Hello readers,
I just sat down to write this post with a glass of Baileys in my hand. It occurred to me during this drinking session that I have not got a clue how Baileys is made.
Wikipedia says
Baileys was the first liqueur to use cream and alcohol together in a manner sufficiently stable to allow commercial distribution. The cream and whiskey are homogenized to form an emulsion, with the aid of an emulsifier containing refined vegetable oil. This process prevents separation of the whiskey and cream during storage. The quantity of other ingredients used is not known but they include chocolate, vanilla, caramel and sugar.
According to the manufacturer no preservatives are required, the whiskey alone is used to preserve the cream.
The cream used in the drink comes from Avonmore Waterford Plc. This is a co-operative dairy located about 70 miles outside of Dublin. More than 4 million litres of Irish cream a year is used in the production of Baileys, this amounts to 4.3% of Ireland’s total milk production.
Yum yum!
Mike
