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title: "Literary Libations"
description: "Beverages from the pages of our favorite novels. Authors have been making us thirsty for centuries, and now we're doing something about it."
category: "books"
url: "https://drinkingdranks.com/category/books/"
---
# Literary Libations

Beverages from the pages of our favorite novels. Authors have been making us thirsty for centuries, and now we're doing something about it.

3 recipes.

- [The Cave's Burden (Drink of Despair)](https://drinkingdranks.com/blog/drink-of-despair/) *(Harry Potter)* — The emerald potion Dumbledore drank so we wouldn't have to. A bitter, beautiful cocktail that demands something of everyone who orders it.
- [The Hogsmeade Warmth (Butterbeer)](https://drinkingdranks.com/blog/butterbeer/) *(Harry Potter)* — A properly boozy interpretation of the Wizarding World's favorite beverage. Butterscotch, cream, and enough rum to make you forget you're a Muggle.
- [Brains Smasher (Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster)](https://drinkingdranks.com/blog/pan-galactic-gargle-blaster/) *(The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)* — Douglas Adams' cocktail, described as "like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick." We made it drinkable. Mostly.