Black Velvet
The 50/50 blend was a bit more beer than we liked, but with a healthy first sip and a refill with sparkling – the drink blended out just right. Linda commented that this drink “would never go down in history” as a classic sparkling cocktail. Au contraire. The Black Velvet is nearly 150 years old. It was ‘invented’ at the Brook's Club, London in 1861 and was served as the nation mourned the death of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's Prince Consort.
2006-10-14 01:13:01
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answered by daisymay 5
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Black Velvet
Being from Beervana - the Pacific Northwest, you’d expect to see a beer and sparkling mix in our list. The classic recipe for a Black Velvet is to half fill the glass with the stout and tilt to the side, whilst pouring the champagne in gently, trying to create as little foaming as possible. We used an aged Imperial Porter from Full Sail for the beer.
The 50/50 blend was a bit more beer than we liked, but with a healthy first sip and a refill with sparkling – the drink blended out just right. Linda commented that this drink “would never go down in history” as a classic sparkling cocktail. Au contraire. The Black Velvet is nearly 150 years old. It was ‘invented’ at the Brook's Club, London in 1861 and was served as the nation mourned the death of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's Prince Consort.
http://www.avalonwine.com/champagne-cocktail-recipes.php
2006-10-14 01:11:18
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answered by Irina C 6
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Black velvet (also known as champagne velvet) came about in 1861, when England was mourning the death of Prince Albert, and a bartender at Brook's Club in London felt that champagne should be in mourning too. So he added Guinness to champagne to make black velvet.
2006-10-14 01:19:40
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answered by Brian S 3
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Black Velvet, also known as a Bismarck, is a mix made from a stout beer (often Guinness) and a white, sparkling wine, traditionally champagne.
A black velvet is made by filling a tall flute glass halfway full of chilled stout and floating the sparkling wine on top of the stout, with the differing densities of the liquids allowing them to remain largely in separate layers (as in a pousse-café).
According to Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, the black velvet was the favorite drink of Otto von Bismarck, who supposedly drank it by the gallon. In Germany, the drink often goes by his name.
A common variation is the poor man's black velvet, prepared with a cider bottom layer.
Preparation
Whatever the top layer is, the effect is best achieved if it is poured 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.
The origin on the drink is from Brooks's Club, London, 1861, and was served as the nation mourned the death of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's Prince Consort.
http://www.answers.com/Black%20velvet
2006-10-14 02:42:09
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answered by Swirly 7
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2016-10-02 07:09:31
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answered by ? 4
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prince albert death drink
2006-10-14 01:16:34
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answered by tinygypsysniffer 1
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Champagne tastes like piss, and makes your breath smell of sh*it.
2006-10-14 01:25:53
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answered by Phish 5
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buck fizz
2006-10-14 01:22:16
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answered by waterbabies4x4 1
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BABALOO!!
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2006-10-14 01:12:55
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answered by ☺♥? 6
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