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8BitNinja
2016-08-01, 07:32 PM
Do you have ideas for an alcoholic beverage that would be made by a certain race, class, alignment, or extraplanar beings of the D&D world. If so, post them here. Bonus points and a +10 Holy Flaming Longsword to anyone who posts an actual recipe.

A few examples from me

Elvish Wine: A very sweet and mellow drink famous for its low alcohol content. Tastes like grape juice to humans and pretty much is grape juice to orcs and dwarves.

Dwarvish Mead: A hardy drink for real men! One of the strongest brews in the material planes, imported straight from the mountain halls themselves. WARNING: Do not drink if you have a CON score below 9

The Bandicoot
2016-08-01, 07:58 PM
Dwarvish Whiskey: Commonly used as lamp-oil or fuel for tinker gnomes's inventions.

Cluedrew
2016-08-01, 08:29 PM
I just saw "extra-planar" and had to go to the biggest extremes I could.

Demonic Bloodwine: Created by fermentation in blood of the damned. Quality is determined by how long you can ferment it without the blood clotting. Flavour it dependant on what the individual was damned for. Some exotic varieties mix in some blood of the innocent as well, but it is generally agreed that to much of that makes it overly sweet.

Angel Dewshine: Start with a mead base (made from honey), which is then boiled off into clouds by close proximity to the sun. Clouds are kept in place by weather control, and condenses back down with the water removed. Repeat a few times just to be sure. The resulting drink tends to be drank in very small doses, in some cases just a few "dew" drops. I wanted the Angel drink to be high in alcohol just to be ironic.

GnomishPride
2016-08-01, 09:16 PM
Gnomish Lifeale: A common (and often vital) component in golems and other mechanically animate creations, it is also extremely explosive. It's unclear whether it was designed as fuel and repurposed as a beverage, or the reverse, but everyone is sure that the 'life' portion of the name is extremely misleading.

Dwarven Ironstew: This extremely viscous and chunky drink is banned in every civilized nation, as it often gets stuck in the digestive system. Dwarves insist it aids digestion by pulverizing the food while being digested, but no evidence has been found supporting this claim.

Gnomish Firewhiskey: A favorite among fire giants and red dragons, this drink warms you right up. It's also used in experimental gnomish rockets, but that's mostly under wraps. Warning: Stay away from fire sources for a few hours after drinking it.

Halfling Stout Brew: This beverage is a standard at halfling bars. It's brewed primarily with potatoes, carrots, wheat, watermelon, hay, barley, and various spices and herbs, then ferments for a relatively short time. The rich flavor and sweetness make it popular among halflings and elves, but literally no one else. No one.

TheYell
2016-08-01, 09:22 PM
HUMILITY GLUWEIN
In a small cheesecloth pouch, insert cinammon, cloves, zest of limes and lemon, and cardamom. Boil in two cups of water for five minutes. Add a bottle of red Corentyn wine and three doses of the poison known as liquid persuasion and four doses of the poison known as indigo dreams. Simmer gently uncovered until reduced to a pint measure. Cool and garnish with chopped almonds. Serves one.

something I thought up for an inquisitor cohort

8BitNinja
2016-08-01, 11:08 PM
Gnomish Lifeale: A common (and often vital) component in golems and other mechanically animate creations, it is also extremely explosive. It's unclear whether it was designed as fuel and repurposed as a beverage, or the reverse, but everyone is sure that the 'life' portion of the name is extremely misleading.

This stuff is only good for two things, greasing engines and killing brain cells.

Orc Whiskey: Made from corn that is roasted over forge fire and fermented for decades, this is the strongest drink that anyone can find. Has been known to cause deaths to elves and halflings who thought that no drink could kill them. Also useful for incendiary, cauldrons for boiling and pouring on the heads of those storming the gates, and deep frying fish.

kieza
2016-08-01, 11:55 PM
Dwarven Ragedraught: Incredibly strong, and intentionally foul-tasting. Purposefully brewed to induce drunken rages in dwarves, and hungover rages in everybody else. If anybody but a dwarf claims to like it, they're lying. If a dwarf makes this claim, back slowly away without giving offense.

Goblin Rotgut: Brewed in an old boot from anything that ferments and only safe to drink if the brewer succeeded in getting a high alcohol content, and sometimes not even then. If contaminated with alchemical byproducts (unfortunately common), known to cause blindness, deafness, synaesthesia, tremors, stomach ulcers, spontaneous combustion, hallucinations, death, undeath, manifestation of latent sorcerous talents, immunodeficiency disorders, autoimmune disorders, plague, phantom pains, hauntings, involuntary psychic broadcasting and/or persistent halitosis.

Sidhe Spirits: Crystal clear, and possesses no fixed taste or smell, instead tasting and smelling like the best drink the imbiber has ever had. Banned in most civilized countries for its tendency to induce addiction leading to suicidal depression after supplies run out, as well as persistent rumors that drinkers incur a thaumaturgical debt to the distiller which may be used as a conduit for compulsion and other mind-altering magics. Also useful as bait for brownies, leprechauns, etc.

Sacramental Wine of Deus Reveling: Wine bottled and blessed by priests of Deus Reveling, god of alcohol, inebriation, and festivity. Mundane, but of an extremely good quality, all the better to accompany the lavish meals at Reveller temples and monasteries. Also used as a base for the Revellers' healing and other potions, with mixed results. Frequent imbibers report bouts of divine inspiration, but despite a great many attempts, no scholar has been able to remain sober long enough to give a credible report.

Madbox
2016-08-02, 01:49 AM
Kobold Malt Liquor: originally a failed attempt at producing a beverage. High methanol content means it can cause blindness, or outright death if consumed in large amounts. Oftentimes is spiked with other toxic substances. Is left in kobold dens as a trap.

ExLibrisMortis
2016-08-02, 03:21 AM
Liquid Gold: Exactly what it says on the tin. Popular amongst gold dragons, wealthier devils, and adventurous dwarves (one time per dwarf only). Usually drunk 'on the rocks', which are, depending on species, gemstones, Stygian larvae, or healing potions. The one drink that sees dwarves consistently out-drunk, and an excellent way to intimidate a dwarf, provided you can survive the first swig.

