Lore:Alcoholic Beverages

Alcoholic Beverages
Alcoholic beverages are popular across Tamriel. The Brewers Guild and the Vintners Guild are both officially sanctioned guilds that specialize in both beer and wine respectively. They were given approval by the Akaviri-Potentate, Versidue-Shaie when he signed the Guild Act in  .  Saint Seryn the Merciful is the Dunmeri patron saint of brewers and distillers. 
 

Beer
Beer is made with fermented grains. It is very common in Cyrodiil, where it is produced by fermenting starch. 
 

Ale
Ale is a type of beer common in Cyrodiil and Skyrim.
 

Golden Pear Ale
Golden Pear Ale is an exquisite ale from Summerset.   Being a product from Aldmeri Dominion lands,  it was illegal in Ebonheart Pact territory during the Three Banners War. 

Anequina Stout

Argonian Ale
Argonian Ale is a rare beer named after the Argonians of Black Marsh.

Bitter Remorse Ale
Bile Beer
Bile Beer (or bile-beer) is a bitter Argonian brew.    A guar that consumes bile beer will become sick to its stomach. 

Blue Banekin Beer
Bock
A type of dark beer. Rimmen Sour Bock is a twist on the beverage, being flavored with lemon. 

Bog-Iron Ale
Bravil Bitter Barley Beer
Breton Pint of Bitters
Camlorn Sweet Brown Ale
Clarified Rose Lager
Cloudrest Golden Ale
Colovian Amber Ale
Colovian Ginger Beer
Drowned Sailor Ale
Fulmination Ale
Ginger Wheat Beer
Golden Lager
Happy Ogrim Amber Ale
Honeyhips Brown Ale
Imperial Stout
Jephre's Earthbone Beer

Kaveh Stout
Mazte
Mazte is a cheap saltrice beer native to Morrowind.

Several different variations on the basic brew exist. Monkeypants Mazte is a distilled version brewed with jasmine, yerba mate, and bervez juice.  Acai Dry Mazte is a dry brew made with acai.  Necrom Nights Mazte makes use of ginseng and metheglin.  Psijic Sage's Mazte is made using yerba mate and isinglass,  Spiced Mazte is given a flavorful kick by the addition of ginger,  while Blacklight Ginger Mazte is flavored with guarana in addition to the root of its namesake.  Gossamer Mazte is made by fermenting saltrice with isinglass.  Double Clarified Mazte is similar to Gossamer Mazte, but bittergreen is added during the brewing process.  Kagouti Kick Mazte is a distillate made with jasmine and guarana.  Kragenmoor Zinger Mazte is fermented with a simple blend of saltrice and metheglin.  Lemon Flower Mazte is exactly what it sounds like: fermented saltrice flavored with lemon.  Sweet Scamp Mazte utilizes surilie grapes in the brewing process.  Lusty Argonian Maid Mazte is a distilled mazte flavored with jasmine and ginkgo. 
 

Narsis Wickwheat Ale
Nut Brown Ale
Old Sweetheart Stout
Orcrest Agony Pale Ale
Palace of Kings Ginger Beer
Pilsner
Red Rye Beer
Rose Lager
Rosy Island Ale
Seven Year Beer
Sorry, Honey Lager
Stalwart Stout
Stand-Me-Up Lager
Stendarr's Vigilance Ginger Ale
Summer Sky Pale Ale
Sun's Dusk Ale
'''Sun's Dusk Ale''' is a Bosmer Ale made from crosswings, mimics, and green mold. It smells like "juicy steak marinated with plum wine and coriander". Imga dislike the taste of the Ale.

To make it one must stretch seventeen strings of Alfiq-gut over each barrel, then fresh boar meat is pressed onto the strings, with the brewer being careful not to let any fall before it has properly rotted. Then the meat is dusted with the finely chopped skins of the red-striped frog to make sure the crosswings are drunk and happy when they fall. This is done every month for three or more years, until there is enough meat and bugs to fill the barrel.

