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Irish car bomb drink more popular than ever in U.S. - SEE PHOTOS

Protests and calls to ban it have not worked

JAMES O'BRIEN,

IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Wednesday, October 20, 2010, 4:35 AM

Updated Wednesday, October 20, 2010, 7:21 AM

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All the ingredients needed to make an Irish car bomb

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A new survey shows that the Irish car bomb drink is a fast favorite on college campuses and among sports fans despite much criticism of the name.

The car bomb is a pint glass filled to three-quarters with Guinness stout. Then add about a half shot of Bailey's Irish Cream and a quarter shot of Kahlua and top it off with some Jameson's Irish Whiskey.

When it was first made the drink foamed over and bartender Charles Cronin Oat Oat announced "The IRA just showed up".
Soon after it became known as the Irish car bomb.

Oat, owner and bartender at the former Wilson's Saloon in Norwich, Conn, told a local television station that he regretted having called it by that name.

"Of course today I would take that name back. Of course – there's no question about it," Oat said.

His mea culpa was short lived however, when it became known known he invented a previous drink and called it the IRA. Oat made his apology after the leader of an after an IRA victims group criticized the name.

Willie Frazer, a spokesman for the group FAIR said “It is disgusting that IRA car bombs which killed and maimed so many in Northern Ireland are being trivialized or celebrated in this way. "I would have expected Americans, of all people, to behave more sensitively and responsibly. How would they like it if we developed the Al-Qaeda car bomb, the Twin Towers cocktail, or the 9/11 ice-cream sundae?"

The group has called for authorities in the United States to clamp down on the sales of the cocktail and asked that the websites advertising the drink be shut down. Frazer said “All those who drink this cocktail and see it as a great joke wouldn't think it funny if they were caught in a car bomb themselves. “I'd challenge them to meet victims of bombings – people who have lost arms and legs and are scarred for life."

Despite Frazer’s plea however,it appears the Irish car bomb is as popular as ever.

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pouringpro | Sep 16, 2011, 06:09 PM EDT

Can you imagine it is St. Patrick's Day and a group of people of mixed races, creeds,and religions are in a bar or pub sharing a toast of friendship, drinking a Car Bomb. Now picture 10 million people on St. Patrick's Day sharing a toast of friendship drinking a Carbomb and then picture it happening again....and again...and again everywhere. Naysayers and critics; history is only information that when remebered and discussed hopefully brings a better future. Those that remember and grasp only hatred from the past do not live in nor help create a better future for us all. Here is a new name for those of you who are afraid to face the past, (which being only information in a book or your head cannot physically harm you,)The Irish Mudslide. Now where is my car I'm bombed:))) PS. Kahlua makes the drink taste so much better.The drink is a recipe, all ingredients are important. The purpose is to enjoy the flavors so much you immediately order another!!!

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MiMcKee | Aug 30, 2011, 08:09 PM EDT

Personally, I'm a fan of the drink, minus the Kahlua (that's the original recipe, and it's now rarely used.) However, I do as an American understand that the name is offensive. But you know what? I've been looking for the last 3 hours for other names for it, for a paper I'm writing. And I haven't found ONE G-DAMN THING. No one has of yet tried to change the name. Sure, there's a few bars and pubs that have their own name for the drink. But on a large scale, not a single person has genuinely tried to change the name. So F### you, Irish Central. you have at least 3 articles complaining about the drink, and you've done literally nothing to try and fix it. By the way, you have to drink it fast (the Bailey's curdles) but it tastes like chocolate milk.

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zoubian | Dec 19, 2010, 09:37 PM EST

And leave the Kahlua out of that bomb...it doesn't belong there.

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zoubian | Dec 19, 2010, 09:35 PM EST

Give me a break...what about the Bloody Mary? Should that name be changed as well? Never read so much wining, hyper-sensitive crap. I'll invent the IED right here, right now...or at least change the name of a popular shot.... shot glass filled with goldschlager with a dash of tobasco...formerly known as a fire ball...now known as and IED or maybe a Baghdad Gut Buster.

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Buffalobrave | Oct 23, 2010, 07:20 AM EDT

Willie Frazer is an Orange bigot. His group "FAIR" is anything but. He only campaigns on behalf of victims of IRA action. There were many, many innocent Catholics murdered by loyalist thugs but our Willie is not interested in them. Note; My personal opinion on the name of the drink. Well it's in very bad taste and hurtful to those who have suffered from IRA action.

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errigal | Oct 21, 2010, 05:50 PM EDT

Why don't we all get after the college's for letting drunks attend. Save the parents of the furture's retirement. Your little darlings don't give a hoot and will boot you out in the end. I give all college's a big FAIL. All of the North of Ireland went through a terrible time.

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justhimself | Oct 21, 2010, 03:28 PM EDT

A boilermaker is just a shot and a beer chaser, the term goes back to the 50's.

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irishfez | Oct 21, 2010, 01:38 PM EDT

Most disgusting drink in the world, and nobody in Ireland drinks it!!

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mhichil | Oct 21, 2010, 11:51 AM EDT

think its fine craic. If it gives you a conscience or embarrassment about the human condition then it is raising the awareness of bad behavior. I say feed the bastards on their hate till they choke on it! When in Bagdad order a WMD and see how it goes!

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moakley.joseph | Oct 20, 2010, 11:56 PM EDT

I was told by A friend of mine that is a bartender and from Ireland that it is referred to as a "boilermaker"

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Searlit | Oct 20, 2010, 08:36 PM EDT

"Irish Heat".

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Southernpride | Oct 20, 2010, 05:09 PM EDT

Have you heard about the falling twin towers drink? It knocks you off your feet. Hehehe

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DonnyHL | Oct 20, 2010, 04:15 PM EDT

Or how about alcoholic diahrea.

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IrishTierney | Oct 20, 2010, 01:53 PM EDT

It's a tastey concoction. I like all three of this drinks ingredients separately, as well as mixed. Too bad the name has such a negative connotation attached to it. Should have called it an Irish elixer, or an Irish heavenly cloud.

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DonnyHL | Oct 20, 2010, 12:52 PM EDT

Tell me about. I need about 7 before I read the shite on this. Do you genetically have to be a Dumbass to work for IrishCentral. Looks like I found the missing link here Darwin.

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