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Brewing
Written By Drokarus
Special Thanks to Cxkslei, 1800151100, Rothgar Emt, Geokido, Dissentor, mp5shooter

Brewing ales and ciders is another small part of RuneScape, just like Gnome Cooking. It was introduced along with the Farming skill, and when you brew, you can get both bad batches and mature batches.

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The Basics

Firstly, you'll need to know where to make your own brews. There are 2 Breweries, and they can be found in:

Note: The Port Phasmatys Vat seems to take longer to brew ales than the one in Keldagrim.

Now you need to find out which ales you can make. To do this, just click on the cooking icon in your stats menu and select the "Brewing" tab.

Things you can brew

Brewing Ales

To brew an Ale...

  1. Fill the Vat in a Brewery with 2 buckets of water.
  2. Put 2 handfuls of Barley Malts (cook a Barley on a Range) in the Vat.
  3. Place your main ingredient in the Vat.
  4. Pour a potfull of Ale Yeast into the Vat.

Note: You can add The Stuff into the vat after the Barley Malt to increase the chance of your ale being mature. This can be obtained As a prize from the Trouble Brewing minigame.

In Port Phasmatys, the Ale Yeast will cost 5 Ectotokens per pot. In Keldagrim, it will cost you 25gp. To get the Ale Yeast, bring a pot and the payment to either of the guides in the Breweries (Blandebir in Keldagrim and Metarialus in Port Phasmatys) and ask if they have any spare Ale Yeast.

Brewery in Port Phasmatys

Now just wait for your ale to mature. Unfortunately, just like Farming, it will take a long time to mature. So wait about 24 hours. After that, examine the vat and it should say it is ready. If it isn't matured, it will say that it is fermenting.

When it has matured, turn the valve on the Fermentation Vat and the mixture will pour into the barrel. Just use your beer glasses on the barrel to fill them with the ale.

Brewing Cider

To brew your very own Cider...

  1. Bring 16 Apples and 4 Buckets to the Vat.
  2. Crush the apples using the Cider Press.
  3. Fill four buckets with the apple-mush and pour them into the Vat.
  4. Then just pour a pot of Ale Yeast into the vat, and wait for it to mature.

Again, Cider can take up to 24 hours, so sit back and play some Castle Wars, or other Runescape mini-games. Or even go out and do something in the real world (Real...World...?)

Bad Ale

Sometimes your character will fail at brewing the different kinds of Ales, and it will become un-drinkable. The Vat will have Bad Ale in it, should the fermenting process fail. Simply turn the valve and choose the "Drain Barrel" option to remove the ale and start over.

Making Brews

There are all sorts of brews that you can make, all of which increase your stats.

CiderApple Cider

Cooking Level: 14
Main Ingredient: 4 Apple Mush.
Effect: Raises Farming by 1 temporarily. Lowers Attack and Strength by 3.

Dwarven stoutDwarven Stout

Cooking Level: 19
Main Ingredient: 4 Hammerstone Hops
Effect: Raises Mining and Smithing by 1 level temporarily. Lowers Attack by 4, Strength by 3 and Defense by 3.

Asgarnian aleAsgarnian Ale

Cooking Level: 24
Main Ingredient: 4 Asgarnian Hops
Effect: Lowers Attack by 4 and raises Strength by 2 temporarily.

Gerrnman's aleGreenman's Ale

Cooking Level: 29
Main Ingredient: 4 Harralander Herbs
Effect: Raises Herblore by 1 level temporarily. Lowers Attack by 4, Defense by 3 and Strength by 3.

Wizard mind bombWizard's Mind Bomb

Cooking Level: 34
Main Ingredient: 4 Yanillian Hops
Effect: Raises Magic by 2-3 level temporarily. Lowers Attack by 4, Strength by 3 and Defense by 3. The amount it raises depends on your Magic level.

Dragon bitterDragon's Bitter

Cooking Level: 39
Main Ingredient: 4 Krandorian Hops
Effect: Raises Strength by 2 levels and lowers Attack by 2 levels temporarily.

Moonlight meadMoonlight Mead

Cooking Level: 44
Main Ingredient: 4 Bittercap Mushrooms
Effect: Heals 4hp

Axeman's folleyAxeman's Folly

Cooking Level: 49
Main Ingredient: 1 Oak Root
Effect: Raises Woodcutting by 1 level temporarily. Lowers Attack by 3 and Strength by 3.

Chef's delightChef's Delight

Cooking Level: 54
Main Ingredient: 4 Chocolate Dust
Effect: Raises Cooking by 3 levels temporarily.

Slayer respiteSlayer's Respite

Cooking Level: 59
Main Ingredient: 4 Wildblood Hops
Effect: Raises Slayer by 1 temporarily. Lowers Attack by 3 and Strength by 3.

Enjoy your ales! Cheers!


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