Enchantments and spells are used in the process as well to attract the crosswings and mimics, spells to keep out the flipbacks, tree-hoppers, and hoarvor young and spells to encourage the green mold and prevent the brown and white molds. 
Sweet Lemonale
Ten-Foot Beer
Timber Mammoth Ale
Tranquility Pale Ale
Vigilance Gold Ale
West Weald Wallop
Ysgramor's Harbinger Lager

Brandy
Abecean Brandy
Aldmeri Brandy
Ancient Dagoth Brandy
Ancient Dagoth Brandy was distilled by House Dagoth in the First Era. Upon the resurrection of the House by the forces of Dagoth Ur in the late Third Era, the few remaining samples of the brandy came to light. An ash vampire described the brew as a rare nectar beyond compare.  It makes the imbiber feel stronger, but reduces their ability to think and move at a reasonable pace.   Special snifters were specifically designed to serve Ancient Dagoth Brandy, which concentrated the bouquet and intensified the flavor. 
 

Arenthian Brandy
Colovian Brandy
Colovian Brandy is an expensive Imperial brandy made in Colovia.
 

Cyrodilic Brandy
Cyrodilic Brandy, sometimes spelled Cyrodiilic Brandy, is an expensive, but invigorating and stimulating alcoholic beverage with few unpleasant side effects. It is made in Cyrodiil and exported across Tamriel.
 
Ginkgo Double Brandy
Greef
Greef is a comberry brandy native to Morrowind.
 
Numidium Brandy
Plum Brandy
Plum Brandy is a brandy commonly drunk by Khajiit. A known variant of it is Old Colovian Plum Brandy. 
Sugar Brandy
Torval Brandy
Vintage Brandy
Vintage Brandy is considered a rarity, and is very expensive.
Xanmeer Brandy
Cider
Ciders are a common drink in High Rock and amongst the Reachmen. 

Reach ciders range from dark, musty, and sweet. Depending on the variety of apples used and the time of year they're pressed. Apple orchards are few and far between in the Reach, but plenty of wild apples grow in the forests and river valleys. The clans that live in those regions each have their own preferred method for brewing up their favorite cider. 

Comberry Cider
Voljar's Honey Cider

Cocktails
Corrupting Bloody Mara
The Corrupting Bloody Mara is a cocktail of cold blood, brimstone, wood smoke, and alcohol. This cocktail increases and speeds up the process of Vampirism.
The Cliff Racer
The Cliff Racer is a cocktail created by an Argonian bartender named Talen-Jei, made from Firebrand Wine, Cyrodilic Brandy, Flin, and Sujamma.
Lustidrike Cocktail
The Lustidrike Cocktail is less potent Sujamma that was served up by a scamp called Lustidrike during a festival of Sheogorath in the ruins of Ald Daedroth in  .
Purifying Bloody Mara
The Purifying Bloody Mara is a cocktail of cold blood, herbs, spices, and alcohol. This cocktail reduces the effects of Vampirism.
The Velvet LeChance
The Velvet LeChance is a cocktail created by an Argonian bartender named Talen-Jei, made from blackberries, honey, Spiced Wine, and "just a touch" of nightshade.
The White-Gold Tower
The White-Gold Tower is a cocktail created by an Argonian bartender named Talen-Jei, made from blended mead, lavender, and Dragon's Tongue.

Gin
Djinn 'n Tonic
Pig-Gin
Snail-Gin
Snail-Gin is a gin brewed in Black Marsh that has a reputation for killing those who drink it. A pair of Argonian siblings from   worked on making non-lethal Snail-Gin in  . 

Sour Gin Fizz
Sylph Gin

Jagga is an alcoholic drink made from fermented pig's milk which is popular in  . 

To make it one must:

Set several shallow pans of boiled pig's milk cream where the cat can't step on them and leave alone for a day, then stir several times per day thereafter. Strain the whey into a separate vessel, keeping the curds in their pans. Break the curds apart with a spoon, then allow the curds to dry into shards. Stir daily to keep them from spoiling. Once dry, use these shards to thicken skimmed pig's milk, or to add more cream to plain pig's milk. Bottle and let ferment for 3 weeks.

One can drink the whey immediately, or use it in other recipes. 
Klef
Klef is a drink primarily brewed by Reachmen. It is produced using fermented sheep's milk. Most non-Reachmen cannot stomach it without getting sick, and even most Reachmen hate it; they only drink it to get drunk because there aren't any other alcoholic options available. 

Mead
 
 
Ashfire Mead
Ashfire Mead is a mead produced in Thirsk. One known ingredient is Juniper Berries, which give it a sweeter flavor. 

