Harry Potter Signature Cocktails for Your Wedding Bar
By Gary Pope
Every good reception needs a signature potion. From a bar-friendly Butterbeer build to sorting-house shots that reveal your guests’ colors on the spot, these are my favorites, dry-ice warnings included.
Hogwarts Inspired Signature Cocktails....I mean potions
Here are some of my favorite cocktails with most of them thought up by Halloween Costumes, not only are these simple enough to perform at just about any bar, but these are cute little graphics that you can hand over to your bartender to make their lives easier!
If you are feeling really adventurous, and if your bartenders will allow it, ask if they'll serve it with dry ice for a smoky effect!
**WARNING!! Not all adults can handle the responsibility to NOT touch the dry ice, it's totally safe to drink with it in the glass, but there's always 1 person who wants to touch it directly (or worse swallow it) which is not safe. Consider the crowd at your wedding before considering adding dry ice to the menu!**
Butter Beer
We all knew this was going to be on the list! And what's great about Butter Beer is that it can easily be replicated at a bar, simply ask your bartenders to provide a premade cocktail of 2 parts Vanilla Vodka, 3 parts Butterscotch Schnapps, 2 parts Cinnamon Schnapps.
3oz of this cocktail simply needs to be mixed with 10oz of a fresh can of Cream Soda, then garnish with whipped cream and you are done!
The Avada Kedavra Adios
Probably the strongest drink that is going to be on this list (besides just straight alcohol....listed below!). Only add this as a signature cocktail if you intend on actually destroying all of your guests....which is very fitting actually.
If you are curious how this will taste, I believe this is very similar to a Grateful Dead
Liquid Luck
I have a rule with wedding gifts, either skip them and instead make more desserts or save your money......or........give guests alcohol.
This is the perfect wedding gift for a Harry Potter wedding and it's incredibly simple, because there's only vodka in the container! Make things interesting for guests by using all types of clear liquids...even the occassional water!
Patronus Colada
Voted as most likely to be turned down as a signature drink, because it involves a blender! But if you really love Pina Coladas (I wouldn't blame you they are my favorite too!) you can always remove real fruits and just add extra pineapple juice.
Godric Gryffindor's Famous Gimlet
Incredibly simple drink for couples that LOVEEEEE their gin. Just be warned! The color is a fantastic green and this can be renamed into a Slytherin drink but if you are not a fan of gin then you'll be doing yourself a disservice!
Dumbledore's Lemon Drop
I would consider this a great go-to drink for couples having a hard time trying to think of something everyone will enjoy (besides Butterbeer of course!)
The Dark Lord's Deadly Long Island Ice Tea
If you couldn't already guess this is probably the 2nd strongest potion...and going with the theme of evil things, only add this to your cocktail menu if you want to have a bad time....so this is personally right up my alley.
Death Eater Dirty Martini
Absolutely fantastic if you love dirty martini's but be warned, I don't believe your cocktails will be this same color from the listed ingredients.
Weasley Sour
Another drink that I'll give a little warning about with the color! The lemon juice should help turn this drink a little bit orange, but it's really hard to change brown into other colors.
Sorting House Shots
The original article that suggested this idea had a different name and this was mostly for kids drink, but I have a new idea!
Similar to the original instructions, take food coloring and drop it on the bottom of a ton of shot classes, and use colors from each house. This has to be done far enough ahead of time for the food coloring to dry up, a drop or two in each shot glass should be enough.
Then surprise your guests by pouring a shot into the glass to give them a house color on the spot!
I'll update this section with how much time is needed for the food coloring to dry once I try this experiment out for myself.
This post is part of our Ultimate Harry Potter Wedding Guide.