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Nolrog, please don’t make your own short beer when making Hero Brew. That just makes an already nightmarish combine all the more horrific. Short beer is sold on numerous vendors all over Norrath. Unless the barbarians hate you, the best place to do Hero Brew is in Halas. Everything you need, including the brew barrel, is in the same room. And I would suggest putting off making Hero Brew until you have no other choice. Here’s a guide I posted on my guild’s web page. It might be of some help.
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Brewing is, in my opinion, the easiest and cheapest trade skill to grand master in all of Norrath, especially now that casks are stackable. The only time it even begins to get expensive is during the very last two points. There are numerous ways to raise any trade skill, brewing included, so if you want to try something different then by all means go for it. But this guide will get you to 250 in one of the most direct and cheapest paths currently available.
0-122 Fetid Essence
Fishing Grubs + Water Flask
This has to be one of the easiest recipes, if not the easiest, in the entire game. You can buy both of these items in PoK. The fishing grubs are sold by a little gnome gentleman standing atop a porch across from the entrance to the “evil” section of PoK. And the water is sold by a lady just around the corner from him. The brew barrels in PoK are often occupied so you may have to buy several stacks of supplies and brew them elsewhere.
122-151 Skull Ale
Cyclops Skull + Short Beer + Spices + Vinegar
This drink is a fun one to make because the graphic for the drink is a skull. The Cyclops skull can often be found for sale in the bazaar. I just bought one for 20pp. Or you can loot one from an undead Cyclops in South Karana. If you hunt for one be aware that the undead Cyclops cannot be snared or rooted, at least my level 51 druid was not able to do so. The skull is returned to you on both success and failure.
OR
122-162 Jumjum Spiced Beer
Barley + Bottle + Hops + Jumjum Stalk + Spices + Water Flask
If you don’t want to mess with obtaining a Cyclops skull, you can make spiced beer. There are more items to combine, but it still works. The jumjum stalks can be bought in either Rivervale or from a halfling merchant in the short section of Shadowhaven. But for some there may be faction issues. Have you hugged a halfling today?
151 or 162-188 Faydwer Shakers
Elven Wine + Gnomish Spirits + Dwarven Ale + Mead + Cask
This is slightly more expensive than some of the earlier recipes, but its not too bad. And each success sells to merchants for about two gold.
188-248 Minotaur Hero's Brew
Short Beer (2) + Malt (3) + Water Flask (2) + Yeast + Cask
This is it, the dreaded mino hero brew. Its dreaded because it’s a nine item combine, repeated over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. Most people consider this portion of brewing to be a nightmare, but I’ve made Halas 10lb Meat Pies so it’s not so bad by comparison. There is a LOT of clicking involved in making mino hero brew, but its still amazing that such a cheap recipe can take you all the way to 248 brewing. So if this is truly getting you down, try working on tailoring or smithing and you’ll be thrilled to return to brewing.
248-250 Kaladim Constitutional
A Strange Dark Fungus + Underfoot Mushroom + Fermented Yarrow + Soda Water + Celestial Essence + Bottle + Cork + Corking Device.
The last two points are the most complicated to gain, as well as the most expensive. And if you have a brewing geerlok you really don’t need the last two points. A geerlok will give you +5% to your skill and the maximum skill the game mechanic allows is 252. So you can stop at 248 skill and not be any worse off for it. However, if I’ve worked hard to get all the way to 248 skill there is no way I’m not going to get my last two points. So it just depends on how anal-retentive you really are.
If you do want those last two points you’re going to have to pick up some ground spawn and do some sub combines.
There is a house with a small garden in North Kaladim. This is the same section of the city with the bank. Follow the path to the right of the bank, cross over a small bridge and make a jog to your left. The strange dark fungus and the underfoot mushrooms both spawn here, in unequal numbers, and respawn about every six minutes. There’s a stream next to the garden where you can practice your fishing or swimming while waiting for the spawn.
Fermented Yarrow is a brewing combine. Yarrow + Water Flask, trivial <=81. Yarrow can be bought from herb dealers.
Soda Water is made by combining soda and a flask of water, duhh. This is also a brewing combine so use a brew barrel. Remember the little gnome guy who sold you all those fishing grubs? Go talk to him again and he’ll be happy to sell you some soda as well.
Celestial Essence is a poison combine, but its no fail so anybody can do it. I’m sure you can buy the needed items form other vendors, but I’ve found the easiest place to buy them is PoK. You’ll need to combine celestial solvent and scent of marr in a mortar & pestle. Everything you’ll need is sold around the barbarian fisherman standing by the pool of water in PoK. The dark elf directly across from the pool sells the celestial solvent. Another dark elf, in a room full of dark elves at the top of the stairs on the right, sells the scent of marr. And one of the other dark elves in that room sells the mortar & pestle.
You can buy the corks in PoK as well. There a small shop around back of the dwarven smithing house, the one with all the forges. Take the stares up from the outside and you’ll find a gnome inside who sells corks, among other things.
And lastly you’ll need to buy a corking device. These uses to cost several thousand plat, but the prices have dropped a lot. When I bought mine I paid 1k. I would expect that by now they have dropped even more. The device is always returned, except for one particular combine. And you’ll need this device if you want to make things like Grobb Liquidised Meat. So it’s not such a bad investment. And if you decide to make a brewing trophy you’ll have to use a corking device as well. Unfortunately, the corking device is consumed in the trophy combine whether you succeed or fail.
That’s it. Get those last two points and your all done. You can now make drinks for fun and profit. Just remember not to drink while your trying to gain skill. Being drunk drops your wisdom and intelligence and you want one of them to be as high as possible to gain skill points as quickly as possible. Besides, they’ll be plenty of time to get drunk once you finish skilling up.