Black-Briar Mead
Black-Briar Mead is a beverage produced in the Skyrim city of Riften. Circa  , Black-Briar Mead was an especially potent drink popular with the local Nords, which was shipped as far abroad as Ebonheart during the days of the Ebonheart Pact. In the Fourth Era, production of Black-Briar Mead resumed in Skyrim when the   family of Riften attempted to gain a foothold in the mead industry. Its major competitor was Honningbrew Mead, although by   Honningbrew had been eliminated and Black-Briar obtained a monopoly on production. Black-Briar Reserve is a higher quality, more expensive, and more potent mead, although the brewery has been known to simply fill the bottles with regular mead.

Another known variant is the Blackbriar   Berry-Blend.
 
Bloodmead
Bloodmead is a type of mead drunk in Valenwood, it is presumably made of blood considering its name and the nature of the Green Pact. 
Bravil Mead
Cane Mead
Cane Mead is a sweet mead commonly drunk in Skyrim and Elsweyr. 
It requires:
15 pounds dark Molasses that has been left uncovered for a week
4 gallons spring water
1 handful of camaralet grapes
1 handful of dried red grapes
2 fingers of yeast
Dragon's Breath Mead
'''Dragon's Breath Mead is a type of mead found in Skyrim.
Honningbrew Mead
Honningbrew Mead''' was produced in Whiterun up until  , when the brewery was subject to a hostile takeover by Black-Briar Mead.
 
Kyne's Kiss
'''Kyne's Kiss is a heather mead favored by veteran warriors. It is affectionately referred to as Kyne's Kick for its ability to knock the largest Nord onto his or her arse after just a few frothy horns.
It requires:
The juice of 12 pounds of camarelt, strained through a linen cloth
4 gallons spring water
4 handfuls of ground healther seeds
2 handfuls of dried red grapes
1 handful of dried white grapes
1 handful of fresh jazbay grapes (removed from stem)
Markarth Mead
Markarth Mead''' was produced at the Markarth Meadery during the Interregnum.  It was one of the Reachfolk's export products.   

Numbskin Mead
Numbskin Mead or Ice Nerveshatter is a mead produced by  , an alchemist-turned-vintner and the brother of  . It requires Dragon's Tongue and Lady's Smock Leaves.
 

Rosethorn Mead
Rosethorn Mead is a mead produced at one point for Rosethorn Hall, a manor in Skingrad. It drains intelligence and willpower, while fortifying strength and endurance.
Sylph-Mead
Sylph-Mead is a  mead that is produced in the Glister Vale Hiveworks in Auridon.

Voljar's Mead
'''Voljar's Mead''' is a darkmead with an earthy flavor, produced in Voljar's Meadery in Eastmarch.
It requires:
12 pounds wildflower honey
5 gallons spring water
4 handfuls of dried grasa grapes
2 handfuls of crushed red grapes with the skins and stems
Voljar's Special Blend
'''Voljar's Special Blend''' is a smooth, lightly sweet mead with a touch of spice, produced in Voljar's Meadery in Eastmarch.
It requires:
16 pounds pure appleblossom honey
5 gallons spring water
2 handfuls amber malt
2 fingers of hallertau hops
Voljar Vintage Liqueur
Voljar Vintage Liqueur is a signature mead of Voljar's Meadery. It requires:
15 pounds select wild honey
5 gallons spring water
2 gallons of strong wheat mash
2 handfuls of snowberries
It is prepared as usual for meads, but after fermentation, is distilled and aged for 1 to 3 years in cold-oak barrels.

Liqueur
Root Liqueur
Root Liqueur is a rare Valenwood delicacy that was created by a group of Bosmer in secret using Elden Root clippings, which is considered blasphemous against the Green Pact by the Bosmer. 

Rum
Alabaster Honey Rum
Grog
Moon-Sugar Rum
Moon-Sugar Rum is a type of rum commonly drunk by Khajiit.  One known variant is Moon-Sugar Double Rum. 

Spiced Rum
Stros M'Kai Rum
'''Stros M'Kai Rum''', as the name would imply, is a rum produced on the island of Stros M'Kai. It is exported across Tamriel and restores stamina.

Sujamma
Sujamma is a Dunmer liquor native to Morrowind. It is extremely potent, resulting in elevated spirits and increased strength and stamina, but reduced stamina regeneration and vastly reduced intelligence.  A brewer named Geldis Sadri, who lived in Raven Rock in the Fourth Era, created his own, more potent sujamma formula which he claimed tasted better. 
 

