Nutritional information of Butterbeer revealed from Wizarding World of Harry Potter

I had to check this out because the "tag line" was so funny...

"Site sends the $11 drink to a lap to find out what it's made of."

Oops!

I have some friends who have been and their kids tried it. Neither kid took more than a couple of sips saying it tasted awful.

I'm not about to spend $22 on a taste test.

I woudl have expected the results to be much higher. not all that bad for you.

"...the concoction tastes like the Slurpee version of a butterscotch Life Saver."

I like Slurpees. I like butterscotch candies.

This sounds a vile combo conceived by Satan himself. How big of a HP fan do you have to be to plunk down $11, take a sip and then smile and say, "Mmmm."

^It's only $11 if you want that plastic souvenir mug too... otherwise, you can get it in a plastic cup for a little over $3

Whew.... I'm glad you said about the $3 plastic cup -vs- the $11 souvineer mug.

Still... getting guests to part with $11 to drink a souvineer mug full of that glop? It's gotta be some sort of spell... FooliusMoneyParticus! Maybe the Harry Potter magic is real after all...

Pumpkin Juice was just ok, not fantastic, but certainly not bad. it did taste like a liquid pumpkin pie (lots of cinnamon and nutmeg flavor), but it was basically a purified water/white grape juice based with pumpkin pie flavoring.

Butterbeer on the other hand was Fantastic. I tried both the frozen, and the "on tap" (neither are alcoholic). Both were great. Like a Starbucks Caramel Frappucino without the coffee wang.

I was HIGHLY skeptical at first, but seriously good stuff.

One wonders if this will make it to a Walmart Drink counter for the Christmas shopping season....

From what I gathered from the recipe, the "base" is available at any grocery store stocking a good-quality cream soda...

Would have tried it the day we (finally!) got on Forbidden Journey....but an hour-long line for a drink is absurd - I understand they've added another Butterbeer stand in the interim.

Butterbeer is the only thing I'd actually wait for in Potterworld. Well, except the Dragons, but they were there first.

Coaster Lover said:
^It's only $11 if you want that plastic souvenir mug too... otherwise, you can get it in a plastic cup for a little over $3

Well, that's no fun.

rollergator said:
...but an hour-long line for a drink is absurd...

Maybe you accidentally wandered into a CF park?

You gotta eat...

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2010/07/02/harry-potters-butterbeer-...uncovered/

BUTTERBEER

Start to finish: 1 hour (10 minutes active)

Servings: 4

1 cup light or dark brown sugar

2 tablespoons water

6 tablespoon butter

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon cider vinegar

3/4 cup heavy cream, divided

1/2 teaspoon rum extract

Four 12-ounce bottles cream soda

In a small saucepan over medium, combine the brown sugar and water. Bring to a gentle boil and cook, stirring often, until the mixture reads 240 F on a candy thermometer.

Stir in the butter, salt, vinegar and 1/4 heavy cream. Set aside to cool to room temperature.

Once the mixture has cooled, stir in the rum extract.

In a medium bowl, combine 2 tablespoons of the brown sugar mixture and the remaining 1/2 cup of heavy cream. Use an electric mixer to beat until just thickened, but not completely whipped, about 2 to 3 minutes.

To serve, divide the brown sugar mixture between 4 tall glasses (about 1/4 cup for each glass). Add 1/4 cup of cream soda to each glass, then stir to combine. Fill each glass nearly to the top with additional cream soda, then spoon the whipped topping over each.

To be honest, that sounds like effort to me. :)

And here I'm still annoyed that I couldn't get the frozen goose juice when I was down there...

(I learned that goose juice was tangerine, and based on my experience with the now-discontinued tangerine frozen drink at Kennywood I figured it had to be good!)

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

CreditWh0re said:
I tried both the frozen, and the "on tap" (neither are alcoholic).

I'm out.