Storm_Of_Snow
2016-08-02, 03:21 AM
Sylvan Gin: Distilled from the juices tapped from juniper berries and sloes that are left on the trees rather than harvested, this spirit thus maintains a mystical link to the forests and drinkers feel healthier, especially in the Spring, while in Winter, it promotes restful sleep.

Dwarven Eiswein: You know those mountains Dwarves live in? While the outside land on the lower reaches is good for growing grain and farming cattle in order to feed the hold, the upper reaches are less good for such farming, but not bad for growing grapes, and apprentice master brewers learn their trade making wines, particularly Eisweins, 95% of which is then traded, and several vintages have won best in show at the annual Elven Wine Championships.

Asmodean_
2016-08-02, 03:51 AM
Drow Poison: don't worry, only marketed as such. Traditional double malt whiskey left to age in a drider's (emptied out, of course) egg sac. Do not consume if you have a fortitude save modifier less than +3.

khadgar567
2016-08-02, 04:34 AM
belkar's care made from elven breast milk, demon blood and local elisyum grapes
taste unknown
served with backstab by men himself

Madbox
2016-08-02, 04:55 AM
Fey Absinthe: Actually does cause hallucinations (unlike actual absinthe, which, despite its reputation, is just really high proof and sneaks up on you).

ImNotTrevor
2016-08-02, 05:02 AM
Let's get weird:

Hagfish Liquor:
Distilled from hagfish slime, tastes like vodka mixed with fish oil and salt. Makes your mouth feel slippery.
Enjoyed by Sahuagin and KuoToa.

Glow-Cloud Cocktail:
First, the bartender makes a clear cocktail of various potent liquors.
Second, a special alchemical mixture that glows in various colors is injected into the center of the cocktail, making a little glowing cloud of flavor.
Is said to taste like tequila and rainbow sherbet.

Kazzadi Stonewhiskey:
Perhaps the most interesting drink one may encounter, found exclusively within the Kazzadi Sandwastes. This drink is presented in the form of a small block of compressed powder wrapped in a leaf, about the size of a domino. When placed into the mouth and chewed, the block gives way to a liquid center and dissolves completely into a potent alcoholic beverage. Tastes of cinnamon and grain.

hymer
2016-08-02, 06:14 AM
If you notice a two-headed, three-armed humanoid (or someone who claims the veiled cage on his shoulder is for his parrot) in the tavern, expect this drink. I'll refrain from naming it.

Take the juice from one bottle of that Ol' Janx Spirit.
Pour into it one measure of water from the seas of Santraginus V (Oh, that Santragian seawater! Oh, those Santragian fish!)
Allow three cubes of Arcturan Mega-gin to melt into the mixture (it must be properly iced or the benzine is lost).
Allow four litres of Fallian marsh gas to bubble through it, in honor of all those happy hikers who have died of pleasure in the Marshes of Fallia.
Over the back of a silver spoon float a measure of Qalactin Hypermint extract, redolent of all the heavy odors of the dark Qalactin Zones, subtle, sweet, and mystic.
Drop in the tooth of an Algolian Suntiger. Watch it dissolve, spreading the fires of the Algolian Suns deep into the heart of the drink.
Sprinkle Zamphuor.
Add an olive.
Drink... but... very carefully...

Apparently the effect of drinking it is like having your brain smashed in by a slice of lemon wrapped around a gold brick. It's supposedly the alcoholic equivalent of a mugging: Expensive and bad for the head.
Okay, so I'll name it for those too deprived to recognize it: The Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster.

DigoDragon
2016-08-02, 06:20 AM
Kobold Malt Liquor: originally a failed attempt at producing a beverage. High methanol content means it can cause blindness, or outright death if consumed in large amounts. Oftentimes is spiked with other toxic substances. Is left in kobold dens as a trap.

This sounds like a drink my players once invented when they were at a dwarven tavern. They called it "Lich Pee" and it was so bad, it caused CON damage.

When the party eventually bought themselves their own tavern, this became the signature drink of adventurers. They got travelers from all over coming to their bar to try this awful stuff. Eventually it became some kind of Right of Passage for commoners who wanted to become real heroes with class levels. :smalltongue:

hymer
2016-08-02, 06:24 AM
This sounds like a drink my players once invented when they were at a dwarven tavern. They called it "Lich Pee" and it was so bad, it caused CON damage.

When the party eventually bought themselves their own tavern, this became the signature drink of adventurers. They got travelers from all over coming to their bar to try this awful stuff. Eventually it became some kind of Right of Passage for commoners who wanted to become real heroes with class levels. :smalltongue:

Reminds me of the Sourtoe Cocktail (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irfpuhaFa1M). Apparently, alcohol deals Int damage, too. :smallyuk:

Brookshw
2016-08-02, 06:28 AM
Styx grog with a hint of brain devourer extract, for when you're drinking to forget.

TheCountAlucard
2016-08-02, 08:20 AM
Eric Minton's blog (https://ericminton.wordpress.com/2014/06/21/exalted-alcoholic-beverages-in-creation/) had some pretty fun ones from the real world, with a bit of analysis on translocating them into the fantastical world of Creation.

Segev
2016-08-02, 09:35 AM
Let us not forget the pub food to go with it.

Basilisk-cheese sandwich. A grilled cheese sandwich made with cheese curdled by the gaze of a basilisk.

(Used in one campaign I ran as 1/3 of a cure for lycanthropy.)

khadgar567
2016-08-02, 10:46 AM
Let us not forget the pub food to go with it.

Basilisk-cheese sandwich. A grilled cheese sandwich made with cheese curdled by the gaze of a basilisk.

(Used in one campaign I ran as 1/3 of a cure for lycanthropy.)
now i am curious for the remaining cure ingridients

Segev
2016-08-02, 11:10 AM
now i am curious for the remaining cure ingridients

The bread had to be made from wheat harvested by a silver sickle under the light of the moon, and the sandwich had to be accompanied by a side of tomato soup made with tomatoes grown over a grave.

GnomishPride
2016-08-02, 11:56 AM
Aboleth Slime: Why? WHY?!

Blood War Beer: Made with the blood of demons and devils mixed together, this drink tastes bitter and is known to cause feelings of rage and desire to murder.

