Baby Guinness

A Baby Guinness is a shooter, a style of cocktail, or mixed alcoholic beverage, intended to be consumed in one shot. A Baby Guinness does not contain Guinness stout. Its name is derived from the fact that it is made in such a way as to look like a tiny glass of stout containing archers and cream liquer.

Baby Guinness

Cocktail
Type	Mixed drink
Standard drinkware	Shot glass
Commonly used ingredients	3⁄4 shot (3 parts) coffee liqueur, 1⁄4 shot (1 part) Irish cream
Preparation	Float Irish cream on top of coffee liqueur
Notes	Variations substitute black sambuca for coffee liqueur, creating a 'Slippery Nipple' cocktail

Preparation

A portion of coffee liqueur (e.g. Kahlúa or Tia Maria) is topped by a layer of Irish cream (e.g., Baileys or Coole Swan) which is poured over the back of a spoon so that it sits on the coffee liqueur. The ratio of coffee liqueur to Irish cream varies but is generally around 3-to-1. The resulting drink looks like a miniature pint of Guinness stout, with the coffee liqueur as the beer and the Irish cream as the head. It is normally served in a shot glass.^[1]

Some recipes call for the Irish cream to be whipped then spooned on top of the coffee liqueur in order to look more like the head on a pint of Guinness.^[2] Over time, the Baby Guinness became a widely recognized shooter in Irish pubs and beyond, known for its visual resemblance to a miniature Guinness pint.^[3][4]

Variations

In some places a Baby Guinness is served with black Sambuca instead of coffee liqueur^[5][6] creating a drink similar to a Slippery Nipple.

See also

• List of cocktails