knowing that all of that creme is coagulating from the acids in the lime juice. ewwww. Same thing with a Bloody Brain. Peach Schnapps, then Baileys, with some Grenadine for 'garnish'. Makes for a great halloween party gag drink. But decidedly nasty also. At least the carbombs are flavorful.   gp (Garrett) Posted on Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 11:07 am:    very familiar with the car bomb. a shot worth doing in my opinion if you are doing shots. but then again it's more like a drink you just drink quickly. too big to be a true 'shot'.   Rob Davison (Pokerob) Posted on Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 12:12 pm:    damn, why not just have the pittsburgh favorite "boilermaker" glass of cold iron and drop in a shot of the cheapest wiskey you got, old grandad works well. garrett next time you come down i'll buy you one rd   Carter Simcoe (Carter) Posted on Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 12:14 pm:    aughhhhhh, boilermakers...... My stomach still turns every time I think about those after a bad experience last year.   muskyman Posted on Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 12:22 pm:    carter your sounds like my old favorite "two little airplanes" a B52 with a kamakazi chaser the B52 is awsome when the kamakazi goes through and cleans you pallet...try it you'l like it   Robert Sublett (Rubisco98) Posted on Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 12:30 pm:    The Four Horsemen is something I had once, and then realized I should have never done that. It is a glass with 1 shot Jose Cuervo, 1 shot Jim Bean, 1 shot Jack Daniels, and 1 shot Johnny Walker Red. Bartender friend handed it to me and told me to not think about it and just down it. I did, and I have to say I couldn't remember much else about that night. A very good drink I came up with is as I call it, an "Up Yours" It is a mixture of Vodka, 99 Bananas, Orange Juice, Pineapple Juice, and a squirt of Sweet and Sour. It is quite tasty though I rarely have all of those ingredients around here.. Later..   Robert Sublett (Rubisco98) Posted on Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 12:31 pm:    Jim Beam.. sorry for the typo   gp (Garrett) Posted on Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 12:49 pm:    only if you bring those two hotties you were staring at all night at the piano bar last time. my lunch is churning just thinking about it.   Blake Luse (Muddyrover) Posted on Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 01:43 pm:    with this thread i have to share the most interesting guinness recipe i've seen probably. Guinness Ice Cream with Dark Chocolate-Honey Sauce Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2002 12 ounces Guinness stout 2 cups heavy cream 2 cups whole milk 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1 vanilla bean, split in half lengthwise 6 egg yolks Dark Chocolate-Honey Sauce, recipe follows In a large saucepan, simmer the Guinness until reduced by 3/4 in volume, about 8 minutes. Combine the cream, milk, and sugar in a medium, heavy saucepan. Scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean into the pan and add the vanilla bean halves. Bring to a gentle boil over medium heat. Remove from the heat. Beat the egg yolks in a medium bowl. Whisk 1 cup of the hot cream into the egg yolks. Gradually add the egg mixture in a slow, steady stream, to the hot cream. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until the mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon and reaches 170 degrees F. on an instant-read thermometer, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and strain through a fine mesh strainer into a clean container. Cover with plastic wrap, pressing down against the surface to keep a skin from forming. Chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours. Remove from refrigerator and add the Guinness reduction, whisking until well blended. Pour into the bowl of an ice cream machine and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions. Transfer to an airtight container and freeze until ready to serve. Dark Chocolate-Honey Sauce: 2 cups whipping cream 1/4 cup honey 20 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped 2 teaspoons vanilla extract In a medium saucepan, scald cream and honey medium heat. Remove from the heat. Place the chocolate in a heatproof bowl. Add the hot cream, let sit for 2 minutes, then whisk until smooth. Whisk in the vanilla. Let stand until cool but still pourable. Serve over Guinness ice cream. Yield: 1 quart Prep Time: 10 minutes Inactive Prep Time: 4 hours Cook Time: 25 minutes Difficulty: Medium For more of Emeril's recipes, go to Emerils.com.   KJ Posted on Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 11:24 pm:    Carter, you infant, are you old enough to drink in all States???? When I was in Arkansas a few years back I was made aware that "dry" counties still exist. My husband had to drive 20 miles or some nonsense to score some brew. Beer is a powerful force. He and his bro drove out into a raging storm that turned into hail and tornadoes. Not their brightest moment. Karen   Carter Simcoe (Carter) Posted on Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 11:57 pm:    yeah I can legally drink everywere and you are right about that freakin dry county shit, I'm sittin in the middle of one as we speak -it was quite a culture shock coming here from Louisiana, I can tell you that. And yeah, it is about 20 miles to the first liquor store off the Interstate which is partially owned by 5 people, 4 of whom are conveniently very prominent members of the area Baptist Convention (or what ever they call their local chapters), inside the dry county I am in (Faulkner) there are 4 liquor licenses all but one (the one belonging to the local VFW) are also owned by prominent members of the Baptist community, the word "hypocrisy" has also been removed from all the dictionaries inside the county. As much as it sucks it could be worse though, I have been places in the state where the closest place to buy alcohol (legally) is 60 miles away.   