Guinness Black Velvet
This innovative cocktail combines Guinness and champagne.
Ingredients
1.75oz
Guinness
2.5oz
Champagne
0 units of alcohol per serve
Equipment
1
Champagne flute
1
Bar Spoon
Serves:
1
Method
Preparation
- Pour the Guinness Stout into a chilled Champagne flute.
- Add chilled Champagne and stir gently.
Alcohol Content
Alcohol content:
10.8 g per serve
Interesting fact
When cider or perry is used in place of champagne, it is sometimes known as a Poor Man's Black Velvet.
History of the drink
This drink is often mistakenly attributed to a bartender of Brooks's Club in London in 1861 to mourn the death of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's Prince Consort. However, its roots may have been a German cocktail known as "Menschenfreund" from the 1830's (meaning philanthropist). "Champagne Velvet" is the name of the cocktail that first appears in Harry Johnson's 1888 New And Improved Bartender's Manual.
