Berry Ocky Rot[1] was a fruit wine containing 17% alcohol.[2] It was made from berries, which the label boasted were picked and pressed by the "fair hands" of "our best house-elves", and aged in oaken bungbarrels for a thousand years.[2]
The beverage was sold at the Hog's Head pub in Hogsmeade,[2] as well as the Leaky Cauldron.[1] Horace Slughorn and Rubeus Hagrid got drunk on a bottle of it after Aragog's funeral in 1997.[3]
Etymology[]
Berry ocky is a Newfoundland English term for a drink made from wild berries (especially lingonberries).[4] "Rot" may be related to rotgut, an English slang word for cheap, low-quality liquor.[5] "Rot" is also German for red.
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
- The Art of Harry Potter: Mini Book of Graphic Design
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter Limited Edition
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wizarding World of Harry Potter photo on the RPF
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) (see this image)
- ↑ Newfoundland Word of the Day
- ↑ "Rotgut" on Merriam Webster OnLine
