Blackthorns Botanical Brews

Blackthorn's Botanical Brews: Herbal Potions, Magical Teas, and Spirited Libations

by Amy Blackthorn

Blackthorn’s Botanical Brews has something for everyone. This book outlines the magical uses for many well-loved, traditional beverage ingredients found throughout time. Readers learn what potions are, what purpose they serve, and how to create their own brews, bitters, vermouth, and kombucha, as well as how to blend the perfect tea for their magical desires.

Features of Blackthorn's Botanical Brews:

• Getting to Know Your Spirits
• Adding Magic to Your Daily Activities
• In the Kitchen
• In the Bar
• Fruit Feeling Frisky (Making Sodas and Syrups)
• Herbal Beers, Mead, and Cider
• What to Do with Leftover Potions?

Hardcover | 276 pages | 6 x 8

“A truly delightful magical and tactical approach to conjuring potions.”—Marita Woywod Crandle, owner of Potions Lounge, New Orleans, author of Johnny White’s Sports Bar: The Tiny Joint that Never Closed --- Until It Did.

“Blackthorn’s Botanical Brews is a lighthearted but practical approach to spells, sips, and sensational libations. Amy Blackthorn combines magical working with simple ideas and recipes for potions, herbal teas and cocktails that hold enough power for your next ritual celebration but are delicious enough to share with friends and family. Amy’s knowledge of herbalism and lore give the practitioner an in-depth understanding of potion-making for modern Pagans.” - Dawn Aurora Hunt, owner of Cucina Aurora Kitchen Witchery, and author of A Kitchen Witch’s Guide to Love & Romance

“Amy Blackthorn has done it again and done it with luscious writing and a lip-smacking presentation of brews and potions. She takes us through the basics of magic and teases the reader with the tools of this particular craft. This book is clever, clear and--dare I say?--delicious.” - H. Byron Ballard, homebrewer, and author of Embracing Willendorf: A Witch’s Way of Loving Your Body to Health and Fitness.

“Amy Blackthorn makes magic accessible with easy to follow recipes, using easily procured ingredients for relatable scenarios. Even the most seasoned of mixologists will be inspired by this delightful collection of cocktails, mocktails. and more.” - Camille Kea, certified hypnotherapist, past- life regressionist, tarotista, and former Oakland Nightlife Examiner.

“Amy Blackthorn has concocted an ingenious book. More than just a simple recipe book, Blackthorn’s Botanical Brews contains the deep understanding, research, and creative cleverness expected from a well-seasoned witch like Blackthorn. Drawing upon the art of witchery’s traditional concepts, theories, and tools, Amy applies them to the art of crafting drinks in an imaginative and fun way, transforming ordinary teas, cocktails, and mocktails into powerful potions with formulas that are just as delicious as her insights.” - Mat Auryn, author of Psychic Witch: A Metaphysical Guide to Meditation, Magick, and Manifestation