Butter Beer Wars

Anyone who knows Troy, knows that he loves Harry Potter. He is not a fanatic or a crazy or is someone who has lost his identity to the story. He just really loves the books and the fun stuff that goes along with them. He met some kindred spirits when my cousin Kevin Crookston and his wife Becky moved down here to Yuma. They love Harry Potter just as much, if not more than Troy does. Case in point...

In the story all those in the wizarding world love to drink something called Butter Beer. Even the students at Hogwarts love it so it isn't an alcoholic drink. I've just always assumed it is something like rootbeer. During our Thanksgiving festivities Troy decided to search for a recipe for butter beer. Little did Troy know that Kevin's parents had just returned from a trip to the new Harry Potter theme park in Florida with reports of the delicious butter beer. As an early Christmas present, his parents gave them a butter beer kit. They brought it over the other day and the challenge was on!

After blind taste tests by anyone willing (this is my sister Wendy) it was decided that Kevin and Becky's version was great and Troy's was great but when we put them together...WOWSERS!!!! DELICIOUS!!

So, for those who are wondering, butter beer contains homemade butterscotch syrup, cream soda, real whipped cream and butter nut and rum flavoring (JUST the flavoring!). NO this is not low fat but oh man it is HIGH flavor! DELISH!!! Warmed up is even better!!!