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All the following beverages are found in the World of Greyhawk™, though this list is comprehensive, it is not necessarily a definitive one.

Non-alcoholic beverages

Alcoholic beverages

General types of alcohol

Ale
technically a type of beer with a bitter flavor and higher alcoholic content. Very frequently mentioned separately, often noted as "local" or "special" ales[16][17][18][19]
Beer
an alcoholic drink made from yeast-fermented malt flavored with hops. Both "small" and "heavy" beers exist in the Flanaess (lower and higher alcohol by volume)[16][17][18][19]
Mead
an alcoholic drink of fermented honey and water. While most every mead brewed in a different place or by a different brewer tastes different, there are also "special brew" meads (which are more expensive).[16][19]
Wine
including mulled and fortified wines; often noted as a "local" or "table" varieties[5][16][17][18][19][20]
exmples of fortified wine incloude: port, sherry, and madeira.

Hard liquor

Spirits[20] and liquors[21] are commonly made by individual brewers, along with other alcoholic beverages. There are also large groups like the Free City Guild of Ostlers and Brewers.

Unnamed or unbranded alcoholic beverages

The following are "types" of alcohol which are not given a specific "name". (i.e. similar to saying "German white wine" or similar)

  • "Almond-flavored drink" from the Caliphate of Ekbir.[27]
  • Assassin berry wine—wine made from the fruit of the assassin vine.[28][29][30][31]
  • Berry wine[32]
  • Caporna wine[33]
  • Celanese wine—a fine, sweet wine with a heady aroma[34]
  • Celenese nectarwine—a "type" of drink. One rare variety is a "heady, effervescent brew of violet color" made of moonberries picked "when both moons are blue". (see also: "Gauglathiir" below, another variety)[16][27][35][36][37][38]
  • Celenese green wine—served cool or chilled[39] (see also: "Gauglathiir" below)
  • Celene ruby wine—contrasted by Iriador (see below)[16][19]
  • Dandelion wine—found in the Yeomanry and surrounding nations[40]
  • Elven mead—"The elves [of the Silverwood] are said to nurture certain trees here so that they [...] give a delicious sap that is the source of their much-sought elven mead."[41] some types made with exotic wild honey (instead of sap/syrup); even liked by some dwarves[42]
  • Elven wine[43]
  • Feywine—fermented mixture of nectar created from juice of crushed flowers, honey, and a secret ingredient some claim is distilled moonbeams.[44] compare with Elven moondrop (see below)
  • Furyondian emerald pale wine[16][19]
  • Furyondian white wine—dry, crisp, and apple-fragranced wine[45] (See also Ambiere, below)
  • Galdafruit brandy—commonly made in many places; notably by the Toscor family of the Wild Coast[46]
  • Keoish brandy[16][19][47]
  • Keoish golden wine[16][19] or Keoish amber wine[48][49]
  • Mandrake wine—an herbed wine, sometimes used as a sedative or sleeping draught.[13]
  • Perrenland black mead—notorious and thick[20]
  • Sundish lilac wine[16][19]—also known as "Sunndi sweet violet wine"[27][50]
  • Sunndi fortified wine—a sweet wine fortified with brandy[51]
  • Tehn dessert wine[20]
  • Ulek violet sparkling wine[52]
  • Urnst brandy—special aged[16][19][47]
  • Urnst white wine[16][16][19]
  • Uskberry wine[2]
  • Velunian white wine[53]

Named specialty drinks

The following are each a specific, named drinks found in the Flanaess.

The following includes both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.

