Alcohol Brewing

In Obenseuer, the player can brew alcohols on the course of multi-step process.

The player can turn raw products into a mash, ferment that mash into alcohols and distill those alcohols into stronger ones. The player can also make their own Malts from Wheat, however this requires a Malter - a rare and expensive piece of furniture.

Each step increases the total value of produced items.

Overview

Each step has a dedicated equipment player can craft or buy and place inside The Player's Tenement or found in the world owned by other NPCs. Unlike regular crafting, the player can scale up the process by providing the correct ratio of ingredients within the capacity of that brewing equipment. Larger batches of the same recipe will take the same amount of time as a smaller batch would, which is crucial when planning the production.

Each step also has an associated skill. The player can sell produced alcohols to Teuvo Skogman at the Cold Drinks stall at the Market Square.

Mashing

Mashing is the first step of brewing, it is done using a Mashing Barrel, that needs fuel, or a Mashing Kettle, that needs electricity. The player can either find recipes for various mashes or guess them once all ingredients are placed inside machine's storage. Failed process will produce Ruined Mash (or Glowing Ruined Mash) which can be recycled in Composting. Once process finishes, player gains skill in Mashing.

Produced mash is stored in fluid containers and needs to be refrigerated to preserve it. After completing Me Mash! quest, the player can sell the mash to Pentti Penttilä at the Speakeasy Bar, the selling value is dependent on quality, that is dependent on the skill in mashing, difficulty of the recipe, used ingredients, and quality of used ingredients. Pentti pays in RM, making it a very important source of income.

Each mashing recipe is composed of the base ingredients, a leaven and at least 5 L of water. Type of water (Dirty vs Pure) affects resulting quality. Using mushrooms instead of Yeast heavily penalizes resulting quality, even with Excellent quality mushrooms, causing even easiest recipes to produce mostly Crap and Bad quality mash.

Base ingredients	Leavens (1 ×)	Water types (5 L)	Creates Mash
4 × Turnips 4 × Potatoes 8 × Shit 1 × Sugar or 4 × Sugar Beets or 5 L Sugar Beet Juice (No Water) 4 × Carrots 2 × Malts + 1 × Hops (requires 8 L of water instead) 5 × Apple 1 × Malts 1 × Malts + 1 × Juniper Barries + 1 × Juniper Branches 3 × Milk (requires 2 L of water instead) 1 × Rice 3 × Watermelons 0,5 L Blackcurrant Juice Concentrate 6 × Green Orbs 5 × Grapes	Yeast Bag of Green Mushrooms	Clean Water Dirty Water Shroom Water Spring Water Pure Water Heavy Water	Turnip Mash (5 L) Potato Mash (5 L) Feces Mash (5 L) Sugar Mash (5 L) Carrot Mash (5 L) Mash (8 L) Apple Mash (5 L) Ale Mash (5 L) Sahti Mash (5 L) Milk Mash (2 L) Rice Mash (5 L) Watermelon Mash (5 L) Blackcurrant Mash (5 L) Green Orb Mash (5 L) Grape Mash (5 L)

Fermenting

Fermenting is the second step of brewing and will produce a ready light alcohol, it is done using a Fermenting Barrel, a Fermenting Bucket or a Fermenting Container. To start the process, player needs to put in any mash they have. Fermenting, unlike other steps, takes several days to finish, so doing a large batch at the same time is desirable. Once process finishes, player gains skill in Brewing.

Quality of resulting wine is heavily affected by recipe difficulty (same as mash difficulty, but targeting Brewing instead of Mashing). For easier recipes, like Carrot Wine, this means that Crap quality mash is easily upgraded into Excellent wine.

Distilling

Optional step to produce stronger alcohols, it is done using a Small Moonshine Distillery or a Medium Moonshine Distillery, those that the player can craft or buy are powered by electricity, however the player can find in the world distilleries that require fuel to operate. To start the process, the player needs to put in any alcohol they have, if alcohol can be distilled further, the recipe will be revealed. Once process finishes, player gains skill in Distilling.

