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The assertion that Carolan's is the "drink of choice" in Ireland is a blatant factual inaccuracy. Baily's is by far the bigger seller of Irish Cream in the Republic of Ireland. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.203.65.65 ( talk) 14:30, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
Be exrememly careful as this oontains honey and some people have a honey allergy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.112.111.162 ( talk) 05:42, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Carolan's contains honey. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.119.201.189 ( talk) 23:38, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
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Irish Cream is very popular in the United Kingdom, the number 1 brand of Irish Cream is Baileys, with over 100 million bottles being bought every year. Irish Cream is generally suggested to be served chilled and poured over ice. Irish Cream can be quite high in alcohol, and is a liqueur itself, however in the United Kingdom if it is drank as a shot, or is wanted to be made more alcoholic people will mix Irish Cream with the Italian aniseed-flavored liqueur Sambuca.
Is that accurate? I'm not from the UK myself, I'm American, but I know many people from the UK and they have always suggested quite the opposite. They've all projected a pretty strict "No ice" policy on drinking irish cream, and they've also stated it's more commonly used as a sipping drink and not as a shot.
Also, I'm not sure the line irish cream can be quite high in alcohol is accurate either, at lesat, I've never seen one that's over 15% myself. While that's high in alcohol when compared with drinks with no alcohol I suppose, as far as alcoholic beverages 15% is considered fairly low, where as drinks in the middle usually range around 40%, and the really high ones can go up to 75% or more. -- TheJudge310 15:35, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
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The Economics of Irish Cream
The Republic of Ireland’s parliament, in late 2008, passed the Irish Cream Act, which increased tariffs on alternative types of alcohol in an effort to bolster production from local manufacturers. Foreign distributors protested to no avail. The act was passed by Members of the Dáil Éireann, by a vote of 97 to 69. Bertie Ahern, leader of the Fianna Fáil party, commented: “This act will not only help Irish workers, but also boost national pride.”[1]
The above is complete and utter BS. There was no such act passed by the Dail in 2008 (see http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2008/acts.html) and Bertie Ahern was no longer Taoiseach or leader of Fianna Fail at that time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.147.141.242 ( talk) 01:43, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
Irish Cream → Irish cream – "Irish cream" is a generic term and cream should not be capitalized. Ponydepression ( talk) 04:38, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
I was looking for info on the Irish cream coffee creamer. Anyone have input on it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dblanchard ( talk • contribs) 00:28, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
I believe that in most cases "Irish cream coffee creamer" is just flavored to taste similar to Irish cream, but without using any actual cream liquor. Perhaps a sentence about this being a popular coffee flavoring could be added to the article, if someone can find a good source to cite Tim314 ( talk) 20:16, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
I have a store-brand Irish cream from Aldi, O'Donnells. The back of the bottle labels it a "wine specialty", and grape wine is given as the first ingredient. Is that normal? It certainly doesn't taste fruity or like regular wine. As a side note, it's 14.9% alcohol, leading me to think some jurisdictions must classify beverages 15% and up as liquor (my Aldi sells beer and wine, but not liquor). -- BDD ( talk) 01:32, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
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The assertion that Carolan's is the "drink of choice" in Ireland is a blatant factual inaccuracy. Baily's is by far the bigger seller of Irish Cream in the Republic of Ireland. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.203.65.65 ( talk) 14:30, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
Be exrememly careful as this oontains honey and some people have a honey allergy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.112.111.162 ( talk) 05:42, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Carolan's contains honey. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.119.201.189 ( talk) 23:38, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
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Irish Cream is very popular in the United Kingdom, the number 1 brand of Irish Cream is Baileys, with over 100 million bottles being bought every year. Irish Cream is generally suggested to be served chilled and poured over ice. Irish Cream can be quite high in alcohol, and is a liqueur itself, however in the United Kingdom if it is drank as a shot, or is wanted to be made more alcoholic people will mix Irish Cream with the Italian aniseed-flavored liqueur Sambuca.
Is that accurate? I'm not from the UK myself, I'm American, but I know many people from the UK and they have always suggested quite the opposite. They've all projected a pretty strict "No ice" policy on drinking irish cream, and they've also stated it's more commonly used as a sipping drink and not as a shot.
Also, I'm not sure the line irish cream can be quite high in alcohol is accurate either, at lesat, I've never seen one that's over 15% myself. While that's high in alcohol when compared with drinks with no alcohol I suppose, as far as alcoholic beverages 15% is considered fairly low, where as drinks in the middle usually range around 40%, and the really high ones can go up to 75% or more. -- TheJudge310 15:35, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
The following deleted:
The Economics of Irish Cream
The Republic of Ireland’s parliament, in late 2008, passed the Irish Cream Act, which increased tariffs on alternative types of alcohol in an effort to bolster production from local manufacturers. Foreign distributors protested to no avail. The act was passed by Members of the Dáil Éireann, by a vote of 97 to 69. Bertie Ahern, leader of the Fianna Fáil party, commented: “This act will not only help Irish workers, but also boost national pride.”[1]
The above is complete and utter BS. There was no such act passed by the Dail in 2008 (see http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2008/acts.html) and Bertie Ahern was no longer Taoiseach or leader of Fianna Fail at that time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.147.141.242 ( talk) 01:43, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
Irish Cream → Irish cream – "Irish cream" is a generic term and cream should not be capitalized. Ponydepression ( talk) 04:38, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
I was looking for info on the Irish cream coffee creamer. Anyone have input on it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dblanchard ( talk • contribs) 00:28, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
I believe that in most cases "Irish cream coffee creamer" is just flavored to taste similar to Irish cream, but without using any actual cream liquor. Perhaps a sentence about this being a popular coffee flavoring could be added to the article, if someone can find a good source to cite Tim314 ( talk) 20:16, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
I have a store-brand Irish cream from Aldi, O'Donnells. The back of the bottle labels it a "wine specialty", and grape wine is given as the first ingredient. Is that normal? It certainly doesn't taste fruity or like regular wine. As a side note, it's 14.9% alcohol, leading me to think some jurisdictions must classify beverages 15% and up as liquor (my Aldi sells beer and wine, but not liquor). -- BDD ( talk) 01:32, 15 July 2016 (UTC)