Downton Abbey

Black Velvet

Preparation info
  • Makes

    1

    Cocktail
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Official Downton Abbey Cocktail Book
The Official Downton Abbey Cocktail Book

By Downton Abbey

Published 2019

  • About

This unlikely but elegant mixture of stout and sparkling wine was developed at Brooks’s Club in London in 1861, to mourn the death of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s prince consort. It is meant to symbolize the black band worn during mourning.

Ingredients

  • 6 fl oz (180 ml) Irish stout, chilled
  • 6 fl oz (180

Method

Carefully pour the stout and Champagne into a chilled pint glass or wineglass.