Guinness Red Velvet Cocktail
Toast to Valentine’s Day in style with this delicious red velvet cocktail. The simple and unexpected pairing of Guinness and champagne makes for a simply divine concoction that you won’t be able to get enough of!
This red velvet cocktail is easy to make because it only has two ingredients. They blend together nicely to make a smooth and satisfying drink. Adding champagne to Guinness stout helps balance and mellow the bitterness of the beer making for a delicious and lip-smacking good drink.
Does this cocktail taste exactly like the red velvet cake or cupcake it is named after? No (although the color is close). But not every cocktail tastes like the food that gives it its name.
One standout cocktail/shot that tastes pretty close to the food it was named for is the chocolate covered cherry shot. Man, oh man, is that delicious!
Caramel Macchiato is another scrumptious cocktail made with Guinness.
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Helpful tips
- Use champagne flutes for this cocktail because they present it best. If you must, you can use martini glasses but it’s not as fun.
- This drink makes for one of the best Valentines day cocktails.
- You will not be using a cocktail shaker to make this drink because the ingredients are fizzy, so you will be building it in the glass.
- When pouring both beer and champagne, you need to tip the glass you are pouring the liquid into almost horizontally. The reason you do this is because you want to control the head of foam that forms as you pour.
- With this cocktail, even though you pour the beer halfway up the glass, you still need to tip the glass when pouring the champagne. You just don’t tip it as much as when you pour champagne in a glass by itself.
- The small bottles of champagne are so convenient when making this red velvet cocktail. That way you aren’t opening a full bottle of champagne and having to drink the whole bottle.
- A full bottle of champagne is perfect if you are making this drink for a group.
- Always be careful when opening champagne bottles, even the small bottles with the type of cap that you find on a beer bottle, in which case, it may bubble out of the bottle. But, if you are opening a large champagne bottle, always point the bottle away from yourself and other people as the cork is under great pressure and could cause harm when it pops out.
How to make a red velvet cocktail
Step one
Gather the ingredients – Guinness stout beer and brut (or extra brut) champagne.
Step two
Get a champagne flute and open the Guinness.
Step three
Tip the flute and slowly pour the Guinness halfway up the glass.
As you can see there isn’t much of a head after pouring the beer. That is what you are going for.
Step four
Open the champagne, tip the glass until the beer is near the top and slowly pour the champagne in the glass. As you pour, you will be straightening the glass as the liquid fills the glass.
It is preferable for there to be a head (of foam) at the top of the red velvet cocktail.
Tricks of the trade of a food blogger
Usually when I photograph my cocktail recipes, I only have one light on to take the photos. With this recipe, I put two on so you could see the beauty of this red velvet cocktail. Notice the pretty reddish color.
YUM.
Let’s see the cocktail without the champagne bottle in the background. And since it takes a little while to take photos, I was losing the head on the cocktail, so I added more champagne to rectify that. Look at the back right photo. Woohoo!
And now for the vertical view.
I hope you enjoyed this Guinness red velvet cocktail recipe.
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And as always, may all your dishes/drinks be delish!
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Guinness Red Velvet Cocktail
Ingredients
- 3 ounces Guinness (Fill glass halfway)
- 3 ounces Champagne brut or extra brut (Fill the glass the rest of the way)
Instructions
- Tilt the glass almost horizontally and fill flute half way with Guinness
- Tilt the glass without spilling the liquid and slowly pour the champagne but make sure it doesn’t overflow. You do want a small head of foam to form at the top of the liquid
- Sip
- Smile
- Enjoy
Equipment
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- Use champagne flutes for this cocktail because they present it best.
- When pouring both beer and champagne, you need to tip the glass you are pouring the liquid into almost horizontally. The reason you do this is because you want to control the head of foam that forms as you pour.
- With this cocktail, even though you pour the beer halfway up the glass, you still need to tip the glass when pouring the champagne. You just don’t tip it as much as when you pour champagne in a glass by itself.
- The small bottles of champagne are so convenient when making this red velvet cocktail. That way you aren’t opening a full bottle of champagne and having to drink the whole bottle.
- A full bottle of champagne is perfect if you are making this drink for a group.
- Always be careful when opening champagne bottles, even the small bottles with the type of cap that you find on a beer bottle, in which case, it may bubble out of the bottle. But, if you are opening a large champagne bottle, always point the bottle away from yourself and other people as the cork is under great pressure and could cause harm when it pops out.
Nutrition
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This looks dark and delicious!
Thanks Christopher! 🙂
This looks so cool and fancy! I love how you photographed it so we can get a view of that red color. I might have to show this to my girlfriends!
Thanks Carmella! I appreciate it!
I’ve never had a beer/champagne combination before! Definitely a must try ! The red color is gorgeous!
Lauren, it’s kind of a weird combo isn’t it? But it works. It works really well! I hope you do give it a try.
What a fabulous idea, it sounds really good. I’ll have one please.
Coming right up Jacqueline. 😉
That is an eye-catching cocktail; it definitely paid off to have that extra light in the shot. Good thinking.
Thank you Kacie!! 🙂
What a great cocktail idea! I can’t wait to make it for my friends this week!! Thank you!
I hope your friends enjoy it Mary! 🙂
Another delicious cocktail to add to my collection! I love how easy this one is, will be great for Valentine’s day!
Thanks Patty! I was skeptical when I first heard about it, but it is delicious and satisfying.