Irish Car Bombs....in Ireland

[Dave1982]

This isn't a joke, really, just a funny anecdote I was reminded of in the Biggest SCrew-Ups thread.

One of my college friends and his GF went to Ireland for a week during the summer between our Junior and Senior years. We had an Irish-style pub near our campus that we would often visit as a group along with several other friends, and one of their favorite drinks there was an Irish Car Bomb.

So while they were in Ireland, they decided they just HAD to have one. Of course, an Irish Car Bomb is really an American drink, which neither the bartender nor the patrons had ever heard of, so they had to explain it to them. The other patrons were horrified.

"You can't do that!!!" one of them cried "It'll curdle the Guinness! It'll ruin it!"

(For those of you who don't know, an Irish car bomb is a shot glass filled half with irish whiskey and half with Bailey's, then the whole thing - shot glass and all - is dropped into a half-pint of Guinness and then chugged down rapidly. It's supposed to taste realyl good, but since i can't stand beer, I've never had one).

Ultimately, the bartender decided that he really didn't care; they could buy whatever drinks they wanted to pay for. So they bought the necessary ingredients and put together two Irish Car Bombs, as the other patrons look on.

WEll, my friend's GF finished hers before he finished his, much to the amusement of one of the other patrons who told him loudly:

"YER A WEE SISSY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" :roll: :lol:

I still get a kick out of that, thinking about it.

[Rapscallion]

Not really a joke, so I put it in Off Topic.

Rapscallion

[Knightmare]

Never heard it called an "Irish Car Bomb." We here in the States know it mainly as a Boilermaker or a Depth Charge.

[Becks]

Knightmare, not so. My sister has Irish Car Bombs all the time. I've never indulged myself, though. Yet...

[rvdammit]

Sounds like a good Guinness ruined.

[Bella_Vixen]

A few months ago, I was in an Irish pub, talking to an Irish bartender, and he bought us each an Irish Car Bomb. I kicked his ass drinking it. http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/eatdrink005.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org)

[Acolyte]

As a major fan of Guiness, I find that offensive!:p

Seriously, though, that's pretty funny. I'll have to try one of those sometime.

[BlaqueKatt]

I'm surprised they didn't get kicked out of the pub for being that blatantly derogatory as to call it an Irish Car Bomb-

this would be considered the equivalent of walking into a bar in NYC and ordering a "World Trade Center" on the offensive scale

[myswtghst]

I'm a big fan of the Irish Car Bombs, but I have to be careful--if I drink em when I'm too far drunk, it's bad news.

And yes, you have to be rather quick in drinking them :p

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I'm surprised they didn't get kicked out of the pub for being that blatantly derogatory as to call it an Irish Car Bomb-

this would be considered the equivalent of walking into a bar in NYC and ordering a "World Trade Center" on the offensive scale

So I have heard. You're probably okay if you call it an Irish Car Bomb in your neighborhood bar, but not if you're ordering it in an authentic Irish bar.

There, I believe the preferred name is "lunch box" or "depth charge"

[Banrion]

Never heard it called an "Irish Car Bomb." We here in the States know it mainly as a Boilermaker or a Depth Charge.

Around here, a depth charge is a shot of tequila in a light beer such as a Budweiser. Irish car bomb is as described.

[Melxb]

When I went to Ireland in 2003 I made the mistake of ordering an Irish Car Bomb! My friend, who actually lived in Ireland for a year, almost kicked me when she heard me order it. We ordered it plenty of times in the States, but in Emerald Isle, it was considered offensive to order it like that. The bartender just looked at me and said, "Sweetie, we call em depth charges here. I'll give ye a pass for now, but don't make that mistake elsewhere." I felt about 3 feet tall, but I did get my Irish Cream/Jaimeson shot dropped in a half pint of Guinness. I love Irish liquor! :roll:

[Barefootgirl]

In the Crown pub, opposite the Europa hotel in Belfast, they will happily sell you a Belfast Car Bomb, which is a shot of Baileys in a pint of Guinness. However, the Crown does about 75% of its trade from tourists and business people, and is well used to people who make the odd gaffe. Its actually a nice enough pub and i do recommend it to travellers to Belfast. I recommend the Europa as well, its a fabulous hotel since people stopped trying to launch it into space.

If you try ordering a Car Bomb elsewhere in Ireland, you will get some very odd looks and a reaction like Melxb got at best....don't ask about at worst.

[ForestDragon]

In a similar vein, I'm told you also don't order a Black-And-Tan in Ireland; what are they called there, then? Just wondering.

[MMATM]

In most places in the U.S. a Boilermaker is a shot of straight scotch with a beer chaser. I've never actually seen anyone drop the scotch into the beer, as is done with an Irish Car Bomb / Depth Charge.
Of course, as a college student at one of the most publicized party schools in the USA (#6) I wouldn't have any idea about what drinks are called or how they are made. Though my preferred title is DD (nothing to do with bra size) or bartender, as my friends are hopeless when it comes to mixology.