Butterbeer
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| Butterbeer | |
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Two Sickles |
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"A little bit like less-sickly butterscotch." |
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- "Why don't we go and have a butterbeer in the Three Broomsticks, it's a bit cold, isn't it?"
- —Hermione Granger inviting Harry Potter to the Three Broomsticks Inn.[src]
Butterbeer was a popular wizarding beverage described as tasting "a little bit like less-sickly butterscotch."[1]
It had a very slight alcohol content, which could get house-elves fully drunk,[2] but seemed to have a less pronounced effect on humans.[3][4] In 1996, Harry Potter wondered what Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger might do at Professor Horace Slughorn's Christmas Party "under the influence of Butterbeer",[3] indicating that it could lower inhibitions. Winky, a house-elf, took to getting drunk on Butterbeer after losing her job with the Crouch family[2] — an addiction from which she never fully recovered.[5]
Butterbeer was served cold in bottles and hot in "foaming tankards."[6] In Hogsmeade, it was sold at the The Three Broomsticks[6] and The Hog's Head,[7] although the fact that the latter pub's stock was described as "very dusty" suggests it wasn't sold there very often.[7]
At the Hog's Head, customers were charged two sickles per Butterbeer,[7] but it isn't certain whether this is a universal price for the drink, or if the price of the drink varies from location to location.
[edit] Behind the scenes
- This recipe is the best "slightly alcoholic" version of Butterbeer on the web.
- Michael Gambon once said that the first thing he will do when he get to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park is to order eight pints of Butterbeer. According to him, it is not alcoholic, and it is refreshing.[8]
- Executive Chef of Universal Parks and Resorts, Steve Jayson commented that butterbeer is "Real comforting and nice and smooth going down".[8]
[edit] Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (First mentioned) (GBC and PS2 versions only)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
[edit] Notes and references
- ↑ Bon Appetit magazine interview
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- ↑ In the film version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, however, Hermione Granger appears to act slightly tipsy after a visit to the Three Broomsticks Inn where she was shown drinking some; this can be seen just before the discovery of Katie Bell.
- ↑ 2004 World Book Day chat
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) DVD 2nd-Disc Special Feature: The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Sneak Peak
