Someone introduced me to black velvet a few years back at Blizzarts. Since I'm all about stouts I was told to try it and thank god I did. That shit is delicious!
In a pint glass, Guiness and cider are mixed, creating a really cool layering effect which makes your drink look more badass. Then people come up to you being all "whats THAT?!". From my experience, not a lot of people are familiar with it and flip out and say "no way that sounds gross can I try it!?" and then the next thing you know your goddamn drink is gone simply because it looks cooler than everything else.
After we all participated in a beer swamp experiment (more to come on that soon), I was researching other beer mixes and came across the description of a black velvet and it said "a mix of Guiness and champagne"!! that sounds way fucking better!
I checked it out on wikipedia and discovered that the cider version is known as THE POOR MAN'S black velvet :(:(
Since I am a poor (wo)man I guess I'll have to settle for the cider versh but now all I'm thinking about is how good champagne and Guiness sounds.