The Unofficial Hogwarts Cocktail Book

by Cindi Sutter-Excerpted from The Unofficial Hogwarts Cocktail Book by Bertha Barmann. Copyright © 2022 Ulysses Press. Reprinted with permission from Ulysses Press. New York, NY. All rights reserved. 

UNOFFICIAL HOGWARTS COCKTAIL BOOK

By Cindi Sutter— Excerpted from The Unofficial Hogwarts Cocktail Book by Bertha Barmann. Copyright © 2022 Ulysses Press. Reprinted with permission from Ulysses Press. New York, NY. All rights reserved. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Ulysses Press/Thor’s Eye Photography ——#1

STARRY NIGHT IN THE TOWER

YIELD: 1 SERVING

INGREDIENTS

MILKY WAY ICE

2 cups hot water

10 butterfly pea flowers

STARRY NIGHT COCKTAIL

crushed ice

2 ounces vodka

1/2 ounce freshly

squeezed lime juice

4 to 6 ounces ginger beer

crushed Milky Way Ice

INSTRUCTIONS

MILKY WAY ICE

In a small saucepan, bring water to a boil. Turn off the heat and add the butterfly pea flowers.

Allow the tea to steep for 3 to 4 minutes.

Strain out flowers and let cool.

Pour the cooled mixture into ice cube trays and freeze.

STARRY NIGHT IN THE TOWER COCKTAIL

Partially fill a glass with crushed clear ice.

Top with the crushed Milky Way Ice.

Add the vodka, lime juice, and ginger beer.

Top it with additional Milky Way Ice.