Forget Butter Beer; Drink these Fantastic Beasts Cocktails Instead
Cocktail photos via the FireLake Grillhouse Drink Lists Fantastic Beasts cocktailsWell, JK Rowling’s bid for world domination continues apace (only the MCU is giving her much of a fight). With Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald hitting theaters on the 16th, you can expect an uptick in schwag sales, commemorative-edition Harry Potter books (you can get them in your House colors: See the Sorting Hat for more details, but if you don’t know which House is yours, it’s probably Hufflepuff…) and, of course, POTIONS.
If you’re really a Butterbeer person at heart, the internet is rife with “authentic” recipes. But if you’ve come of age and prefer a potion with a little more of a kick, we’ve got you covered thanks to a foray into the Alternate Reality that is Minneapolis’ fabled Mall of America. The FireLake Grillhouse, inside the Mall of America has created a full Fantastic Beasts cocktail menu rife with Potter-world references.
And please note that if you can’t apparate into the FireLake Grillhouse for Wizarding beverages, their affable bar-folk were kind enough to share their NEWT-level potions textbook, so you can duplicate these wizard-worthy brews at home.
Obscurus Old Fashioned
Ingredients
1.5 oz. Black Magic Spiced Rum
.5 oz. simple syrup
2 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
Directions: Add everything over ice in a rocks glass. Stir. Garnish with an orange peel and Luxardo cherry.
Unicorn Blood
Ingredients
1.5 oz. Herradura Silver tequila
1.5 oz. St. Germain
1 oz. lemon juice
Directions: Add everything to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake (hard!) for a full 20 seconds. Strain into a coupe glass.
Wolfsbane
Ingredients
1.5 oz. Inchmurrin Scotch
1.5 oz. Fernet-Branca
Coca-Cola
Directions: Combine scotch and Fernet in a shaker with ice and stir vigorously for 20 seconds, until fully chilled. Strain into a rocks glass with a large ice cube. Top with cola.
Dragon’s Fire
Ingredients
2 oz. Fireball Whiskey
2 oz. Cranberry Juice
Directions: Add everything to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake. Strain into a coupe glass.
Nagini’s Negroni
Ingredients
1.25 oz. Campari
1.25 oz. Sweet Vermouth
1.25 oz. Prosecco
Directions: Gently stir Campari, prosecco and vermouth in a rocks glass filled with ice. Garnish with an orange twist.