Brewing

Brewing is the process by which drinks (other than tea) are crafted. Beers (Ales, Lagers, India Pale Ale, Porter, Stout, etc.), wines, and ciders may be created using the brewing equipment granted by completing the initial quests. The tavern keeper starts out knowing how to craft Mild Ale; access to recipes for the other drinks is granted by acquiring talents from the Brewing Tech Tree. At Reputation 10, the Cellar may be unlocked for ageing drinks, and at Reputation 12, the tavern keeper can learn to make distilled spirits.

Brewing Overview
Kegs are required to receive the finished beers, mead, and cider. With the exception of mead (which is also the cheapest-selling drink) each drink typically requires three separate steps in its crafting. For beers, the steps are:


 * 1) Malt the grain in a Malting Machine (most use barley, a few use rye or wheat instead).
 * 2) Create a wort in the Brewing Barrel, combining the malt with hops (usually bitter hops, but in one case dual hops, and in one case both dual and bitter).
 * 3) Brew the beer in the Fermentation Tank, combining the wort with yeast and any optional ingredients (such as aroma hops) desired.

For wines the steps are very similar:


 * 1) Mash grape in the Grinder to make grape must.  Must, in this context, just means freshly pressed juice.
 * 2) Create the wine juice in the Brewing Barrel from the must.
 * 3) Ferment the juice in the Fermentation Tank with yeast, adding any optional ingredients desired.

Cider starts out like wine, then continues as for beer:


 * 1) Use the Grinder to make cider must from apple.
 * 2) Create a wort in the Brewing Barrel, combining the must with bitter hops.
 * 3) Brew the cider in the Fermentation Tank, combining the wort with yeast and any optional ingredients desired.

Mead is made by simply combining honey and yeast in the Fermentation Tank.

All Kegs produce 20 Beers when tapped. Crafting Yield upgrades do not change this number.

Brewing Tech Tree
Beginning at Reputation 1, players gain the ability to brew more kinds of drink by acquiring talents from the Brewing Tech Tree. Talents are acquired by spending Physical, Mental, and Nature skill points. Skill points are gained by using talents: by brewing drinks, cooking food, harvesting crops, and building furniture. The look of the tech tree has changed as of version 0.4.4.

The nodes of the brewing tech tree and the capabilities gained with each talent and point costs are: Note: Distilling is not available until Reputation 12.

Brewing Recipes

 * First, you must create Malt at the Malting Machine. There are 5 varieties of malt available, as listed below:
 * Light Malt Barley: 1 Barley, 1 Water (Consumes 3 Fuel)
 * Malt Barley: 1 Barley, 1 Water (Consumes 5 Fuel)
 * Dark Malt Barley: 1 Barley, 1 Water (Consumes 7 Fuel)
 * Malt Rye: 1 Rye, 1 Water (Consumes 5 Fuel)
 * Malt Wheat: 1 Wheat: 1 Water (Consumes 5 Fuel)
 * Along with these options, the player can create Roasted Barley in the Oven, or Mashed Grape Must in the Grinder, to use in the next step of the brewing process.


 * Once you have your Malt, it's time to turn to the Brewing Barrel . Here you will take the Malt, along with some Hops, and turn it into various types of "Wort," which will be used in the final step. There are several varieties of Wort, as listed below. Note: All of the recipes listed below (except for the wines) will also consume 15 Fuel and 3 Water.
 * Amber Wort: 1 Light Malted Barley, 1 Malted Barley, 1 Bitter Hops
 * Biscuit Wort: 1 Malted Barley, 1 Roasted Barley, 1 Bitter Hops
 * Black Wort: 2 Dark Malted Barley, 1 Bitter Hops
 * Brown Wort: 1 Malted Barley, 1 Dark Malted Barley, 1 Bitter Hops
 * Dark Wort: 1 Dark Malted Barley, 1 Bitter Hops
 * DIPA Wort: 1 Light Malted Barley, 1 Dual Hops, 1 Bitter Hops
 * IPA Wort: 1 Light Malted Barley, 1 Dual Hops
 * Mild Wort: 1 Malted Barley, 1 Bitter Hops
 * Pale Wort: 1 Light Malted Barley, 1 Bitter Hops
 * Rye Wort: 1 Malted Rye, 1 Bitter Hops
 * Stout Wort: 1 Roasted Barley, 1 Bitter Hops
 * Wheat Wort: 1 Malted Wheat, 1 Bitter Hops
 * Red Wine Juice: 1 Red Grape Must
 * Rose Wine Juice: 1 Red Grape Must
 * White Wine Juice: 1 White Grape Must
 * Now that you've created a Wort, it's time for the final step: The Fermentation Tank. Here, the Wort will be combined with Yeast to to make the final product. Our options also expand again, as each wort can be used in at least two crafting recipes. You can also make Mead here, which doesn't require the first two steps of this process. Note: Every recipe (listed below) will require a Keg to store the finished product in, with Wine being the exception once again. This is also where you can add additional things like fruits or honey to the mix, to give it any modifiers you want it to have.
 * Amber Ale: 1 Amber Wort, 1 Ale Yeast
 * Biscuit Ale: 1 Biscuit Wort, 1 Ale Yeast
 * Black Ale: 1 Black Wort, 1 Ale Yeast
 * Bock: 1 Dark Wort, 1 Lager Yeast
 * Brown Ale: 1 Brown Wort, 1 Ale Yeast
 * DIPA: 1 DIPA Wort, 1 Ale Yeast
 * IPA: 1 IPA Wort, 1 Ale Yeast
 * Lager: 1 Mild Wort, 1 Lager Yeast
 * Mead: 1 Honey, 1 Wine Yeast
 * Mild Ale: 1 Mild Wort, 1 Ale Yeast
 * Pale Ale: 1 Pale Wort, 1 Ale Yeast
 * Pilsner: 1 Pale Wort, 1 Lager Yeast
 * Porter: 1 Dark Wort, 1 Ale Yeast
 * Rye Ale: 1 Rye Wort, 1 Ale Yeast
 * Rye Lager: 1 Rye Wort, 1 Lager Yeast
 * Stout: 1 Stout Wort, 1 Ale Yeast
 * Wheat Ale: 1 Wheat Wort, 1 Ale Yeast
 * Wheat Lager: 1 Wheat Wort, 1 Lager Yeast
 * Red Wine: 1 Red Wine Juice, 1 Wine Yeast
 * Rose Wine: 1 Rose Wine Juice, 1 Wine Yeast
 * White Wine: 1 White Wine Juice, 1 Wine Yeast

TIPS AND NOTES


 * All brews take several hours to ferment (base time 6 hours), with wine taking twice as long (base time 12 hours) as the ales and lagers. It is recommended to start the fermentation process right before retiring for the night, so that the product will be ready at the start of the next day.
 * Once the player gets their crafting speed and yield up to at least 150%, each recipe will produce two kegs of brew instead of one. This is great for stockpiling various ales you want to keep in stock, but will lead to an abundance of kegs and these reserves are used up.
 * Mead is the easiest of the brews to acquire, as it only requires a single step to make the completed product. Because of this, however, it is also the cheapest, selling at roughly half of the other brews.