Halloween Cocktail: Magic Up Some Butter Beer

Make (delicious!) Halloween magic with this Harry Potter-inspired cocktail.

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You don’t have to live in a magical world to enjoy a good butter beer. This version pulls together ginger beer, ginger liqueur, butterscotch and cream soda for a smooth taste with a little kick. Glasses rimmed with gold sugar make it, well … magical.

HGTV shows you how to make Butter Beer for Halloween

Butter Beer

Learn how to make Butter Beer for Halloween

Photo by: Sam Henderson

Sam Henderson

Ingredients:

serves 6

  • 2 bottles ginger beer
  • 2 bottles cream soda
  • 4 ounces ginger liqueur
  • 3 tablespoons butterscotch ice cream topping
  • gold sanding sugar for rimming glasses
  • ice

Instructions:

  1. Chill ginger beer and cream soda.
  2. Add ginger liqueur and butterscotch topping to a small bowl and whisk until fully combined.
  3. Moisten rims of glasses and dip in sanding sugar.
  4. Add ice to glasses.
  5. Distribute ginger liqueur mixture evenly among glasses.
  6. Add 4 ounces of ginger beer to each glass.
  7. Add 4 ounces of cream soda to each glass.
  8. Stir gently before serving.
HGTV shows you how to make Butter Beer for Halloween

Butter Beer

Learn how to make Butter Beer for Halloween

Photo by: Sam Henderson

Sam Henderson

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