Butterbeer Follow-up

A few weeks ago few months ago, I posted my experiment with the butterbeer recipe.  This time, I'm gonna follow it up with further experimentation with different amounts of syrup dosage and different brands of cream soda.

I started with halving the amount of syrup the original recipe called for, from 60g to 30g.  The sweetness drastically improved - from obviously teeth rotting to ninja teeth rotting (to be honest, this is a sugary drink).  So, I kept the syrup level there since it is a nice balance between the butterbeer flavour and the cream soda flavour.

Next, I rounded up some different brands of cream soda I could find.  I even went to Winner's to get a hold of one.  My testing line up is:

• Schwepp's
• Jones
• Stewarts
• Boyland

I stayed the hell away from any pink cream sodas as that is guaranteed to be atomically teeth rotting.  Also, the fact that pink cream sodas taste funny to me, maybe because I see that it's pink and NOTHING SHOULD BE NATURALLY NEON PINK!!!

Harry Potter's Butterbeer

Double post this week!  AWW YEAH!!

A friend of mine shared a recipe for this a little while ago, when HP7.2 came out.  I've always wondered what some of these "wizard" food tasted like (not so much the earwax jelly bean, though).  There are many variations of recipe for this beverage, but this one was put of by AP, FoxNews (bleh), basing it on the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park.  And in my opinion, this one contains the least amount of pre-made ingredients.


So Meow tried her hand at making a fictional beverage.


You'll need candy thermometer for this, if you don't have it, you can opt for a pre-made butterscotch topping recipe.


Harry Potter Butterbeer
from WizardingWorldPark.com


Remember: 1mL = 1g


1 cup light or dark brown sugar (200g)
2 tablespoons water (30mL)
6 tablespoon unsalted butter (85g)
1/2 teaspoon salt (3g)
1/2 teaspoon cider vinegar (3mL)
3/4 cup heavy cream, divided (75mL)
1/2 teaspoon rum extract (3mL)
4 12-ounce bottles cream soda (350mL/355mL)

Assemble ingredients for Mr. Caboose's approval