thoughts on Butterbeer

[honeycakehorse03]

No: HPFGUIDX 65005

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "KickAir 8P~" <KickAir8P at a...> 
wrote:
> > <Tamara>
> > I don't think the wizards go by typical muggle laws when it 
comes 
> to 
> > everything.  Before that mention about Winky, I always kind of 
> > thought of Butterbeer as being like rootbeer.  I wonder what it 
> > tastes like.  And pumpkin juice too. Don't these people ever 
drink 
> > milk or water???  And why doesn't Hogwarts serve pizza or 
> hamburgers? 
> > I'm not sure I could survive the food there. ;)
> > 
> 
> 
> < KickAir 8P~ >
> It's probably just a cultural difference, like the French having 
no 
> problem to serving wine to children in resteraunts.  I thought 
that 
> butterbeer had roughly the alchohol content of hard cider, but 
that 
> was just an impression.
> 
> And wasn't somebody trying to charm their water into rum in the 
first 
> story?  Or was that just in the movie?  Apparently without any 
> interference from the teachers or worry about getting caught -- 
even 
> if that was because he didn't have a chance in Hades of suceeding, 
> somebody should've admonished the attempt if there was something 
> wrong with it.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ~KickAir 8P~


I always thought that it was perfectly believeable, after all some 
things for kids have alcohol in them (eg. cough sirup) and here in 
Germany it's perfectly normal for a 13- or 14-year old to have a 
glass of sparkling wine or similar for celebrations and that has a 
lot more alcohol.
Considering the Hogsmeade weaakends are about three or four times a 
year, IMO it's not really something to worry about.

But one thing I was always wondering is when in GoF during The 
Weighing Of The Wands, Ollivander makes wine come out of one wand, 
wouldn't that be terribly easy for teenagers to get drunk?

Sabrina