# I just opened a bottle of "solid" Irish Cream... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 28, 2008, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-opened-a-bottle-of-solid-irish-cream/474777 "2008-11-28T06:57:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-opened-a-bottle-of-solid-irish-cream/474777/1 "2008-11-28T06:57:51Z")
I bought it this morning while I was at the store getting last-minute Thanksgiving necessities. It is an off-brand (I usually drink Bailey’s), but it was the only kind they carried at the little grocery store here (we’re staying at my grandma’s). I was so looking forward to winding down from a hard day of stuffing my face with a healthy glass of creamy Irish deliciousness. But when I twisted the bottle open and went to pour, only a vaguely clear trickle of fluid came out, with a few pale chunks of something in it. I sniffed the bottle, and it smelled like Irish Cream. I shook it like crazy and tried again. I could hear some sort of sloshing, but when I tried to pour it again, it was just another trickle of clear spooge with a couple of white chunks. I wonder how long it had been sitting on the store shelf. Mmmmm. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![bathsheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@bathsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bathsheba)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-opened-a-bottle-of-solid-irish-cream/474777/2 "2008-11-28T07:42:26Z")
This happened to me. I shook it some more and drank it. Nothing bad happened. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-opened-a-bottle-of-solid-irish-cream/474777/3 "2008-11-28T08:16:48Z")
What did the consistency end up being? How long/hard did you have to shake it? If a paint-mixer is required and/or I have to chew what is in my glass, I’ll probably pass. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-opened-a-bottle-of-solid-irish-cream/474777/4 "2008-11-28T09:11:17Z")
I had success with a blender. (add some chocolate, milk and a banana and you have my favourite drink) ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-opened-a-bottle-of-solid-irish-cream/474777/5 "2008-11-28T10:55:21Z")
I realize it’s not your brand, but the Bailey’s site suggests not drinking it once it’s separated: [http://www.baileys.com/us-en/footer/Faq.htm](http://www.baileys.com/us-en/footer/Faq.htm) Interesting scary-fact from that same page: 1.5 oz of I.C. has over four hundred calories. That’s almost 150 calories per TABLESPOON. I wouldn’t have believed a liquid that calorie-dense was possible: a cup of pure sugar has about 700 calories, this stuff would have 2100+. It would almost have to be a typo, no? A google search for “baileys irish cream nutrition” gives a wide range of values, from about 90 calories in 37 ml (1.3 oz) to the 403 that the Bailey’s site gives. Anyone got a calorimeter and some time? ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-opened-a-bottle-of-solid-irish-cream/474777/6 "2008-11-28T14:04:29Z")
Guess I’ll just have to water it down with a little hazelnut liquour. (Can’t spell it.) What is the name of it? The bottle looks a little like a monk… Mix with Bailey’s half and half on the rocks and it will still satisfy your cravings for sweet alcohol. I think it’s called A Nutty Irishman. Frangelico. That’s the hazelnut part. ---
**Author:** ![stannius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@stannius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stannius)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-opened-a-bottle-of-solid-irish-cream/474777/7 "2022-11-19T17:49:24Z")
Updated FAQ link: [Frequently Asked Questions | Baileys US](https://www.baileys.com/en-us/frequently-asked-questions/) Which (currently) says that “Baileys Original Irish Cream has 314Kcal per 100ml” 100ml = 3.4 oz (as we all know by now from the TSA) So an entire shot of 1.5 US OZ = 140 calories. Also, if you still have some Irish Cream from 2008, please discard it.