Giant Dwarfhead Brew: A staple of all giantkin bars, this beverage is essentially fermented dwarf innards brewed in the head of a dwarf. It's probably the most disgusting drink anyone will have the misfortune to imbibe.

khadgar567
2016-08-02, 12:30 PM
The bread had to be made from wheat harvested by a silver sickle under the light of the moon, and the sandwich had to be accompanied by a side of tomato soup made with tomatoes grown over a grave.
come one segev you evil bastard you can make much more than this mundane meal/ cure for lycanthropy where is the real meat of your evil genius like I don't know using tears of lg priest and something complex like first laugh of baby succubus

Segev
2016-08-02, 02:31 PM
come one segev you evil bastard you can make much more than this mundane meal/ cure for lycanthropy where is the real meat of your evil genius like I don't know using tears of lg priest and something complex like first laugh of baby succubus
The goal of this one was to provide impetus for a quest for the PCs, not to drive anybody mad with the horror of it. It may or may not have worked all the time, either; they got the recipe from a witch who they sought out for advice on how to cure a town's population of children of wereratism, after an evil wererat had infected them to turn them into his minions. (He was a bard, and good at using "nobody will understand you; serve me and I'll protect you and help you keep the secret" to manipulate them. It wasn't strictly magical compulsion.)

It also wouldn't reverse the alignment shift caused by succumbing to that part of the curse.

Lawful evil kids were remarkably well-behaved, though...but boy were they devious with the letter of the rules.

RedMage125
2016-08-02, 02:32 PM
In my campaign world, one of the largest cities has a "Magic District". The bar there (bartender is a disguised half-silver dragon human), serves many unique drinks. Some, brewed by extraplanar entities, assist in certain magical rituals. Imbibing feywine is supposed to make enchantments more potent. Certain fiendish brews aid in conjuring (mind you, "Conjuring Under the Influence" is a crime, so don't get too hammered).

My favorite, though was this:

Djinn Gin: Brewed by native of the Plane of Air, this liquor is tart, with a smooth finish, and often leaves the imbiber feeling lightheaded.

Cernor
2016-08-02, 06:14 PM
Fey Moonshine

This drink is enjoyed by elves and fey of all stripes, although it is fantastically expensive due to the unusual requirements of its creation. It works equally well with many fruits, but Bloodgrapes are the most common of an extremely rare group.

First, you must pick the ripest Bloodgrapes at the zenith of the new moon. Crush them by hand in a bowl of obsidian and drain the liquid into a decanter of perfectly clear crystal, careful that they are exposed to no light but starlight. Bury the decanter under the roots of a living thousand-year oak, whose trunk has been split by lightning.

The decanter must be left undisturbed for at least fifty years, then removed at the height of a full moon. While any full moon works, the truest Moonshine must be brewed when both moons are full and eclipsed. Most of the wine should have changed into a shimmering silver liquid should: pour this into a distillery of purest silver, enchanted with glyphs of rebirth and protection. Leave the distillery under the moonlight for an hour. You will know the process is complete when a glowing golden liquid remains, perhaps one-third the volume of the silver liquid. Carefully pour it into a clean bottle of opaque crystal, and store until needed.

Beware: Fey Moonshine's effects range from magical unconsciousness to Satyrical disinhibition to blindness. Drink with caution.

Madbox
2016-08-02, 07:47 PM
For more pub food, Cockatrice Wings, drenched in a sauce made from spices only available on the elemental plane of fire.

8BitNinja
2016-08-02, 10:56 PM
And some for some classes

Paladin Cocktail: A mix of vodka, pineapple juice, apple juice, and holy water. A great victory drink for paragon's of righteousness and justice. WARNING: Has been known to kill evil aligned creatures

Fighter's Grog: A mix of rum, whiskey, tomato juice, and cranberry juice. Has a hue resembling the blood of your fallen foes

Even though it isn't a D&D core class

Ninja's Wine: A mix of sake and milk. It's like an alcoholic horchata!

For the more adventurous out there, try to make these drinks and tell us if they're good (paladin drink does not and should not have holy water in it in real life)

GorinichSerpant
2016-08-02, 11:05 PM
Brain Liquor: A beverage distilled from the liquids found inside a brain, originally created for uncornered market of alcohol for mindflayers. However they find it kind of gross and tasteless as it's just the juices and not the nourishing thoughts and memories of the brain. Surprisingly the beverage is a hit with goblinoids and is now regularly found in goblin bars.

Bloody Mary: For a proper vampire a bloody mary needs to use the blood of someone named mary, whose preferably also a virgin as that sounds cooler. This has led adventurers to be alert for vampires whenever they come across a village where a oddly large amount of people are called mary.

GnomishPride
2016-08-02, 11:52 PM
Assassin's Draught: Everyone is pretty sure it's literally poison, but that hasn't stopped bars from selling it (and dwarves from drinking it)!

Monk's Brew: A potent mix of vodka, pure alcohol, and flowers picked from the highest mountaintop, this exotic drink is brewed for well over a century in the cellars of monasteries in barrels hewn from solid granite (using only their fists!). Monks who desire to begin the way of the Drunken Master are required to survive 3 shots of this without passing out, which is of course the primary reason no one is a Drunken Master.

Madbox
2016-08-03, 12:02 AM
Druid's Delight: Wine made from fermented Goodberries. Restores a few HP.

Bardic Brandy: Take fruits from all over the land, ferment and distill. Has a tendency to make people want to sing and dance. Production centers are easily recognized by drunks who get better at singing and grow more coordinated the more they drink.

khadgar567
2016-08-03, 01:54 AM
Druid's Delight: Wine made from fermented Goodberries. Restores a few HP.

Bardic Brandy: Take fruits from all over the land, ferment and distill. Has a tendency to make people want to sing and dance. Production centers are easily recognized by drunks who get better at singing and grow more coordinated the more they drink.
scaling bonus to perform check thats good way to make bard drunk so he sings better then he is sober

8BitNinja
2016-08-03, 11:20 PM
Wizard's Elixir: A beer mixed with several spell components. Has been known to cause random magical effects.

Rogue's Ale: ale that has been made with cheap spices and a potion of invisibility. Has been a long favorite of the criminal underworld.