Whiskey
Comberry Bourbon
Comely Wench Whiskey
Crow's Nest Rye
Crystal Tower Whiskey
Daedric Lava Whiskey
Daedric Lava Whiskey is a beverage originating in the Deadlands, the realm of Mehrunes Dagon. It was discovered by the adventurer   during his expedition to the realm. Drinking the whiskey temporarily paralyzes and causes the imbiber to burst into flames, but it also functions as a powerful health potion, which more than negates the damage done by the flames. A Dremora Lord is temporarily summoned to protect the imbiber. 
Dragontail Blended Whisky
Flin
Flin is an expensive and stimulating Cyrodilic whiskey popular in Morrowind. It has few unpleasant side effects. The flin trade is profitable and managed by the East Empire Company. 
 

Mermaid Whiskey
Old Clear-Eye Whiskey
Riften Rye
Senche-Tiger Single Malt
Vvardenfell Flin
Whiskey Sour
White-Eye Whiskey
Wide-Eye Double Rye
Wizard's Whiskey
Yokudan Sorrow Bourbon

Wine
Wine is a common alcoholic beverage produced by fermenting grapes. The   city of   is known for their finest southern wines. 

Alto Wine
Alto Wine is a common wine found across Skyrim. It is made from  , which grow in the volcanic tundra of   that was at one point called "The Aalto".   Reven's Warrior mentions a privately owned vineyard in The Aalto, which produced wine. Alto Wine was at one point rare and extremely expensive, and the   required the  's permission to have a glass of it once a year. 
 

Aqua Vitae
Argonian Bloodwine
Argonian Bloodwine is a beverage produced by  , an alchemist-turned-vintner and the brother of  . It requires Bergamot Seeds, Foxglove Nectar and a White Seed Pod. It results in a resistance to poison and disease as well as the ability to breathe underwater, although it also damages stamina regeneration.
 

Balmora Blue Wine
Balmora Blue is an illicit drink that was sold in Morrowind for many years, even after the destruction of the river city it was named after. It is first made with Moon Sugar but other ingredients are added to it to increase its potency. For the longest time, it was a black market commodity, but after Balmora's destruction in  , it became extremely valuable. Anyone that was caught with it would be imprisoned for several years.  They were originally made and marked by the Balmora Blue vineyards. 

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Battlehorn Wine
Battlehorn Wine was the name of a rare Imperial vintage during the   period.  Its relation to   is unknown, as the castle was not built until the Third Era. 
 

Bernice's Wine
Sickly Bernice, a madwoman who runs a taphouse in   in the  , is responsible for several types of wine found across the realm. '''Bernice's Alley Wine, Bernice's Roofwater Wine and Bernice's Summer Wine are known varieties.

Berveza Vitae

Black Rice Wine
Wine, probably made from rice.  

Cheap Wine
Cheap Wine is popular across  .
 

Cheydinhal Sherry
Clarified Syrah Wine
Clavicus Vines Chenin Blanc
Collequiva
Collequiva is an Imperial wine, with it being popular with Imperial nobility and often paired with cheese.  

Colovian Battlecry
Colovian Battlecry is a beverage produced by  , an alchemist-turned-vintner and the brother of  . 

It requires:
Bog Beacon Asco
Cinnabar Polypore Red
Cinnabar Polypore Yellow
 

Dream Madeira
Dream Madeira''' is a fancy wine that is sold in Cyrodiil. 
Emberbrand Wine
Emberbrand Wine is a powerful and highly addictive wine produced on Solstheim in the Fourth Era. Most men can barely finish one flask without falling asleep.  Crushed jazbay is used in the brewing process. 
 

Fellmoor Wine
Fellmoor Wine is type of wine found in the Shivering Isles, varieties include:
Fellmoor Red Wine
Fellmoor Spore Wine
Fellmoor Swamp Wine

Fifth Legion Porter
Fine Elf Wine
Fine Elf Wine is an elven wine considered a rarity in the   city of  .
Firebrand Wine
 

Flowing Bowl Green Port
Frostdew Blanc
Frostdew Blanc is a beverage produced by  , an alchemist-turned-vintner and the brother of  . It requires:
Aloe Vera Leaves ×2
Green Stain Cup Cap ×2
 

Ginger Port
Gold Coast Muscat
An Imperial wine. During the Second Era, one Redguard inn made it a point to import this beverage and have it on hand for guests during the Festival of Blades. 

