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butterbeer, butterscotch, cream, cream soda, easy, experiment, frozen, Harry Potter, Orlando, recipes, Universal Islands of Adventure
Since December, I have tried four different kinds of butterbeer: boozy, hot, frozen, and non-frozen. Two were at Alamo Drafthouse (the most awesome movie theater ever…truth) in San Antonio and the other two were at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando’s Islands of Adventure in Florida. (I blogged about the latter!) One of them came the closest to what J.K. Rowling conjured up in my imagination, and that was the hot version at the Drafthouse. However, the two kinds at Universal were supposedly sampled and approved by the author herself. Even though they weren’t what I had imagined, I really enjoyed them. (Friends and the surroundings definitely helped!)
I’ve been wanting to try to create my own interpretation of butterbeer for quite some time, but since that’s hot and it’s summer, I thought I’d attempt the frozen Universal creation for now. Besides, with Part 2 of Deathly Hallows coming out this weekend (eeeeeeee!), it’s the perfect time, right? Continue reading