Each alcohol distilling process requires at least a 1 L of light alcohol, normal or mushroom one, and will output 0,4 L of stronger alcohol, normal or mushroom one accordingly, and 0,1 L of Methanol. If the distilling process fails, the output will yield only 0,2 L of Bottoms, or Glowing Bottoms accordingly, instead.

Light alcohol (1 L)		Strong alcohol (0,4 L)
Turnip Wine	⇒	Turnip Moonshine
Potato Wine	⇒	Potato Moonshine
Fecal Kilju	⇒	Fecal Moonshine
Kilju	⇒	Moonshine
Carrot Wine	⇒	Carrot Moonshine
Beer	⇒	Rich Whiskey
Cider	⇒	Applejack
Ale	⇒	Whiskey
Sahti	⇒	Väkisahti
Kumis	⇒	Milk Moonshine
Rice Wine	⇒	Shochu
Watermelon Wine	⇒	Watermelon Moonshine
Blackcurrant Wine	⇒	Blackcurrant Liqueur
Wine	⇒	Brandy
Green Orb Brew	⇒	Orbsinthe

Strong, non-mushroom alcohols can be further refined into Ethanol.

Bottling

While the quality of ingredient plays a large part on the final quality, bottling also matters a lot. The container you pick can make or break your final price. For the best payout, always go for Wine Bottles or Fancy Glass Bottles, as they fetch the highest value. In this example, one liter of excellent quality Strawberry Liquor's value fluctuate between 819  in a 20 L container, 1140  in a 1.5 L Wine Bottle and 2320  in a Fancy Glass Bottle, meaning using Fancy Glass Bottles instead of 20 L container can almost triple the final sell price.

Container	Capacity	Multiplier	Container value (OC)
Plastic Bucket	8 L	0.65	11
10 L Bottle	10 L	0.70	7
Plastic Container	20 L	0.70	11
Plastic Bottle	0.5 L	0.80	1
Pint	1 L	0.80	57
Glass Bottle	0.3 L	0.90	1
Cup	0.2 L	1.00	16
Fancy Drinking Glass	0.2 L	1.00	40
Large Plastic Bottle	1 L	1.00	2
Wine Bottle	1.5 L	1.00	2
Mason Jar	2 L	1.00	4
Clear Glass Bottle	0.5 L	1.10	1
Wineglass	0.3 L	2.00	47
Fancy Glass Bottle	1.2 L	2.00	21

Mash Selling Chart (WIP)

The container effects the price. You can sell jars of mash to One Stop Shop if they are in Jars. The quality also makes a difference. Currently only showing data for excellent quality products. This is a work in progress. Prices are in RM, except One Stop Shop, which is OC. The small number under each price is the price per liter.

	0.3 (beer bottle)	.5 (plastic bottle)	.5 (Clear Glass)	1 (plastic bottle)	1 (Pint)	1.5 (wine bottle)	2 L (Jar)	One Stop Shop Jars	8 (plastic bucket)	10	20 (plastice container)
Black current bush
Cabbage
Carrot				3.9  3.90/L		7.3  4.87/L	10  5.00/L		20.4  2.55/L
Grapes
Hops
Leek
Lettuce
Onion				0.3  0.30/L
Potato	1.3  4.33/L	1.8  3.60/L		4.4  4.40/L		6.5  4.33/L	7.80  3.90/L		23.1  2.89/L	29.2  2.92/L	51.7  2.59/L
Sugar beet				2.9  2.90/L					20.4  2.55/L	19.2  1.92/L	38  1.90/L
Tobacco plant
Turnip	0.90  3.00/L	1.40  2.80/L	1.80  3.60/L	2.90  2.90/L	10.70  10.70/L	4.90  3.27/L	6.90  3.45/L	48  24/L	17.80  2.23/L	19.40  1.94/L	38.20  1.91/L
Glowing turnip						4.20  2.80/L
Wheat
Betal palm nut
Sugarbeet
Ale mash
White grape mash									13.10 (poor)  1.64/L

Fermented Drinks Selling Chart (WIP)

Prices for wines, kilju and other fermented drinks. The container and quality both affect the price; pick a quality tab. Prices are in OC. The small number under each price is the price per liter.