2D8HP
2016-08-03, 11:38 PM
Troll Grog:

Pretty much straight mercury/quicksilver with juniper berries.
Pretty much poisonous to all non-Trolls.
Believed by some to have been invented solely for Dwarves to consume "on a dare".


Elvish Wine: A very sweet and mellow drink famous for its low alcohol content. Tastes like grape juice to humans and pretty much is grape juice to orcs and dwarves.
Note to self:
Easy to out drink Elves
Possible reason for so many "half-elves".



Dwarvish Mead: A hardy drink for real men! One of the strongest brews in the material planes, imported straight from the mountain halls themselves. WARNING: Do not drink if you have a CON score below 9

Note to self:
Difficult to out drink Dwarves.
Possible reason for absence/rarity of "half-dwarves.

TheCountAlucard
2016-08-03, 11:57 PM
Note to self:
Easy to out drink Elves
Possible reason for so many "half-elves".…was hoping not to see date-rape "jokes" in this thread. :smallsigh:

Kaerou
2016-08-04, 05:20 AM
Kobold Fried Cockatrice.

Deep fried cockatrice pieces seasoned with 13 secret herbs and spices.

Claw lickin' food.

khadgar567
2016-08-04, 06:19 AM
Kobold Fried Cockatrice.

Deep fried cockatrice pieces seasoned with 13 secret herbs and spices.

Claw lickin' food.

:biggrin: thats good

GnomishPride
2016-08-04, 02:45 PM
Generic Human Beer: Literally just regular, mundane beer.

Goliath Mountain Ale: A famous Goliath drink, this potent brew is made with exotic mountain herbs and roots, then left in a deep mountain cave to ferment. Also popular among giantkin.

RyumaruMG
2016-08-04, 03:11 PM
Sundew: Made by the monks of a monastery high in the mountains. The process involves meditating upon the glory of the sunrise as the dew forms before dawn, then shaking the dew off into barrels alongside grapes for fermentation. Supposedly divinely transcendent in flavor.

Wardraught: A heavy, but flavorful brew served to soldiers during long sieges or before long marches. Served cold, it sinks into the gut and keeps a soldier's head cool during a fight. Served warm, it spreads into the limbs to keep them moving and help resist fatigue.

Crushed Wine: A genius drunken master invented this product, which is made from the juice of several fruits all pressed at once. The fruits are collected in the bottom of a large vat, with a heavy stone slab balanced precariously above. The monk in charge of production then strikes the slab with a shout, sending it crashing into the fruit at top speed, pulping it all instantly. This is said to preserve more of the fruit flavors.

Asmodean_
2016-08-04, 09:49 PM
Uncle Satan's Fiery Pork Snacklin's

Strips of pigskin roasted in the fires of the Nine Hells, with a BBQ rub made from the souls of the tormented, the tears of the guilty, and paprika. They've been to hell and back to bring you this snack.

8BitNinja
2016-08-04, 11:09 PM
Drow Draught: a dark whiskey that has been mixed with cinnamon and spider venom. Considered a high class drink by anyone with resistance to poison.

TheCountAlucard
2016-08-05, 01:45 AM
No poison resistance needed - many venoms won't do anything when ingested (absent the presence of ulcers and such); they generally have to be injected into the bloodstream to have an effect.

2D8HP
2016-08-05, 10:42 PM
"jokes" in this thread. :smallsigh:Sorry if it read that way. I thought I was referring to the "beer goggles" effect, and that the lawful Dwarves just don't get (or maybe can't get) so inebriated that they settle for non-Dwarves, whereas the chaotic Elves (and Orcs) are quick to.
Sadly Dwarves are constantly pestered by non-Dwarves hoping to "get digging" as shown by these quotes:


all I said was that RAW dwarves were generally hotter than elves, and this somehow snowballed into working out the length of an elven or if they instead go into heat (using the time the Phoenix King has to reside with the Ever queen to approximate the value).


Those that have male dwarves as hirsute, brawny, manly men and dwarven women as thick, warrior maidens?

Different strokes for different folks and I'd take a dwarven lass over a flighty elf any day, at least she wouldn't break easy. :smallwink:

8BitNinja
2016-08-06, 12:07 AM
Ranger's Beer: a handcrafted beer mixed with the closest available spices to the brewer. Refers more to a brewing technique than an actual drink.

miner3203
2016-08-07, 05:06 PM
Take the juice from one bottle of that Ol' Janx Spirit.
Pour into it one measure of water from the seas of Santraginus V (Oh, that Santragian seawater! Oh, those Santragian fish!)
Allow three cubes of Arcturan Mega-gin to melt into the mixture (it must be properly iced or the benzine is lost).
Allow four litres of Fallian marsh gas to bubble through it, in honor of all those happy hikers who have died of pleasure in the Marshes of Fallia.
Over the back of a silver spoon float a measure of Qalactin Hypermint extract, redolent of all the heavy odors of the dark Qalactin Zones, subtle, sweet, and mystic.
Drop in the tooth of an Algolian Suntiger. Watch it dissolve, spreading the fires of the Algolian Suns deep into the heart of the drink.
Sprinkle Zamphuor.
Add an olive.
Drink... but... very carefully...

Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters!...although I'm not sure you'd be able to afford even one of those things in a traditional fantasy setting...

Black Pearl's Rum: A drink favored by pirates--when stored on a ship, it never goes bad and has very few intoxicating effects. However, if consumed on land, the imbiber will pass out after one or two shots, and wakes up consumed with the sudden urge to sail out onto the Seven Seas (or however many there are) and start a life of piracy. For this reason, the port authorities are quite content to leave it be while it's sitting in the hold of a pirate ship, even if it's illegal.

Waker
2016-08-07, 07:29 PM
Let us not forget the pub food to go with it.

Basilisk-cheese sandwich. A grilled cheese sandwich made with cheese curdled by the gaze of a basilisk.

(Used in one campaign I ran as 1/3 of a cure for lycanthropy.)

You really expect me to believe that one of the ingredients isn't the hair of the dog that bit you? *rimshot* Wait, what was that noise?

