Butter Beer Cocktail

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This adult version of Harry Potter’s Butter Beer is the perfect cocktail for your next Harry Potter themed party! It is a delicious combination of vanilla vodka, butterscotch schnapps, Guinness beer, and cream soda.

Check out these Harry Potter Party Ideas for even more cocktail and food recipes.

Well it finally happened… I finally got to throw my Harry Potter Party!! Yes, I do realize that the last movie came out 3 years ago. This party has been in the making for about 10 years now, but there is an annual Halloween Party that I go to every year that takes the best weekend. By best weekend, I mean the only weekend without high school or college football games!! The ex is also not a huge Potter fan, so he always talked me out of it…not anymore!

I know, your scratching your head wondering why I threw a Halloween Party on the 4th of October? Well, that was the only other weekend that I “thought” did not have any band performances. It turns out that there was a competition, so I had a much smaller turnout than expected…but we still had a lot of fun!!

I was Professor Trelawney {my hair would not stay big and puffy} and Sandy is Professor Umbridge. Yes, I do need a better phone/camera!

Cheryl and Kathy were Gryffindors. Arlo was supposed to be a giant black spider, but I forgot to put his costume on. 😉

Alex {too bad Red Beard was not a character}…..

Kristin, Varuka, Dan {disappears whenever a camera comes out} and Christopher were Muggles. 🙂  In their defense, they came straight from Oktoberfest!

Having the party early in the month is actually perfect. I will be posting recipes from the party all month long leading up to Halloween. Starting with this delicious Butter Beer Cocktail.

Since this is not a kid’s birthday party, all of the drinks contain alcohol…just so you know.

The first one I made, was way too sweet! So I added some Guinness to deepen the flavor and cut the sweetness. You can use any dark beer that you have on hand. I used 1 ounce, and I could taste it in the first sip. After the second sip, I could no longer taste it…perfect! Use less to start, you can always add more.

How to make a Butter Beer Cocktail:

Start by adding the vanilla vodka, butterscotch schnapps, and beer to a glass mug.

Sorry, my camera focused on everything except the mug! I used Jones Cream Soda because it does not contain high fructose corn syrup. Very slowly add the cream soda.

Let the bubbles dissipate, and add the whipped cream {I used dairy-free Rice Whip}.

Very carefully pour the leftover cream soda over the whipped cream to achieve a creamier look.

Recipe Notes:

• The amount of soda used, will be determined by the size of your mug. I just added the leftover soda to the mug as it went down.
• I did not serve the Butter Beer Cocktail with straws, because there were no straws in the movies. 😉

More Halloween cocktail recipes

• Polyjuice Potion 
• Dumbledore’s Pensieve Cocktail
• Witches Brew 
• Poisoned Apple Cocktail 
• Liquefied Ghost Martini 

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Enjoy!!