Black Velvet (beer cocktail)

Black Velvet
A layered Black Velvet cocktail with the stout on the top
Type Mixed drink
Primary alcohol by volume
Served Straight up; without ice
Standard drinkware
Champagne flute
Commonly used ingredients

beer and sparkling wine or champagne

Preparation fill a tall champagne flute, halfway with chilled sparkling wine and float stout beer on top of the wine

The Black Velvet is a beer cocktail made from stout (often Guinness) and white, sparkling wine, traditionally champagne.

The drink was first created by the bartender of Brooks's Club in London in 1861, to mourn the death of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's Prince Consort.[1] It is supposed to symbolise the black or purple cloth armbands worn by mourners.

Preparation

A Black Velvet is made by filling a vessel, traditionally a tall champagne flute, halfway with sparkling wine and floating the chilled stout beer on top of the wine. The differing densities of the liquids cause them to remain largely in separate layers (as in a pousse-café). The effect is best achieved by pouring over a spoon turned upside down over the top of the glass so that the liquid runs gently down the sides rather than splashing into the lower layer and mixing with it.

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