8BitNinja
2016-08-07, 11:24 PM
Cleric's Draught: Tequila mixed with holy water. A great drink and weapon against the undead. Do not drink on duty

Fairy Wine: The lightest drink ever brewed, alcohol content is so low, elves consider it grape juice.

Lizardman's Liquid: Whiskey mixed with coffee and heated. Popular among the cold blooded community.

Bohandas
2016-08-07, 11:38 PM
Not a drink, but I've had the d=idea 0f poison immune demons using mustard gas as an artificial flavoring agent.

Bohandas
2016-08-08, 12:05 AM
*Slaadi wine - whatever organic matter happens to be available mashed up and left in a big pot with yeast

*Abysm libre - This is cocaine dissolved in purified ethanol. Popular in the abyss.

*Whenever possible, dwarven liquor is distilled over an active volcano (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reOLeLX0Q9U)

*Baatoran liquor is brewed to very exact specifications. Drunkenness is mandatory. You will brawl with your assigned antagonist and then report to the drunk tank.

8BitNinja
2016-08-08, 11:48 PM
Alignment Liquor: a magical whiskey that changes based on the drinker's alignment.

Lawful Good: Sweet like molasses, but still bold and has that whiskey flavoring

Neutral Good: A nice smooth flavor. Has the faint taste of mesquite.

Chaotic Good: Has a fruit flavor mixed in. Not traditional, but still good nonetheless

Lawful Neutral: Tastes like normal whiskey

True Neutral: I don't know, neither do I care.

Chaotic Neutral: tastes like a harder beer, completely nontraditional

Lawful Evil: Extremely Bitter, but still tastes like whiskey

Neutral Evil: Has the taste of poison mixed in. Doesn't kill, just tastes nasty

Chaotic Evil: literally tastes like urine. Has kept many connoisseurs from becoming CE

Bohandas
2016-08-09, 01:26 AM
Mechanus Wine - Served in a square glass, this wine causes you to become obsessive-compulsive instead of drunk

Various Abyssal drinks:
*Falling Star - Similar to absinthe but with a much higher wormwood content
*Liz Bathory- Vodka, Belladonna, Hen's Bane, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, piri piri sauce, beef bouillon, wasabi, celery, olives, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, lemon juice, ranch dressing, celery salt, blood
*Wolfman- Brandy, muriatic acid, a puppy dog, an orphan
*Lurch- Champagne, diethyl ether, and 1-(1-phencyclohexyl)piperidine mixed together in a lead flask

iceman10058
2016-08-09, 01:34 AM
Dragonfire Whiskey

Warning may cause spontanious cumbustion. Made by only the finest dwarven brewmaster and is a closely guarded secret. Bottle may explode and burn through ground if dropped.

8BitNinja
2016-08-09, 11:20 PM
Celestial Brandy: A drink with an indescribable, yet amazing taste. Brewed with stars and mixed with clouds found on Mount Celestial.

blackstarthegoa
2016-08-10, 08:07 PM
Drider Delight: (Also known by my party as "Oh god no." and my DM as "So help me if you poison my players one more time...")
Ages for around 1000 years within an old oak tree, this delightful drink is made with:
- 24 blackberries
- 2 cups Brandy from the finest of brewers,
- 1/3 cup elven ale,
-a swig of hill dwarf rum,
-at least 2 cups of spider venom (For mine I use black-widow venom),
-of coarse dry yeast
and kept in a sack of demon skin tied together with spider silk. A taste that takes time to get use to, it has an under tone of fruit flavor along with a oak flavor, copperish-green in color. This powerful concoction is not for the weak minded or weak of health.
*Warning: Must roll Nat 20 for this not to go so, so very wrong.*

And of coarse to go with it a nice pig skin (No not orc) sandwich with horse radish mustard.

8BitNinja
2016-08-10, 11:22 PM
Half Elf Wine: A mix of normal human and elvish wine. Tastes pretty weird.

Bohandas
2016-08-11, 09:44 AM
How about a wine made from the motile fruit of the orcwort tree

Telonius
2016-08-11, 09:58 AM
Playing a Ravenloft campaign right now with a Cleric of Olidammara who's maxing out Profession: Brewer. Right now she's trying to figure out how to make beer made from holy water with a garlic infusion. I'm thinking of calling it the "Van Richten Special."

8BitNinja
2016-08-11, 11:28 PM
Ogre Beer: Beer mixed with swamp water. Only ogres like it.

Bohandas
2016-10-22, 05:40 PM
It might be worth taking a look at the game Wasted: A Post-Apocalyptic Pub Crawler

Dragonexx
2016-10-22, 11:18 PM
The Furnace: A smoke and fire colored beverage consumed by demons. It is mixed with the blood of damned souls brought to the absolute peak of pain, their remembered nerves played like instruments. Added is the sweat of souls forced into simultaneous back breaking labor and torture for weeks ceaselessly all to pointless end. Next the tears of souls brought to the purest depths of despair and hopelessness, when they understand that there is no escape from their misery save oblivion. Next, mix the fever dreams of diseased mortals and an infernal weed that feeds on ambient suffering and you have created the Furnace. The drink literally screams and roils from the memories of it's creation.

Effects: The drinker gains a +4 alchemical bonus to all ability scores +5 to will saves, +2 to intimidate checks, and fast healing 10 for 10 minutes. However the drinker must make a both a fort save and a will save at DC25. Should the fort save be failed, the drinker simultaneously suffers 2d4 con damage and 2d4 wis damage. Should this save be failed by more 10 or more, they do not receive any fast healing and the con damage becomes 2d6. Should they fail the will save, they go berserk and must attack either the closest creature or the creature which attacked them last (drinkers choice) physically to the best of their ability. Should they fail by more than 10 they are also confused for the duration as their emotions run wild.

Anderlith
2016-10-23, 12:49 AM
Grogg's Gutter Mud
Highest proof alcohol you can get.
Add brownie mix batter.
Add thick chocolate syrup.
Add bits of nutmeg.
Add a dash of cinnimon.
Stir.
I dont have any experience mixing drinks but have always wanted to try making something like this. Something that looks like mud but is highly alcoholic. I also feel like no real precise measurements should ever be used. Numbers offend Grogg.

