pumpkin juice

[bluesqueak <pipdowns@etchells0.demon.co.uk>]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Tyler Hewitt <tahewitt at y...> 
wrote:

> on a HP/food related note, do you think butterbeer is
> an alcoholic beverage? I always imagined it was
> similar to root beer, a nonalcoholic soft drink
> popular in the US (I have yet to meet a European who
> thinks its anything but revolting!) maybe with
> butterscotch flavor. Others have pointed out to me
> that the 'warm feeling' described when it is drank
> indicates that it has a low alcohol content. 
> Opinions?
> 
> Tyler

I guess I always imagined Butterbeer as the Wizarding equivalent of 
Shandy.

Shandy for adults is a half and half drink of lemonade and beer. 

Shandy for kids is about 90% lemonade and 10% beer, bringing it 
below the 0.5% proof that BBoy mentioned. This makes it a 'soft 
drink'.

Like Butterbeer, the kid's version comes in bottles. It's quite a 
popular drink among kids, who feel daring buying a 'beer' drink. But 
it's so weak even a toddler couldn't get drunk on it.

Possibly, in the WW, like in the MW, there is an 'adult' butterbeer, 
and a 'kid's' butterbeer.

Pip