Baileys Alternative (shelf, top, taste, mix)

[caco54]

Baileys has gotten very expensive and I am looking for a lower cost alternative. Lots of product on the shelf any recommendations?

[e66330]

You should try Carolans . We like it better than Baileys and it's cheaper .

[Brave New World]

Aldi do a decent Irish cream, and it's a lot cheaper than Baileys.

[Brave New World]

Originally Posted by caco54

Baileys has gotten very expensive and I am looking for a lower cost alternative. Lots of product on the shelf any recommendations?

You could probably just make your own, it's just cream, drinking chocolate and whisky.

Baileys was invented in 1974, by Tom Jago from Cornwall in England who was working for British company W&A Gilbey which later merged to form British multinational Diageo plc.

Jago also invented Malibu, Johnnie Walker Blue Label, Smirnoff Black etc.

"There is no R.A Bailey and his identity is a sham, a colorful invention cooked up by a multinational drinks group, in a London office overlooking the Bailey hotel. And the signature is just a work of fiction.

Tom Jago - Wikipedia

The Bailey's Hotel - London

Diageo - Wikipedia

The sane is true of Stout which was an English drink called Porter, whilst Irish Coffee was based on the historic Pharisäer and the Fiaker were served in Viennese coffee houses; both were coffee cocktails served in glass, topped with whipped cream. The former was also known in northern Germany and Denmark around that time. Around 1900, the coffee cocktail menu in the Viennese cafés also included Kaisermelange, Maria Theresia, Biedermeier-Kaffee and a handful of other variations on the theme.[In 19th-century France, a mixture of coffee and spirits was called a gloria.

It was only after WW2, that a similar drink with Irish Whisky was sold, and in terms of whisky itself it has a long history and is not specifically Irish.

Still you have to hand it to those marketing men, they really know how to sell some romanticised Irish nonsense.

[VTsnowbird]

my last bottle was Ryan's, tasted OK to these half-Irish taste buds.

[grampaTom]

Originally Posted by Brave New World

You could probably just make your own, it's just cream, drinking chocolate and whisky.

Baileys was invented in 1974, by Tom Jago from Cornwall in England who was working for British company W&A Gilbey which later merged to form British multinational Diageo plc.

Jago also invented Malibu, Johnnie Walker Blue Label, Smirnoff Black etc.

"There is no R.A Bailey and his identity is a sham, a colorful invention cooked up by a multinational drinks group, in a London office overlooking the Bailey hotel. And the signature is just a work of fiction.

Tom Jago - Wikipedia

The Bailey's Hotel - London

Diageo - Wikipedia

The sane is true of Stout which was an English drink called Porter, whilst Irish Coffee was based on the historic Pharisäer and the Fiaker were served in Viennese coffee houses; both were coffee cocktails served in glass, topped with whipped cream. The former was also known in northern Germany and Denmark around that time. Around 1900, the coffee cocktail menu in the Viennese cafés also included Kaisermelange, Maria Theresia, Biedermeier-Kaffee and a handful of other variations on the theme.[In 19th-century France, a mixture of coffee and spirits was called a gloria.

It was only after WW2, that a similar drink with Irish Whisky was sold, and in terms of whisky itself it has a long history and is not specifically Irish.

Still you have to hand it to those marketing men, they really know how to sell some romanticised Irish nonsense.

Now THAT is an informative and interesting post!!