Doorhandle
2016-10-23, 01:42 AM
Fermented Chaos: This cocktail is massively popular in the plane of Limbo...despite the fact it's impossible to make with the same recipe twice. Due to it's mutagenic effects, imbibers are unlikely to finish the drink with the same number of appendages as they started with.
Effect: Fort save, or roll on the random mutation chart of your choice. Even better, make a chart of those charts and roll on THAT instead.

Bittervine Merlot: Extracted from the hardiest plants known in the cosmos and mixed with the blood of notothenioid fish (https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=132798), Bittervine Merlot is grown in only the coldest planes. It's favored among cold-immure creatures, as their hardy constitutions owuld otherwise prevent them from enjoying the freezing sensation the drink is known for.

Undermountain Dire-draught: Not truly a draught, but a water-weird that has been thrown into a barrel of hops and barley and left to fume impotently for a while. Preferred by imbibers who want a drink that will fight it's way down.

Verbannon
2016-10-23, 02:48 AM
Fairy Wine, Vintage 63. In the second greyhawk classics book they learned with this that lolth cannot hold her liqour.

8BitNinja
2016-10-23, 10:31 AM
This thread is still going? Great!

Celestial Wine: Wine that was made on Mount Celestial. Tastes great to good aligned creatures, but has been known to give serious heartburn and indigestion to evil aligned creatures.

JAL_1138
2016-10-24, 06:37 AM
Nanny Ogg's Scumble. Also known as sui-cider. An extremely potent moonshine-liquor made from apples. Well, mostly apples. The rumors that it is made with lead shot are entirely false, and in fact you should never let it touch metal under any circumstances. It is typically drunk out of very small ceramic thimbles (except by Nanny Ogg herself, who drinks it out of a pint glass) and is so volatile it is impossible to actually drink as a liquid, since it vaporizes as soon as it enters the mouth and is thus consumed by inhalation and absorption through the sinuses. Typical results of a single thimble of the stuff on a particularly large, healthy, and stout-livered farmhand involve seeing horrible green things come out of the walls, screaming at the aforementioned green things, and promptly falling down comatose, unless the thimble is consumed very slowly and carefully over the course of several hours (excepting, of course, Nanny Ogg again, for whom a pint or so typically results in a compulsion to sing bawdy songs such as the Hedgehog Song or "A Wizard's Staff Has a Knob on the End").

Klatchian Coffee: Produces the opposite effect of alcohol. Not merely sobriety, but through sobriety and out the other side, resulting in becoming knurd. It strips away all of life's little illusions and acts rather similarly to a weak version of the Total Perspective Vortex...and, like Scumble, a thimble of the stuff typically results in screaming in horror and falling down comatose. Klatchians usually try to carefully balance it with extremely strong (but not as strong as Scumble) alcohol, such as desert orakh, in order to become only very mildly knurd and energized (rather than going into shock and passing out).

Incorrect
2016-10-24, 07:50 AM
Castle Classic a pilsner brewed in the cold north.
It is best served lukewarm.
Castle Classic is the cheapest beer available and is only sold in large quantities.

Professor Chimp
2016-10-24, 08:14 AM
Cockatrice Cocktail: an mixture of various strong liquors with a dash of cockatrice saliva and a favorite of high-stakes drinking games. Known for its propensity of causing serious cases of kidney stones, if not outright full body petrification, on top of bad hangovers. Usually served with ice and a slice of cumcumber.

Beleriphon
2016-10-24, 09:21 AM
Hobgoblin Dark Ale - Dark, stout like ale, using hardwater found in the lands hobgoblins typically settle. (This is a real thing BTW, its actually a really good stout beer)

Panther Pilsner - Doesn't not contain any panther. Barrels of the end product are always rolled across the brewery to their waiting delivery carts.

Zombie Whisky - so strong it will raise the dead.

Segev
2016-10-24, 10:09 AM
Zombie Whisky - so strong it will raise the dead.

The secret ingredient is the fermented embalming fluid.

8BitNinja
2016-10-26, 12:45 AM
The secret ingredient is the fermented embalming fluid.

Does that have a similar effect as Estus?

If so, it might just be Sunny D :smallsmile:

Doorhandle
2016-10-26, 01:54 AM
Does that have a similar effect as Estus?

If so, it might just be Sunny D :smallsmile:


Siegbrau (http://darksouls3.wiki.fextralife.com/Siegbrau) in of itself probabaly qualifies for this thread.

eru001
2016-10-26, 11:07 AM
Dwarven Thundermug
1 part dwarven whiskey,
1 part dwarven mead,
1 part dwarven stout,
1 part potato vodka,
1 part black powder

Insert a length of ordinance fuse with about 10 seconds worth sticking off the top.

Light the fuse and drink quickly. If the fuse burns down enough to touch the drink it will blow up in your face. This is used as a test of courage for dwarven artillery crews, as a detonation that close to the face can and will cause severe damage to a beard.


Wizard's Mistake
High proof vodka distilled after casting the same spell that is used to create a bag of holding, thus enabling the drink to contain more than 100% of it's ingrediants
(Danger, is 300 proof)

Forgemaster's Filler: (Favored by golemns, fire giants, and sentient rust monsters)
Potato vodka fermented in a container of molten Iron. Both parts are consumed.


One from a campaign I ran
The Shelf Clear.
The Gnomish barkeep throws every bottle on the back shelf (unopened) into the magical grinding engine next to the bar which grinds the glass down into an superfine powder suspended in a mix of all the alchohols contained. The occasional misplaced magic item also may get thrown into the grinder along with it. Try at own risk, it will probably kill you. (our half dragon half ogre barbarian failed his constitution check on this stuff)

8BitNinja
2016-10-26, 07:05 PM
Dwarven Thundermug
1 part dwarven whiskey,
1 part dwarven mead,
1 part dwarven stout,
1 part potato vodka,
1 part black powder

Insert a length of ordinance fuse with about 10 seconds worth sticking off the top.

Light the fuse and drink quickly. If the fuse burns down enough to touch the drink it will blow up in your face. This is used as a test of courage for dwarven artillery crews, as a detonation that close to the face can and will cause severe damage to a beard.


