Irish cream is a liqueur combining Irish whiskey with cream and sometimes other ingredients like coffee. It typically contains 15-20% alcohol by volume and comes from Ireland.
How it is made
Irish cream is made by combining Irish whiskey with cream and other ingredients such as coffee. It is bottled as a ready-to-drink liqueur.
History
The category gained worldwide popularity following the success of Baileys, invented in 1975 as a bottled version of Irish coffee with cream and whiskey.
How it is served
Irish cream is typically served over ice. It is also used in cocktails, including B-52, Slippery Nipple, Orgasm, and others found on this site.
Adapted from the Russian Wikipedia article Ирландский сливочный ликер, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.