Talk:Drink/@comment-32269111-20170612081401

Some other drink thoughts in the wider fantasy field:

1. Mead - the ancient and traditional drink that turns up in most fantasy settings. Brewed from honey, it's easier to brew than beer and as brewing is being considered, I think you could make your own signature mead(s), too. It's gaining popularity in the States at the moment, you could be start of a renaissance of it here. It can be brewed sweet or dry and could be drunk straight like wine or make an interesting flavour component in a number of cocktails.

2. Edmund's Temptation - I loved the Narnia stories as a kid and, outside of Enid Blyton, they have one of the mouth-watering descriptions of food in children's literature. Edmund is tempted to betray his friends for warming hot chocolate and turkish delight. I like hot chocolate, but I've never found one that meets my expectations of what Edmund is given by the White Witch. That is until I discovered hot chocolate made with Red Wine. Sounds weird, I know, but it gives it a rich fruitiness that is so comforting it's unreal. Perhaps add some appropriate spices and maybe even an extra brady or cointreau kick, top with cream and a square of turkish delight in the place of a marshmallow. That'd be something really specail or a winter!

3. Another drink mentioned in passing in Potter is Redcurrant rum. This would be nice and easy to make in a similar method to sloe gin, using a golden (maybe spiced) rum. Again, this could either be served straight or something with which to make unique cocktails (I've a few ideas I'm experimenting with).