Todd W. McLain (Ganryu) Posted on Thursday, December 05, 2002 - 07:56 am:    Sounds a lot like the Depth Charges we used to drink. Mug of whatever was on tap with a shot of whatever bourbon was behind the bar dropped in it. Karen, your right about the power of beer. I can remember back to my Marine days .... need to help moving, offer free beer. We used to have these Japanese guys that could get a bunch of marines out cutting sugar cane all day just by mentioning the words "free beer"!   gp (Garrett) Posted on Thursday, December 05, 2002 - 08:41 am:    damn that is some recipe!!! damn. damn. well they have Guinness shakes at the Vermont Pub and Brewery. those were good. mmmmm.........shakes........   TPH (Tph) Posted on Thursday, December 05, 2002 - 09:05 am:    Carter- Are the prices regulated by the State of AK or can they set their own "market" price? How about bootleggers? The strangest thing I ever found traveling (well almost) was up in British Columbia in the 80's. No beer sold on Sunday! I could not believe it after driving about 600 miles in a packed Subaru and finally setting up our campsite, no cold brew! On other days it could not be sold cold, only warm. My guess is they do not want immediate consumption. However other local stores had these little swirling water tanks that you could put your beer into and it would cool it off in about 5 minutes. They could not sell beer but had these tanks to bring you into the store for other items. Naturally they were generally located directly across from the Govt's. official store.   Carter Simcoe (Carter) Posted on Thursday, December 05, 2002 - 11:34 am:    Nah, I don't think we have state regulated prices but we do have some of the highest liquor taxes around, and it isn't one of those deals where you have to buy it from a state store or anything. Also they can't sell any liquor, beer, or wine period (well actually I'm not sure about restaurants, but something tells me that is a no-go as well) on sunday across the whole state. I don't know about bootleggers but I am sure they exist because like I said you can be places where the closest liquor store is over an hour away on crappy roads, I haven't spend enough extended periods of time in these areas to have search them out but I bet they are back in the woods somewhere. Another interesting thing that is different from what I am used to is that only beer and Arkansas label wine can be sold in grocery stores and gas stations, everything else has to be done through the liquor stores. Then there are all the fun possession rules in the dry counties: No more than two cases per person (but nobody knows what a 30 pack is considered), I think a fifth of liquor is the equivalent of a case as is 3 bottles of wine. Of course if you have a keg that is no good as well and the police take it to use it for one of their parties (I am dead serious, they were joking about it in front of some of my friends as they were taking it).   paul londrigan (Neversummer) Posted on Thursday, December 05, 2002 - 12:29 pm:    Those are all good drinks, but i say just grab yourself a handle of grain alcohol and some koolaid concentrate and mix yourself up somethin' real narly. That should do the trick! Have fun with that.   TPH (Tph) Posted on Thursday, December 05, 2002 - 08:41 pm:    Here in Vermont we have State run liquor stores but beer and wine can be purchased anywhere. However you can also have a State run store within a chain grocery store, just to confuse the tourists a bit more. We also have a law against billboards, that really throws em'! As odd as the different laws are I do like having each individual State make their own. We certainly had an example of that recently here in VT. Essentially it's part of our country's foundation put forth in the beginning with Jefferson and his buds.   Christopher Dynak (Adtoolco) Posted on Thursday, December 05, 2002 - 11:21 pm:    ahhh...drinking always leads to a civics(sp?) lesson. -chris   Carter Simcoe (Carter) Posted on Thursday, December 05, 2002 - 11:27 pm:    hey, the music to our national anthem IS an old Irish (I believe) drinking song. What do you expect.   TPH (Tph) Posted on Friday, December 06, 2002 - 07:51 am:    I believe our National Anthem was originally a poem. I never realized the Irish connection and my roots are County Cork. O' the shame of it all, no Guinness for me!   Todd W. McLain (Ganryu) Posted on Friday, December 06, 2002 - 08:51 am:    uh ... I think he was referring to the music, not the words ....... Also, when you say "our" your referring to the U.S., right Carter? I would hate to think that Oh Canada was ever an Irish drinking song.   TPH (Tph) Posted on Friday, December 06, 2002 - 09:11 am:    Todd- Oops, I missed that. You're right, the music....more coffee please. T-   Carter Simcoe (Carter) Posted on Friday, December 06, 2002 - 11:45 am:    yeah thats what I was saying Todd, the music was a drinking song, the words were a poem by Francis Scott Key. And yeah, I'm talking about the U.S. one.   gp (Garrett) Posted on Friday, December 06, 2002 - 12:45 pm:    Vermont has the 'Blue Laws' as well in regards to bars. PA sucks. you can only get beer at either 6 pack shops or at the distributor. and there you can only buy it by the case. and of course the liquor is run by state stores. damn commies!