  • Ambiere—Furyondy's premiere apple wine[54]
  • Bejl—hot, brewed blended-herb beverage from Adri, aka Sacred Grove, Elflord's Delight, or Citrine Zest[54]
  • Beory's Draught—"cloudy, mahogany-brown ale" brewed in Willend[55]
  • Claw wine—made by the Rist family who run the Snapping Line (inn) in Saltmarsh. It is made of lobster meat and potatoes, and "it is, to put it mildly, an acquired taste."[56]
  • Blastenbeer—home-brewed from herbal preparations of flora of the Adri by Gloria, hostelery proprietor in Eastfair. Famed throughout the city, especially dwarves.[57]
  • Elven Aleeian wine—made from deep-woods wild grapes; takes months to gather enough for even single batch[58]
  • Elven moondrop—produced only by an alchemist, made with fresh dew and moonlight[58] compare with Feywine, (see above)
  • Frinnecre—cider of "fruit juices and extracts"[59] Commonly from Celene, Duchy of Ulek, and other southern Lortmil lands.
  • Gauglathiir—Celene wintergreen-flavored "nectarwine"; emerald in color[59]
  • Gloria's blastenbeer—home-brewed at Gloria's hostelry in Eastfair, secret recipe of "herbal preparations made from flora of the Adri Forest"; "a murderously potent brew"[57]
  • Heathen—thick, sweet berry wine, made by dwarves of the Lone Heath[59]
  • Iriador—red wine from Celene; served chilled or room temp., dark and heavy, with fruity undertones; made specifically for human taste[59]
  • Kaffet—mountain-grown, roasted, ground beans brewed for bitter, hot drink from Zeif.[3] (trans. of "coffee" via Swedish fr:Turkish/Arabic)
  • Mist mash—"spirits" stronger than brandies or elixirs made in Hawkeen on the Mistmarsh.[3]
  • Old Peculiar—ale made at Peculiar Manor. Jet-black, heavy, and thick; "tastes like liquid peat", and no one has ever claimed to drink more than two pints.[60]
  • Orlane Special wine—brewed at the winery at the Inn of the Slumbering Serpent in Orlane[61]
  • Rentish schnapps[62]
  • Samberra—from Leastisle. "A bitter, dry spirit fermented from the juices of succulent plants."[63]{cite dragon|271|75|A Return to Falcon's Bazaar|note=Noel Graham}}
  • Shamarit—dry, blended Velunian white/blush wine; harvested after first frost in the Shamarit region of Veluna.[3]
  • Silaurey—aka "Greyhawk wine".[46][64] Medium body, highly palatable cinnamon flavor,[46][65] commonly made in the Cairn Hills; Drennn vintners considered superior[3]
  • Skryss—barley and whey beer popular amongst Thillonrians. Filling, with no hangover.[3]
  • Ulek Elixir—a liqueur[19]
  • Velunian fireamber wine[16][19][66][67]
  • Witch Queen's Cauldron—house ale of the Blue Dragon Inn in the City of Greyhawk.[68]

Beverages in other sources

There are various beverages mentioned in the Gord the Rogue novels:

  • Adri brandy[69]—called "bad tasting stuff, thick and bitter". Antidote to the narcotic effects of "Flowers of Thratus Kaloid" narcotic vapor.
  • Pomarj black wine—a bottled "rare, especially costly" drink (after the humanoid invasion of the Pomarj). This "inky" black wine tastes somewhat foul with a bitter aftertaste, and is also addictive. Though, the addictive "stuff they put in it" is unknown.[50]

