Talk:Drink/@comment-32178409-20170605050217/@comment-32269111-20170612080518

First thoughts -- Fire-whiskey could be a standard whiskey infuse with clove & cinnamon and perhaps chili. That should make for a good punch!

The Harry Potter Parks and studios have their version of butterbeer. It's made with a butterscotch flavoured cream soda, which is then topped with a foam (which I think is maple-flavoured). It could easily be replicated and is very sweet. However, it bears little in relation to either the books' descriptions or the original recipe. I've mad butterbeer to the original Mediaeval recipe - you heat beer with a stick of butter, sugar and some festive tasting spices. An egg yolk is used to emulsify the mix. The final result is warm, rich and bittersweet - the trick is to find the right beer or it's awful. If you do, it has almost a latte like feel to it. I think it would be worth experimenting around with this - give people an authentic taste of the historical drink (and something that resembles the warm sweet drink in the book).

The books also mention gillywater - I always imagined this as something quite light and clear: perhaps water flavoured with gillyweed - something mentioned elsewhere in the books. I had an experiment this weekend and created something quite light and floral with soda, elderflower cordial, curacao and a touch of orange blossom water. If you want it boozier, add in some vodka or get some botanical flavours in there with an Old Tom Gin. Light, floral and summery.

I've a Pumpkin Juice cocktail I make for halloween with rum, pumpkin spice and fruit/vegetable juices etc which works really nicely.