# Black Velvet

Equal parts chilled stout and Champagne combine roasted malt, wine acidity, and a remarkably soft, persistent texture.

Strength: 8% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 120 ml [Stout](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/stout.md) — Use a dry stout; avoid sweet, flavoured, pastry, or imperial stout.
- 120 ml [Champagne](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/champagne.md) — Use a well-chilled Brut Champagne.

## Glassware

Collins glass

## Method

1. Half-fill a chilled Collins glass with the stout.
2. Slowly top with the Champagne, controlling the foam.
3. Do not stir or add ice.

## Related drinks

- [Death in the Afternoon](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/death-in-the-afternoon.md): Absinthe turns cold Brut Champagne opalescent, aromatic, and formidable in Ernest Hemingway’s stark 1935 contribution to the cocktail canon.
- [Champagne Julep](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/champagne-julep.md): Cold Champagne, mint, and one sugar cube make a light nineteenth-century julep over fine ice, finished with fresh fruit rather than another spirit.
- [Buck’s Fizz](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bucks-fizz.md): One part fresh orange to three parts Brut Champagne preserves the wine-forward British branch beside the equal-parts Prosecco Mimosa.
- [Champagne Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/champagne-cocktail.md): A bitters-soaked sugar cube focuses Champagne's stream of bubbles, while Cognac gives the drink quiet depth.
- [Kir Royale](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/kir-royale.md): A sparkling Burgundian aperitif in which blackcurrant deepens dry Champagne without suppressing its acidity or fine bubbles.
- [Seelbach](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/seelbach.md): Bourbon, orange liqueur, and ten dashes of bitters meet Champagne in Adam Seger's genuinely modern 1995 sparkling cocktail.
- [French 75](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/french-75.md): A sparkling gin sour lengthened with Champagne.
- [Air Mail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/air-mail.md): Lightly aged rum, lime, and concentrated honey form a bright Cuban sour before Champagne turns it into a long, sparkling drink over ice.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/black-velvet
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/black-velvet-3e4929b7.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.spiritsanddistilling.com/dictionary/acref-9780199311132-e-254