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Friday, August 26, 2011

Geeking it out (Harry Potter style) with...Butterbeer!

So, to recap: J's been injured. To cope with boredom, we decided to hold a Harry Potter-thon. A few days ago, I asked J what he thought butterbeer was like if we were to make it. We decided on a cream soda/rum combo but couldn't find any recipes that we really liked so we mixed up our own.
Tonight we watched the first installation of the Deathly Hallows and finally tried our brew. I have to say that I think it is exactly what butterbeer is like. It is refreshing but warming and oh-so tasty.
It would be the perfect drink to enjoy while having a conversation with your favorite Potter-verse character...if J.K. Rowling could have stopped killing them off. (Ahem, Remus.)

But I digress. :P


Ingredients (serves three):

3/4 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon water
3 tablespoons butter
3 shots of rum
cream
cream soda
pumpkin pie spice


Mixin' It Up:

In a small sauce pan add brown sugar and water. Cook on medium heat until sugar dissolves and add butter until it has melted, stirring constantly.
In each pint glass add a shot of the rum, about four tablespoons of the brown sugar/butter mixture, fill with cream soda, and top off with a little cream and a pinch of pumpkin pie spice. Stir well and serve.

Now go study for Potions class.

2 comments:

Gina said...

I thought you were a Sirius Black fan. That sounds good except for the rum :(
I sort of picture it kinda like cream soda eggnog

TJ said...

I am. Tonks too. I also was sad about Fred Weasley. And Dobby. The books were a sad state of affairs.
You can totally leave out the rum and it would be like a cream soda butterscotch-y froth drink. Also, I had to addput in the pumpkin spice, gave it that something extra...just seems like that kind of drink to me! Play around with it- maybe with ice cream like a root beer float?