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Brewing is, in my opinion, the easiest and cheapest trade skill to grand master in all of Norrath, especially now that casks are stackable. The only time it even begins to get expensive is during the very last two points. There are numerous ways to raise any trade skill, brewing included, so if you want to try something different then by all means go for it. But this guide will get you to 250 in one of the most direct and cheapest paths currently available.
0-122 Fetid Essence
Fishing Grubs + Water Flask
This has to be one of the easiest recipes, if not the easiest, in the entire game. You can buy both of these items in PoK. The fishing grubs are sold by a little gnome gentleman standing atop a porch across from the entrance to the “evil” section of PoK. And the water is sold by a lady just around the corner from him. The brew barrels in PoK are often occupied so you may have to buy several stacks of supplies and brew them elsewhere.
122-151 Skull Ale
Cyclops Skull + Short Beer + Spices + Vinegar
This drink is a fun one to make because the graphic for the drink is a skull. The Cyclops skull can often be found for sale in the bazaar. I just bought one for 20pp. Or you can loot one from an undead Cyclops in South Karana. If you hunt for one be aware that the undead Cyclops cannot be snared or rooted, at least my level 51 druid was not able to do so. The skull is returned to you on both success and failure.
OR
122-162 Jumjum Spiced Beer
Barley + Bottle + Hops + Jumjum Stalk + Spices + Water Flask
If you don’t want to mess with obtaining a Cyclops skull, you can make spiced beer. There are more items to combine, but it still works. The jumjum stalks can be bought in either Rivervale or from a halfling merchant in the short section of Shadowhaven. But for some there may be faction issues. Have you hugged a halfling today?
151 or 162-188 Faydwer Shakers
Elven Wine + Gnomish Spirits + Dwarven Ale + Mead + Cask
This is slightly more expensive than some of the earlier recipes, but its not too bad. And each success sells to merchants for about two gold.
188-248 Minotaur Hero's Brew
Short Beer (2) + Malt (3) + Water Flask (2) + Yeast + Cask
This is it, the dreaded mino hero brew. Its dreaded because it’s a nine item combine, repeated over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. Most people consider this portion of brewing to be a nightmare, but I’ve made Halas 10lb Meat Pies so it’s not so bad by comparison. There is a LOT of clicking involved in making mino hero brew, but its still amazing that such a cheap recipe can take you all the way to 248 brewing. So if this is truly getting you down, try working on tailoring or smithing and you’ll be thrilled to return to brewing.
248-250 Kaladim Constitutional
A Strange Dark Fungus + Underfoot Mushroom + Fermented Yarrow + Soda Water + Celestial Essence + Bottle + Cork + Corking Device.
The last two points are the most complicated to gain, as well as the most expensive. And if you have a brewing geerlok you really don’t need the last two points. A geerlok will give you +5% to your skill and the maximum skill the game mechanic allows is 252. So you can stop at 248 skill and not be any worse off for it. However, if I’ve worked hard to get all the way to 248 skill there is no way I’m not going to get my last two points. So it just depends on how anal-retentive you really are.
If you do want those last two points you’re going to have to pick up some ground spawn and do some sub combines.
There is a house with a small garden in North Kaladim. This is the same section of the city with the bank. Follow the path to the right of the bank, cross over a small bridge and make a jog to your left. The strange dark fungus and the underfoot mushrooms both spawn here, in unequal numbers, and respawn about every six minutes. There’s a stream next to the garden where you can practice your fishing or swimming while waiting for the spawn.
Fermented Yarrow is a brewing combine. Yarrow + Water Flask, trivial <=81. Yarrow can be bought from herb dealers.
Soda Water is made by combining soda and a flask of water, duhh. This is also a brewing combine so use a brew barrel. Remember the little gnome guy who sold you all those fishing grubs? Go talk to him again and he’ll be happy to sell you some soda as well.
Celestial Essence is a poison combine, but its no fail so anybody can do it. I’m sure you can buy the needed items form other vendors, but I’ve found the easiest place to buy them is PoK. You’ll need to combine celestial solvent and scent of marr in a mortar & pestle. Everything you’ll need is sold around the barbarian fisherman standing by the pool of water in PoK. The dark elf directly across from the pool sells the celestial solvent. Another dark elf, in a room full of dark elves at the top of the stairs on the right, sells the scent of marr. And one of the other dark elves in that room sells the mortar & pestle.
You can buy the corks in PoK as well. There a small shop around back of the dwarven smithing house, the one with all the forges. Take the stares up from the outside and you’ll find a gnome inside who sells corks, among other things.
And lastly you’ll need to buy a corking device. These uses to cost several thousand plat, but the prices have dropped a lot. When I bought mine I paid 1k. I would expect that by now they have dropped even more. The device is always returned, except for one particular combine. And you’ll need this device if you want to make things like Grobb Liquidised Meat. So it’s not such a bad investment. And if you decide to make a brewing trophy you’ll have to use a corking device as well. Unfortunately, the corking device is consumed in the trophy combine whether you succeed or fail.
That’s it. Get those last two points and your all done. You can now make drinks for fun and profit. Just remember not to drink while your trying to gain skill. Being drunk drops your wisdom and intelligence and you want one of them to be as high as possible to gain skill points as quickly as possible. Besides, they’ll be plenty of time to get drunk once you finish skilling up.
have fisherman's companion if all else fails though. i am going to skyshrine for faydwer shakers myself but good luck getting faction there if you haven't been working on it already. thinking about the jum jum beer too though. i am at 191 baking so thinking about mtp's too. /shrug i just a tradeskill nut. i started getting ready for the shawl at lv 12 when i first saw it. some of us are masochists and some are crazy but us tradeskillers are fun to be with. 
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