WDW Magazine December 2014 - Crowds at WDW | Page 121

Day Trip Corner:

Brews and Shops at Diagon Alley
Photo by
Aunesty Janssen

By Aunesty Janssen
The New Brews of Diagon Alley at Universal Studios
So the new Diagon Alley portion of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter introduced a
couple of new brews: Dragon Scale and Wizard’s Brew. As I am not a real beer drinker
(I only drink ciders) I can’t speak to the taste directly, but Patrick, my husband, is a beer
drinker and had no problem doing a taste test of these two new brews.
Patrick says the Dragon Scale is very similar to an IPA but not as hoppy. For Pat’s palette he says it was a “strong beer,” a beer he wouldn’t drink more than one of as he is a
light beer or lager beer drinker and the Dragon Scale was more of a dark ale.
The Wizard’s Brew is not a beer that Pat would enjoy, as it is a stout beer similar to a
Guinness. I questioned a nice co