Dutch Bros Dragon Slayer
Home reconstruction
The Dragon Slayer is a Rebel, which means it starts from Dutch Bros' own energy drink rather than from coffee. What makes it a Dragon Slayer rather than any other Rebel is the syrup pairing and the splash of cream.
If you have not read it, the Dutch Bros Rebel page covers the base and why home versions come out too sweet. This page is the specific drink.
Dutch Bros Dragon Slayer
1 drink (20 oz) · Drink
- Prep
- 3 min
- Cook
- 0 min
- Total
- 3 min
Ingredients
- 1 cup ice
- 1 tbsp peach syrup
- 1 tbsp strawberry syrup
- 16 oz fruit-flavoured energy drink, chilled
- 1–2 tbsp half and half
Method
- Fill the cup with ice.
- Both syrups into the cup first.
- Pour the energy drink slowly over the ice.
- Stir once from the bottom.
- Float the cream on top. Do not stir again.
The build
Peach and strawberry syrup, over ice, with the Rebel energy drink base and a splash of half and half. The cream is what gives it the cloudy, sunset-orange colour rather than the flat red you get without it.
- 1 cup ice
- 1 tbsp peach syrup
- 1 tbsp strawberry syrup
- 16 oz fruit-flavoured energy drink, chilled
- 1–2 tbsp half and half
Method
- 1. Fill a 20 oz cup with ice to the top.
- 2. Put both syrups in first, before any liquid. They mix far better from the bottom than poured over.
- 3. Pour the energy drink slowly over the ice.
- 4. Stir once from the bottom.
- 5. Float the half and half on top and do not stir again. The cream settling through in streaks is what it looks like.
Getting it right
Two tablespoons of syrup total is already generous. A shop pump is about a quarter ounce; a tablespoon is half an ounce. Two tablespoons is closer to four pumps than to two, which is why home versions come out sweeter than the shop.
Keep the ratio even. Peach and strawberry in equal parts. Weighting either way makes a perfectly nice drink that tastes like a different one.
Cream last, unstirred. Stirring it through turns the whole drink an opaque pink and loses the look entirely.
If you want to match it exactly
Order one and read the cup. Dutch Bros write the syrup pumps on the label, and that is more reliable than any list online — including this one. Recipes drift, menus change regionally, and a photograph of the cup you were actually served beats a guess.
Storing
None. It is carbonated over ice and flat within the hour. Make it in the cup you are drinking from.
Questions people ask
What flavours are in a Dragon Slayer?
Peach and strawberry, over the Rebel energy drink base, with a splash of cream.
Is it coffee?
No. Rebels are energy drinks. Dutch Bros sells coffee separately.
Can I buy the actual Rebel base?
Not as a standalone shop product. Canned Dutch Bros energy drinks have appeared in some stores, but the base used in-store is not sold for home use.
Why is mine sweeter than the shop version?
The syrup measure. A tablespoon is roughly twice a shop pump, so two tablespoons is about four pumps' worth.
Does it need the cream?
It is part of this particular drink — it softens the sweetness and gives the cloudy colour. Without it you have a different Rebel.
Which syrup brands work best?
Torani and Monin, because they are the same category of product coffee shops use. Grocery-brand syrups are thinner and sweeter.
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This is a home reconstruction, not Dutch Bros' recipe. The Rebel base is proprietary. Syrup pairings are drawn from publicly discussed combinations and are approximations.