Wizard's Mistake
High proof vodka distilled after casting the same spell that is used to create a bag of holding, thus enabling the drink to contain more than 100% of it's ingrediants
(Danger, is 300 proof)

Forgemaster's Filler: (Favored by golemns, fire giants, and sentient rust monsters)
Potato vodka fermented in a container of molten Iron. Both parts are consumed.


One from a campaign I ran
The Shelf Clear.
The Gnomish barkeep throws every bottle on the back shelf (unopened) into the magical grinding engine next to the bar which grinds the glass down into an superfine powder suspended in a mix of all the alchohols contained. The occasional misplaced magic item also may get thrown into the grinder along with it. Try at own risk, it will probably kill you. (our half dragon half ogre barbarian failed his constitution check on this stuff)

1. Most of these drinks sound incredibly dangerous. Sounds fun

2. Isn't potato vodka a little redundant?

GorinichSerpant
2016-10-26, 07:47 PM
2. Isn't potato vodka a little redundant?

As my mother used to say* "You can process a(wooden) stool into vodka if you wanted to, you wouldn't want to drink it but you can." Vodka can be distilled from any given plant matter.

*Technically she is still around to say that and still has plenty of opportunity to bring up this factoid.

JAL_1138
2016-10-27, 08:56 AM
1. Most of these drinks sound incredibly dangerous. Sounds fun

2. Isn't potato vodka a little redundant?

Most vodka is made from grain (actual grains, like wheat, rye, etc), not potatoes. Corn is frequently used in conjunction with other grains. Potatoes are used in relatively few commercially-available vodkas in the US, though it's more common in the Vodka Belt countries. Some vodka is made from sugar beet molasses, although it's uncommon.

Beleriphon
2016-10-27, 09:36 AM
2. Isn't potato vodka a little redundant?

Not at all. Smirnoff is potato based, while Absolut is a grain vodka (wheat specifically), other varieties like Grey Goose are rye based.

eru001
2016-10-27, 11:22 AM
Gnomish Gnockout

1 part gin
1 part each Dwarven Whiskey and Elvish wine to see what happens when they are mixed
1 part rum
1 part whatever shiny fluid is leaking out of the Gnomish barkeep's latest invention this week.

8BitNinja
2016-10-27, 07:04 PM
Well everyone, pardon me for lack of information on vodka

JAL_1138
2016-10-27, 07:47 PM
Well everyone, pardon me for lack of information on vodka

Sorry. Wasn't trying to dogpile you or make you feel like you'd committed a faux pas or something. The "vodka is only made from potatoes" thing is a really common misconception (compounded by the fact that many liquors are strictly defined by their ingredients, and there really isn't a solid, universally-agreed-upon definition for vodka), and it seems a bunch of us decided to reply around the same time.

8BitNinja
2016-10-27, 11:13 PM
Sorry. Wasn't trying to dogpile you or make you feel like you'd committed a faux pas or something. The "vodka is only made from potatoes" thing is a really common misconception (compounded by the fact that many liquors are strictly defined by their ingredients, and there really isn't a solid, universally-agreed-upon definition for vodka), and it seems a bunch of us decided to reply around the same time.

I didn't mean for that to sound angry or sarcastic. I was just saying sorry for my lack of knowledge of vodka. However, I said that totally wrong. Don't feel bad, it was my fault.

GuzWaatensen
2016-10-28, 12:37 AM
Uh this is a great idea: Here's some drinks you could actually serve at your table with a bit of fluff:

Dwarven Ale: Dwarves are known for their superbly strong and rich-tasting (in their opinion) Ales. As dwarves are subterran folk they do not actually use barley for their beer, instead it's made from different high caloric roots (like potatoes, but not potatoes), and bittered by a combination of different mosses that are specially cultivated. Access to yeast is not a problem obviously, but in contrast to those surface-dwellers they prefer cultures with a strong aroma.
To serve your players at the table you need a strong beer as basis, I suggest a German dark Doppel-Bock, and a bit of angostura bitter and - if you dare - some vodka. Serve In a large pitcher and with steins.

Elven Wine: Elves have a very long tradition of making speciality wines, obviously. Elven wine can never be a mass product, it's meant to take a long time to make and not yield much. Otherwise how can one cherish the distinct craftsmanship that went into every sip. Of course, as elves live very long lives and like to save a special drop for just the right occasion, conservation is a topmost priority, that's why elven wines are rather strong and sweet, often with special - rare - flowers added to the flask (just like a tequila worm) to give the wine unique color and the flower is preserved as an both an indicator of freshness and symbol for the immortality of elves themselves.
To serve your players at the table use a dry white wine - like Riesling - and mix it half and half with you favorite mead. 2 Days before drinking prepare a plain clear bottle, add a chinese jasmine tea flower and add you wine-mead-mixture. Let it sit undisturbed in you refrigerator, but take it out long enough before you gaming session so that it is at room temperature again for consumption.

I'll do more later, but so much for the basics!

JAL_1138
2016-10-28, 12:58 AM
I didn't mean for that to sound angry or sarcastic. I was just saying sorry for my lack of knowledge of vodka. However, I said that totally wrong. Don't feel bad, it was my fault.

Ah, ok. No worries; that happens with text from time to time since the medium doesn't convey tone well. No need to apologize for lack of knowledge, either. It's all good. :smallsmile:

2D8HP
2016-10-28, 10:18 PM
Uh this is a great idea: Here's some drinks you could actually serve....Wow.
:confused:
Those actually sound good!
:biggrin:

8BitNinja
2016-10-28, 11:49 PM
Uh this is a great idea: Here's some drinks you could actually serve at your table with a bit of fluff:

Dwarven Ale: Dwarves are known for their superbly strong and rich-tasting (in their opinion) Ales. As dwarves are subterran folk they do not actually use barley for their beer, instead it's made from different high caloric roots (like potatoes, but not potatoes), and bittered by a combination of different mosses that are specially cultivated. Access to yeast is not a problem obviously, but in contrast to those surface-dwellers they prefer cultures with a strong aroma.
To serve your players at the table you need a strong beer as basis, I suggest a German dark Doppel-Bock, and a bit of angostura bitter and - if you dare - some vodka. Serve In a large pitcher and with steins.

