Alcohol brewing: Difference between revisions

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Alcohol Brewing incorporates two distinct stages of production, namely the relatively easy fermentation process and the more complicated distillation process.

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It is noteworthy that alcohol does not spoil, while still providing saturation - therefore turning excess ingredients into alcohol for storage is a valid strategy.<br>

Imbibing alcohol however leads to visual impairment - the player character will swerve their head from left to right, which actually affects movement in the game, since it is hard to walk in a straight line without actively counteracting the movement direction chosen by the swerving head.<br>

The amount and quality of alcohol imbibed influences the severity and duration of impairment.

Fermented alcohol provides both satiety and a nutrition value in the fruit category - regardless if the source material actually was a fruit or not.<br>

The ratio mentioned refers to the amount of ingredients required in comparison to the alcohol received. The time refers to the duration the ingredients need to be sealed inside a barrel.<br>

Each type of alcohol and its creation process is detailed farther down.

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Compared to merely fermented alcohol, distilled alcohol offers the same or even less overall saturation and no nutritional benefit. It does however cause worse visual impairment when consumed, and similarly does not rot or turn bad with time.<br>

Additionally, once distilled alcohol is the first step to acquiring Aqua Vitae - twice distilled alcohol - which can be used to craft alcohol soaked [[Healing|Bandages]].<br>

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Different kinds of base ingredients can be fermented to alcohol by sealing them in a barrel for a specified amount of time. These different base ingredients will result in different kinds of alcoholic beverages, each with their own type name:

* Mead - made from honey

* Ale - made from different kinds of flour fermented with water

All fermentation processes require at least a [[barrel]], a [[Wooden Bucket|bucket]] or [[Clay Forming|bowl]], as well as the above mentioned ingredients. Some of the these are harder to acquire then others, but generally speaking fermentation should not be attempted before entering the metal age - since barrels and buckets require a saw - and establishing a comfortably safe and well outfitted homestead.

[[File:Honey-mead.PNG|200px|thumb|right|A full barrel of honey ready for fermentation]]

Apart from the barrel and bucket, the only ingredient required for mead is honey. Honey can be acquired from bee hives, to ensure a sufficient supply of honey for both brewing and other usage, it is recommended to follow the [[Beekeeping]] guide and build up a well developed beekeeping enclosure.<br><br>

To ferment honey into mead, it simply needs to be transferred into an empty barrel and sealed. The tooltip inside of the barrels UI will inform about the resulting amount as well as the duration the barrel will need to stay sealed. For mead, the conversion from base ingredient to alcohol is 1:1, meaning even just one litre of honey will turn into 1 litre of mead. The sealing duration however is exactly 14 days regardless of the sealed amount. Since honey doesn't spoil, there is therefore no reason to ferment in small increments, instead the player could wait until gathering a full barrel.

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[[File:Lychee-cider.PNG|200px|thumb|right|A full barrel of lychee juice ready for fermentation]]

Making cider and wine requires a bit more preparation before the fermentation process can start. Specifically, fruit can not be fermented in its raw state, it needs to be turned into juice first. This however requires a [[Fruit Press]]. Once fruit juice was procured from the raw fruit, the following process is much like the one for mead.<br>

To ferment fruit juice into cider or wine, it simply needs to be transferred into an empty barrel and sealed. The tooltip inside of the barrels UI will inform about the resulting amount as well as the duration the barrel will need to stay sealed. For cider or wine, the conversion from base ingredient to alcohol is 1:1, meaning even just one litre of juice will turn into 1 litre of cider or wine. The sealing duration however is exactly 14 days regardless of the sealed amount.  

Raw fruit itself will spoil rather quickly, the juice made from the fruits however does not. Therefore cider and wine are not specifically a method for preserving fruit nutrition and instead more of a prestige process.

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[[File:Spelt-ale.PNG|200px|thumb|right|A full barrel of water with spelt flour, ready for fermentation]]

To brew ale, a barrel, a liquid container as well as an amount of flour is required. Only specific types of flour can be used for fermentation, specifically:

* spelt

Flax and sunflower flour cannot be used to ferment ale.<br><br>

To craft flour, a [[quern]] is needed, which in turn requires full stone blocks and therefore a metal pickaxe. Since the quern can be powered by hand, automation is not required.<br>

To ferment flour into ale, a barrel needs to be filled with water and flour in a 1:1 ration, meaning 1 litre of water requires 1 flour. However, the ingredients will not be turned into alcohol with the same ratio, meaning unlike for mead and cider, it requires more base ingredients to acquire the same amount of alcohol. The actual ratio is 5:1, which means it requires 5 litres of water and 5 flour to make 1 litre of ale - therefore 1 litre of water and 1 flour results in 0.2 litres of alcohol. This process can be done in 1 litre steps, however due to the long shelf life of flour there is no urgent need to turn flour into alcohol immediately.<br>

The fermentation process takes 14 days regardless of the amount of ingredients.

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The process of distillation first requires a boiler and condenser. Both of these are made from processed copper, tin and lead or silver - and therefore require the player to have at least reached the copper age, including a finished copper [[anvil]].<br>

For one set of boiler and condenser, the player would need:

* 7 copper plates = 14 copper ingots

* 7 Solder Bars = 2 ingots of either lead or silver solder alloy, as well as a saw with enough remaining durability

A soldering iron is a tool used, for the moment, exclusively to craft the boiler and condenser. It requires a stick and a copper chisel - keep in mind that the durability left on the chisel will be carried over to the soldering iron. Given that one crafting process including the soldering iron only takes 3 durability - and only 2 processes are needed for a fully working distillery - it is almost advisable to use an already used chisel with only around 6 durability left over for this.  

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Solderbars are, for the moment, exclusively used to craft the boiler and condenser. They require a saw of any metal type, as well as ingots made from one of the two available solder alloys - Lead Solder or Silver Solder Ingots. These ingots can be created through [[casting]], combining tin with either lead or silver in the correct amounts:

* Lead Solder: Lead (45% to 55%) and Tin (45% to 55%)

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Both of these are made mainly from copper and require a Soldering Iron made from copper as well, as seen above.

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