Irish Car Bomb

Speaking as an Irishman, it's an ugly name for a drink. I can honestly say I was shocked when I first heard the term. And I don't shock easily.

There's a Seamus Haney poem about a young man drawn back from university for the funeral of his baby brother, and struck by the smallness of the coffin. I'll try to find it, for it is something.

In the meantime, for your consideration, herewith a recipe:

1/2 pint Guinness
1 oz Jamison
1/2 oz Bailey's Irish cream

Pour Guiness into a pint glass. Float Baileys on top of Jamison in shot glass. Drop shot glass, carefully, into Guiness. Drink quickly before it curdles.

Strangely enough, I get the following, contradictory directions on the construction of said bomb from a different source:

Add the Bailey's and Jameson to a shot glass, layering the Bailey's on the bottom. Pour the Guinness into a pint glass or beer mug 3/4 of the way full and let settle. Drop the shot glass into the Guinness and chug. If you don't drink it fast enough it will curdle and increasingly taste worse.

The question is which one floats atop the other--the Jamison, or the Bailey's? Maybe its a Catholic/Protestant thing.

One thing they both agree on is that speed is of the essence.