Elven Wine: Elves have a very long tradition of making speciality wines, obviously. Elven wine can never be a mass product, it's meant to take a long time to make and not yield much. Otherwise how can one cherish the distinct craftsmanship that went into every sip. Of course, as elves live very long lives and like to save a special drop for just the right occasion, conservation is a topmost priority, that's why elven wines are rather strong and sweet, often with special - rare - flowers added to the flask (just like a tequila worm) to give the wine unique color and the flower is preserved as an both an indicator of freshness and symbol for the immortality of elves themselves.
To serve your players at the table use a dry white wine - like Riesling - and mix it half and half with you favorite mead. 2 Days before drinking prepare a plain clear bottle, add a chinese jasmine tea flower and add you wine-mead-mixture. Let it sit undisturbed in you refrigerator, but take it out long enough before you gaming session so that it is at room temperature again for consumption.

I'll do more later, but so much for the basics!

We have quite the brewmaster here.

What skill do you take to learn this?

Beleriphon
2016-10-29, 03:21 PM
What skill do you take to learn this?

Depending on who you ask: Alcoholic (Wis) -2 :smallbiggrin:

Bohandas
2016-10-29, 03:24 PM
Some vodka is made from sugar beet molasses, although it's uncommon.

Would that also count as rum as well? And if not, what differentiates them?

GuzWaatensen
2016-10-29, 04:56 PM
We have quite the brewmaster here.

What skill do you take to learn this?

Well, i do have ranks in profession(brewmaster) :cool:

Anyway:


Gnomish Engine Oil:
First off, you should never call it that in front of a gnome, what gnomes call it can roughly be translated to mean 'life water' in common. However most other species call it engine oil, because this clear spirit is distilled in a semi-continous process by large machines that are usually placed in the center of a bar or inn to showcase the owners craftmanship. The liquid is dropping continously from dedicated ports in the machine and caught in bottles that are exchanged when full. The spirit is distilled from sugar rich beets and flavored with a wide range of herbs and spices that usually grow in abundance in the innkeepers own garden, as a result almost every place has a slight variation on the recipe. But they do have one thing in common, the drink is ignited before it is served, which - of course - doesn't help with the name.
To serve your players, combine one part each of your favorite brand of gin, flavored vodka and sambuca in a shot glas. If you have trouble igniting the mixture try carefully adding a bit of sambuca to the top.

Orkish Bloodwine:
Like the name suggests - orks are not known for their subtlety - this drinks main ingredient is blood. The prefered type is mamal blood, because of it's rich red color (and easy availibility), but legends also tell of wine made from more exotic creatures (maybe even dragons). To prepare this bavarage, the chosen creatures blood is drained into a waterskin (prefarably made from the same type of creature) and a natural anticoagulant is added, traditionally this is obtained by boiling leeches, but some recent advances in the matter have shown that ginger root works just as well while being easier to obtain and still adding that bitter aroma that leeches also provide. Because the wine is left to wild fermentation inside the waterskin it is usually quite carbonated. Orks like to consume this drink by puncturing the waterskin and drinking everything in one go. They compare the high pressure stream that exits the hole to the blood exiting a freshly pierced artery.
To serve your players at the table add 1 part vodka to 2 parts tomato juice and 2 parts ginger ale, season with tabasco and a shot of lime juice.

8BitNinja
2016-10-30, 12:47 AM
Kobold Beer: Beer brewed inside of the carcass of a kobold (don't ask why). Tastes nasty.

GuzWaatensen
2016-10-30, 07:40 AM
So, just one more then I'm out!

Meadow Cider:
This drink, that is very commonly prepared by halflings is a simple cider prepared from fresh fruit and some greens found natively in the forests and meadows of most halfling settlements. It is a very refreshing drink and of all the other long living races signature refreshments it is probably closest to the the baverages humans tend to brew. That is why some halfing bards have put in an effort to mystify the baverage and its origin. This drink comes in a wide variety of exotic fruity flavors and is a summer time favourite among many humanoid races.
To serve your players take 2 thirds of a cider you like add 1 third lychee juice, or roasted coconut juice. Add a shot of midori for the typical green color and additional sweetness.

Moondew:
This drink that is very popular in the feywild should only be consumed very carefully by humanoids that enjoy their sanity. Its method of preparation is very complicated and involves collecting different tree saps at specific times in the lunar cycle, milking a thick brown liquid from special funghi and collecting dew from carnivorous plants. While fairies like to consume large quantities at every special or not-so-special occation humanoids have repeatately gone mad from the hallucinations and sleep deprivation that even small quantities of the drink induce.
To serve your players infuse a strong serving of Yerba Mate, sweeten thoroughly and let cool in the refrigerator. For one serving add 1 part of >110-Proof absinthe and slowly add 5 parts of your Yerba Mate tea. Word of caution, do not overconsume, in addition to the alcohol there's a lot of potent alkaloids in this drink, like caffeine, theobromine and of course thujone.

JAL_1138
2016-10-30, 10:51 AM
Would that also count as rum as well? And if not, what differentiates them?

Generally, rum is cane, not beets. Either cane juice, cane molasses, or possibly cane sugar (though I'm not aware of any that use refined sugar instead of juice or molasses)

JAL_1138
2016-10-30, 11:02 AM
Elven cordial: Green Charteuse or yellow Chartreuse. There's more than a hundred herbs in the stuff, it's sweet and slightly syrupy, and either variety is a strange and fairly vivid color. It has a bizarre flavor that's hard to describe, but grows on you after a few drinks. And the green variety is 110 proof (yellow is 80 proof), but neither type tastes as potently alcoholic as it really is, so it's deceptively strong.

8BitNinja
2016-10-30, 10:57 PM
Treeant Draught: A drink that is loved by the treeants. Drink has a side effect of rejuvenation and- oh crap! Christopher Tolkien's lawyers are after me!

JAL_1138
2016-10-31, 09:14 AM
Treeant Draught: A drink that is loved by the treeants. Drink has a side effect of rejuvenation and- oh crap! Christopher Tolkien's lawyers are after me!

A bottle of Scotch or bourbon can be used to distract lawyers long enough to make your escape, or lure them into traps. We can't resist free whiskey. Combine with a cigar and a pot of coffee to absolutely guarantee success.