Butterbeer

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This recipe is too sweet as is. I made some changes that made it a little more palatable.
I trippled the recipe in order to serve it to my guests. I also added milk so as to make it less sweet (@ least 2 cups for the trippled recipe. Instead of the butter, I added 1/4 tsp of vanilla extract and 1 tsp of butter flavored extract. I wanted my guests to be able to drink it either hot or cold and the butter would not have worked if taken cold. It was perfect! Either hot or cold I topped it with whipped cream.

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This is our second time drinking butterbeer, and our first attempt at making it ourselves. We tried a cold version at the Creaky Cauldron in Stratford, which was good but not what we were expecting. This recipe yielded a drink that was hot, buttery, sweet, and sour, with a lovely foam on top. Why the three stars? After a few sips, it starts to settle heavily in your stomach. You can't decide whether you are going to bounce off the walls or crash out on the couch. The recipe says it serves two, but I think that's way too generous as this could easily stretch between four. My teeth hurt, and if my stomach could talk it would say, "Double, double, toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble." :-/ But because the flavor and feel of the beverage are so comforting, I know we'll try it again. We just might have to divvy it out amongst four mugs, or use one of the suggestions below regarding how to make it less sweet.

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I think it tastes just like it would be if you had it in the wizarding world. NOT The fake universal one that has to be produced for the mass public and its frozen and cold. the recipe there is approved to taste as best they can for the mass. This recipe was very warm and sweet well duh its all sweet ingredients and it is just like the book description being that it warms you up and is very good. In the shop it would have been produced in small to medium batches by the shop owner as custom drinks are made in todays specialty places like starbucks etc drinks made to order to keep it fresh. Its not going to taste like the park brand because its not the parks brand so quit the fussing. Overall very good drink to serve at parties and if you can't handle the sweetness there were several posted ways to reduce the sweetness to taste :D Enjoy!

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IheartYummies hit the nail on the head, first few sips were awesome, then you want to barf. Cut down on the condensed milk and butterscotch, water it down with some more cream soda, and this is a delicious desert beverage.

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i think this recipe is wonderful! I'm a huge harry potter fan and this matched the description in the book! But, I found it hard to find butterscotch so i used caramel. Many of the other reviews say that the original recipe is to sweet so i think the caramel is a great replacement for the butterscotch. It still has the same bubbly effect and all. I hope you find this helpful! :-

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We came back from The Wizarding World 2 weeks ago. I just made this recipe for my daughter's birthday and the kids swear it tastes exactly as it did in the park. I used a can of condensed milk, a jar of butterscotch carmel topping, and 3 generous spoonfuls of whipped butter. I melted it together and drizzled it over cold cream soda. It fizzed up and everything.

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Pretty good.

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This recipe is great! A little sweet but it's okay. I liked the recipe at universal studios at harry potter land better, but this is pretty close!!@@## you should definitely try it!!

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You guys DO realize that the Wizarding World park version isn't like the one described in the book? In the book, butterbeer was warm. And since this recipe was published in 2008, it's based more on the book, if anything.. NOT the park.

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This drink is ok.. but no where near the one served at the park. I've found this to be much closer. Give it a try and see what you think!

1/4 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 package Spiced Alpine Instant Apple Cider
8 oz Water
8 oz Cream Soda
Buttershots Schnapps

Dissolve 1/4 cup of Brown Sugar into 8oz hot water. Add one half of 0.74oz Apple Cider package to mixture. Let cool.

Put 1/4 cup of Cider mixture in glass. Add 8oz Cream Soda. Add Buttershots Schnapps to taste.

May reduce 8oz water and Soda to fit into 8oz glass.