Ryan Cormier

The News Journal

As J. K. Rowling prepares to expand the "Harry Potter" film universe with the upcoming release of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," a Delaware brewery is getting into the act.

Mispillion River Brewing will release five "Potter"-themed beers at this weekend's all-ages event dubbed, "Fantastic Beers and Where to Find Them."

The brews will be unveiled Saturday at noon.

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The Milford brewery (255 Mullet Run) will pair the beers with four commemorative glasses, each dedicated to a house of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry -- Gryffindor (9% ABV Double IPA) , Slytherin (dry hopped sour), Hufflepuff (6% ABV Kolsch) and Ravenclaw (5.2% ABV Porter). Deathly Hallows, the brewery's small batch Belgian Tripel, will make its annual return as well.

Entertainment will include a scavenger hunt for horcruxes, beer quidditch and a photo booth. Also, a trolley witch will be offering Bertie Botts throughout the day.

Attendees are invited to wear costumes.

There is no admission charge for Mispillion's event, which runs until 5 p.m. The commemorative glasses will be available as supplies last,

Go to mispillionriverbrewing.com for details.

Rowling makes her screenwriting debut for "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," which stars Eddie Redmayne as wizard Newt Scamander.

The $225 million film, which lands in theaters Nov.18, is inspired by Rowling's 2001 book of the same name.

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