It fools everyone at first glance: a miniature pint, black body, creamy white collar. In fact it is sweet coffee liqueur crowned with Irish cream, more dessert than stout, and gone in one sip.
1¼ oz
coffee liqueur well chillede.g. Kahlúa · Tia Maria · Mr Black · Borghetti
½ oz
Irish cream liqueure.g. Baileys · Carolans · Kerrygold Irish Cream
Garnish: None · Ice: Served up, no ice
Baby Guinness
Sweet coffee and roast notes, followed by smooth cream, vanilla and a hint of whiskey. Sweet, soft and dessert-like.
The Baby Guinness is a pub shot named for its resemblance to a pint of Guinness, the Dublin stout with its dark body and pale, creamy head. It contains no beer at all: coffee liqueur provides the dark "stout" and a careful float of Irish cream liqueur forms the "head".
The shot is especially popular in Ireland and in Irish pubs around the world, but nobody has a credible claim to having invented it. It belongs to the family of simple layered shooters that rely on the different densities of liqueurs. Its appeal lies as much in the visual joke as in the taste.
No. It only looks like a pint of stout; it is made from coffee liqueur and Irish cream.
Pour more slowly over the back of a spoon and use chilled Irish cream.
Around 20% ABV, lighter than a shot of whiskey.
The perfect sound
A tiny pint lookalike for a loud night in Dublin.
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