See also

See also: Foodstuffs

References

Notes

Citations

  1. ↑ a b "SavageTidings: Beyond Sasserine".  Dragon #349 (Nov 2006), p.78.
  2. ↑ a b c World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (1983), p.62, Folks, Feuds and Factions.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f "A Return to Falcon's Bazaar".  Dragon #271 (May 2000), p.77. Noel Graham
  4. ↑ Ivid the Undying (1995), p.69.
  5. ↑ a b c World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (1983), p.63, Folks, Feuds and Factions.
  6. ↑ Keep on the Borderlands: Greyhawk Classics novel (2001), p.56.
  7. ↑ Dance of Demons—Gord the Rogue novel (1988), p.251.
  8. ↑ Night Arrant—Gord the Rogue novel (1986), p.66.
  9. ↑ Ivid the Undying (1995), p.13.
  10. ↑ Saga of Old City (1985), p.287, "Iquander ... serv[ed] them a strange and bitter tea that sharpened their senses.".
  11. ↑ Keep on the Borderlands: Greyhawk Classics novel (2001), p.176.
  12. ↑ Descent Into the Depths of the Earth: Greyhawk Classics novel (2000), p.59.
  13. ↑ a b Master Wolf (1987), p.90, " ... the acrid taste of roanwood tea, a well-known remedy for the aftereffects of too much mandrake wine".
  14. ↑ Artifact of Evil—Gord the Rogue novel (1985), p.137.
  15. ↑ Dungeon Masters Guide (1979), p.220.
  16. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil (1985), p.14.
  17. ↑ a b c T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil (1985), p.34.
  18. ↑ a b c T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil (1985), p.72.
  19. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil (2001), p.14.
  20. ↑ a b c d e World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (1983), p.65, Folks, Feuds and Factions.
  21. ↑ World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (1983), p.3. 36. 51, 65, Folks, Feuds and Factions.
  22. ↑ T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil (1985), p.82.
  23. ↑ Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil (2001), p.13.
  24. ↑ Ivid the Undying (1995), p.91, 93, 95.
  25. ↑ The City of Greyhawk (1989), p.62, Gem of the Flanaess.
  26. ↑ The Adventure Begins (1998), p.89.
  27. ↑ a b c Return of the Eight (1998), p.43.
  28. ↑ Monster Manual (Oct 2000), p.20.
  29. ↑ Monster Manual v3.5 (2003), p.20.
  30. ↑ "Tammeraut's Fate". Dungeon #106 (Jan 2004), p.28, 30-31
  31. ↑ Ghosts of Saltmarsh (2019), p.150-151, Tammeraut's Fate.
  32. ↑ Ivid the Undying (1995), p.113.
  33. ↑ Saga of Old City (1985), p.121, "...gifted the lord of the encampment with fine wine from Caporna".
  34. ↑ Night Watch (1990), p.33.
  35. ↑ World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (1983), p.23, Folks, Feuds and Factions.
  36. ↑ World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (1983), p.3, Folks, Feuds and Factions.
  37. ↑ WG6 Isle of the Ape (1985), p.6.
  38. ↑ World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (1983), p.19-20, Folks, Feuds and Factions.
  39. ↑ Saga of Old City (1985), p.38, "...Violet ordered a goblet of cooled green wine from Celene".
  40. ↑ The Eyes Have It (1989), p.63.
  41. ↑ Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (2000), p.141.
  42. ↑ Arms and Equipment Guide (2003), p.31, (used in the LG campaign).
  43. ↑ Ghosts of Saltmarsh (2019), p.34.
  44. ↑ PHBR8 The Complete Book of Elves (1992), p.40, 96.
  45. ↑ Saga of Old City (1985), p.147.
  46. ↑ a b c "A Return to Falcon's Bazaar".  Dragon #271 (May 2000), p.74. Noel Graham
  47. ↑ a b N1 Against the Cult of the Reptile God (1982), p.14.
  48. ↑ Dragon #100 (Aug 1985), p.24.
  49. ↑ Night Arrant—Gord the Rogue novel (1986), p.172, 309.
  50. ↑ a b City of Hawks—Gord the Rogue novel (1987), p.201.
  51. ↑ The City of Greyhawk (1989), p.65, Folks, Feuds, and Factions.
  52. ↑ Saga of Old City (1985), p.87. "...toasting the occasion with heady, sparkling violet wine from Ulek's southern region"
  53. ↑ Dragon #271 (May 2000), p.77.
  54. ↑ a b "A Return to Falcon's Bazaar".  Dragon #271 (May 2000), p.75. Noel Graham
  55. ↑ Ivid the Undying (1995), p.124.
  56. ↑ Ghosts of Saltmarsh (2019), p.16.
  57. ↑ a b Ivid the Undying (1995), p.48.
  58. ↑ a b Arms and Equipment Guide (2003), p.30, (used in the LG campaign).
  59. ↑ a b c d "A Return to Falcon's Bazaar".  Dragon #271 (May 2000), p.76. Noel Graham
  60. ↑ From the Ashes (1992), p.16, Campaign Book.
  61. ↑ N1 Against the Cult of the Reptile God (1982), p.7, 14, 23.
  62. ↑ Saga of Old City (1985), p.74.
  63. ↑ Ivid the Undying (1995), p.93.
  64. ↑ Night Watch (1990), p.76.
  65. ↑ Night Watch (1990), p.76-78.
  66. ↑ Dragon #344 (Jun 2006), p.49, 50.
  67. ↑ N1 Against the Cult of the Reptile God (1982), p.23.
  68. ↑ The Adventure Begins (1998), p.102.
  69. ↑ Come Endless Darkness—Gord the Rogue novel (1988), p.130.

Bibliography

Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index

The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.

Topic Type Description Product Page/Card/Image

Bloodwine Item Beverage (wine), Libris Mortis, D&D 3.5e 74, 75
Celene Ruby Wine Item Beverage (wine), Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e 14
Celene Ruby Wine Item Beverage (wine), T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil 14
Celenese Nectarwine Item Beverage (wine), Return of the Eight 43
Celenese Nectarwine Item Beverage (wine), WG6 Isle of the Ape 6
Keoish Amber Wine Item Beverage (wine), Dragon magazine #100 24
Keoish Amber Wine Item Beverage (wine), Night Arrant 172, 309
Keoish Golden Wine Item Beverage (wine), Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e 14
Keoish Golden Wine Item Beverage (wine), T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil 14
Nectarwine Item Bevarage (wine), The City of Greyhawk: Folks, Feuds and Factions 3, 19, 20, 23
Pomarj, Black Wine of the Item Beverage (wine), City of Hawks 201
Sunndi Sweet Violet Wine Item Beverage (wine), The City of Greyhawk: Folks, Feuds and Factions 65
Sunndi Sweet Violet Wine Item Beverage (wine), Living Greyhawk, Living Onnwal Gazetteer, D&D 3.5e
Sunndi Sweet Violet Wine Item Beverage (wine), Return of the Eight 43
Sunndish Lilac Wine Item Beverage (wine), Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e 14
Sunndish Lilac Wine Item Beverage (wine), T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil 14
Tenh Dessert Wine Item Beverage (wine), The City of Greyhawk: Folks, Feuds and Factions 65
Urnst White Wine Item Beverage (wine), Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e 14
Urnst White Wine Item Beverage (wine), T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil 14
Velunian Fireamber Wine Item Beverage (wine), Dragon magazine #344 49, 50
Velunian Fireamber Wine Item Beverage (wine), N1 Against the Cult of the Reptile God 23
Velunian Fireamber Wine Item Beverage (wine), Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e 14
Velunian Fireamber Wine Item Beverage (wine), T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil 14
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