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	0.3 (beer bottle)	.5 (plastic bottle)	.5 (Clear Glass)	1 (plastic bottle)	1 (Pint)	1.5 (wine bottle)	2 L (Jar)	8 (plastic bucket)	10	20 (plastic container)
Carrot wine						110  73.33/L
Carrot mushroom wine						102  68/L				946  47.30/L
Kilju			22  44.00/L				84  42.00/L			496  (17.5 L) 28.34/L
Potato mushroom wine						92  61.33/L				852  42.60/L
Turnip mushroom wine						74  49.33/L				684  34.20/L
Turnip wine	16   53.33/L	23  46/L	32  64.00/L	58  58/L	108  108/L	86  57.33/L	117  58.5/L	303  37.875/L		796  39.8/L

	0.3 (beer bottle)	.5 (plastic bottle)	.5 (Clear Glass)	1 (plastic bottle)	1 (Pint)	1.5 (wine bottle)	2 L (Jar)	8 (plastic bucket)	10	20 (plastic container)
Carrot wine	13  43.33/L		25  50.00/L			68  45.33/L	93  46.50/L		317  31.70/L	629  31.45/L

	0.3 (beer bottle)	.5 (plastic bottle)	.5 (Clear Glass)	1 (plastic bottle)	1 (Pint)	1.5 (wine bottle)	2 L (Jar)	8 (plastic bucket)	10	20 (plastic container)
Carrot wine						54  36/L				499  24.95/L

This table includes the base container value and may therefore be innacurate.

The table below has the base values removed.

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	0.3 (beer bottle)	.5 (plastic bottle)	.5 (Clear Glass)	1 (plastic bottle)	1 (Pint)	1.5 (wine bottle)	2 L (Jar)	8 (plastic bucket)	10	20 (plastic container)
Carrot wine						108  72.00/L
Carrot mushroom wine						100  66.67/L				934  46.70/L
Potato mushroom wine						90  60/L				840  42/L
Turnip mushroom wine						72  48.00/L				672  33.60/L
Turnip wine	15   50/L	22  44/L	31  62.00/L	56  56/L	45  45/L	82  56/L	112  56/L	291  36.375/L		784  39.2/L

	0.3 (beer bottle)	.5 (plastic bottle)	.5 (Clear Glass)	1 (plastic bottle)	1 (Pint)	1.5 (wine bottle)	2 L (Jar)	8 (plastic bucket)	10	20 (plastic container)
Carrot wine						52  34.67/L				487  24.35/L

Distilled Drinks Selling Chart (WIP)

Prices for moonshine and other distilled drinks. The container and quality both affect the price; pick a quality tab. Prices are in OC. The small number under each price is the price per liter. Distilling gives 0.4 L of spirit per 1 L of input, so distilling is worth it when the spirit's price per liter is more than 2.5 times the input's.

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	0.3 (beer bottle)	.5 (plastic bottle)	.5 (Clear Glass)	1 (plastic bottle)	1 (Pint)	1.5 (wine bottle)	2 L (Jar)	8 (plastic bucket)	10	20 (plastic container)
Blackcurrant Liqueur						374  249.33/L
Carrot Moonshine						326  217.33/L				3036  151.80/L
Carrot mushroom moonshine						296  197.33/L				2756  137.80/L
Moonshine (from Kilju)			67  134.00/L				242  121.00/L
Mushroom moonshine (from Kilju)						170  113.33/L
Potato mushroom moonshine						260  173,33/L				2420  121.00/L
Turnip mushroom moonshine						224  149.33/L				2084  102.4/L

	0.3 (beer bottle)	.5 (plastic bottle)	.5 (Clear Glass)	1 (plastic bottle)	1 (Pint)	1.5 (wine bottle)	2 L (Jar)	8 (plastic bucket)	10	20 (plastic container)
Carrot moonshine			35  70.00/L