Hello Handsome Porter
Imperial Mulled Wine
Many Imperials have found Skyrim's climate difficult to bear, so when one enterprising garrison cook whipped up this hot drink to help ward off the northern chill, it quickly gained popularity across the region and beyond. It makes use of a few Imperial ingredients that must be imported, but its warming qualities are considered well worth the extra expense.
Kvatch Watch Grenache
Jessica's Wine
Julianos Firebelly
Julianos Firebelly is a beverage produced by  , an alchemist-turned-vintner and the brother of  . 

It requires:
Sacred Lotus Seed
Lady's Smock Leaves ×2
 

Mulled Wine
Nereid Wine
Port Hunding Pinot Noir
Pomegranate Wine
Pomegranate Wine is known to be drunk in Hammerfell. 

Pyandonea Merlot
Saint Pelin's Tawny Port

Shadowbanish Wine
Shadowbanish Wine is a notoriously rare collection of wine that was made for the Imperial Legion throughout Cyrodiil. It was made by an expert alchemist that was also a vintner, back when the ruined forts throughout the province were still active. The magic imbued in the wine gifted the drinkers with night eye, for late-night surveillance on cold nights.  In  , the Shadowbanish Vintners was a group active in the Interregnum who held wine-tasting parties in Trader's Cove.  In  , a wine collector from   tasked an   to find the last of the wine in the various ruins throughout Cyrodiil. These locations span across the province, from Fort Grief to Fort Vlastarus. Eventually, six bottles of Shadowbanish Wine were recovered and added to the collection. 

Shein
Shein is a comberry wine native to Morrowind.  Dunmer prefer it to be bitter and sour, and have a warm ruddy color.  Five Isles reserve blend and sour guar shein are two different brands of shein.

 

Skingrad Muscat
Southern Wine
Southern Wine is considered a rarity in the far northern city of  . 
Sparkling Honeydew
Sparkling Honeydew is a beverage produced by  , an alchemist-turned-vintner and the brother of  . 

It requires:
Lavender Sprig ×2
Summer Bolete ×2
 

Spiced Wine
Spiced Wine is a wine commonly drunk in Skyrim. The spices to make it are imported by the East Empire Company.
 
Spicy Wyress Wine
Stumblefoot's Reserve
'''Stumblfoot's Reserve''' is a beverage produced by  , an alchemist-turned-vintner and the brother of  . 
It requires:
Arrowroot
Flax Seeds ×2
 

Surilie Brothers Wine
Surilie Brothers Wine is a   wine made by the Surilie family. Particularly good vintages include Surilie Brothers Vintage 415 and Surilie Brothers Vintage 399. 
 

Surilie Bros. White Merlot
Surilie Syrah Wine
Sweet and Sour Port
Tamika's West Weald Wine
Tamika's West Weald Wine is a Skingrad wine named for the region of the   where it is produced. It was made by the famed   vintner Tamika. Particularly good vintages include Tamika Vintage 415 and Tamika Vintage 399.
 

Tawny Port

Tears of Amaya
The Tears of Amaya is a well-known and one of the finest vintages from  , made from the grapes that can only grow on the shores of  . 
Valenwood Wine
Valenwood Wine is a wine made in Valenwood. It was illegal to import Valenwood Wine into Imperial territory during the Tiber Wars. Imperial Governer Amiel Richton liked this wine to the point where he allowed smugglers to operate under his rule to keep his cellars stocked with it. 

Velothi View Vintage Malbec
Yerba Syrah Wine
White-Gold Tower
White-Gold Tower is a light white wine known for its crisp taste and fragrant bouquet.

Phlegmwine
  is a strong-smelling Argonian beverage alcoholic beverage that is usually imbibed during celebrations. It bubbles due to the bog gasses that are used in its creation. It is best consumed while it's still bubbling, before the bog gasses run dry.    A good phlegmwine has just the right amount of skin forming at the top. 

Sweetbile
  is an Argonian beverage usually consumed during celebrations. Quality sweetbile trembles ever so slightly in the stomach. 

Theilul
  is an Argonian wine made with sugarcane.  Theilul is more profitable and easier to transport than the cane itself.  

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Bloodfroth
A Bosmer drink. 

Charybdis-on-the-Rocks
Claymore-Through-Your-Spleen
Guttgeist
Liquid Lich
Orcgut
Sulphurwater

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