OOP - It's Butterbeer time!

[Beth Currie]

No: HPFGUIDX 66044

> >Me:
> > I too am hoping that Butterbeer will make it's way onto the shelves
> > along with Every Flavour Beans!!  I have always imagined it to be
> > alcoholic, but only just - like those cans of lager shandy you can
buy
> > that are about 0.5% alcohol.  You would have to drink an awful lot
of it
> > to get tipsy.
> >
> > Isn't it a hot drink though?  In my head it tastes something like a
> > frothy cappuccino with a large tipple of Baileys added.  Only less
milky
> > and more buttery.  IYSWIM.   Mmmmmmmmmm......
> >
> > Beth :-)
> >
> 
> digger:
> ButterBEER must have beer as an ingredient! It must also have an low
> alcohol content for canon to make sense, maybe 2%.
> 
> In medieval times BUTTERED ALE was a popular drink. Ale (beer brewed
> without any hops) was heated together with with butter, cinnamon, and
> sugar. I think this is basically what Butterbeer is.

Me again:
Having posted that last night I then went and checked PoA and GoF re
Butterbeer (I know, I need to get out more...)  

Apparently it can be served either hot or cold (the first time Harry
drinks it in the 3 Broomsticks it is served hot).  And yes, it does
contain alcohol - Winky gets drunk on it frequently - I seem to remember
Ron saying "it's not strong that stuff" and Dobby replying "it is for a
elf".

Still think it sounds yummy anyway!- the buttered ale sounds pretty
good!

Beth, who might actually win a drinking game if it were against a house
elf....