Player-Made Brewing Vat/Distiller!

Raltin

Ever wanted to make a meadery, a taphouse that makes its own drinks, or some variation thereof? Well, the number one thing that players forget to add when they build their own bar is the means of production: a brewing vat or distiller! BEHOLD!



On the outside, a brewing vat and a distiller can look rather similar, especially given the lack of advanced metal craft that is common in Tamriel, so this design works for both, though keep in mind that the inner mechanisms hidden by the outside shell will be very different dependent on whether it is a vat or a still... but what is the difference between brewing and distilling? A brewing vat aids in the initial fermentation of liquids into alcohol, usually through boiling the mixture though this is not always required, and creates drinks such as beer, mead, wine, and cider. Distilling is the process of boiling an already existing alcoholic liquid (whether it was a previously existing beverage, or a liquid mixture not yet intended for consumption) and condensing the steam produced by the boiling process into an even purer alcoholic beverage with a higher alcohol content, often referred to as hard liquors. To give an example; distilling creates brandy out of wine. Other examples of drinks created by distillation are rum, whisky, gin, and vodka.

Follow my simple design, and you'll be mixing up drinks in no time!

Furnishings required: 1 clockwork keg, 1 clockwork barrel (flip it upside down and place it on top of the keg!), 3 scavenged supports (clip into the top ring of the keg, and triangulate them so that they are as even as possible to act as legs for the distiller), and 1 heat source that can fit underneath the keg and between the supports (I used an orcish brazier, tabletop).

Happy brewing, or distilling!

Raltin

Forgot to mention; the keg and barrel have to be made by you, but the scavenged supports are bought from the general furnishings vendor in the brass fortress, in the clockwork city. Heat source varies, depending on what you use/buy.

airie

thanks for sharing @Raltin ♡

Raltin

airie wrote: »

thanks for sharing @Raltin ♡

Forgot to mention for both the brewing and distilling processes, you will need aging casks, sometimes multiple ones, as the creation of various alcohols vary depending on the drink. For this, the Gold Coast Estate Casks you get from the achievement furnishing vendor in Kvatch are ideal... to give an example; mead needs to be aged in two separate containers after it's been brewed; the first is for the initial fermenting process, and the second aging cask is for helping to separate the dried yeast cells from the drink. Finally, if your house is in a cold climate, if we're continuing on with mead here, you can either skip this design if you think your drinks would be cleared with isinglass, OR you can put a few kegs outside, which are referred to as cold-break kegs/casks; leaving the mead outside over night in the cold de-clouds the mead and makes it nice and clear... after being filtered by isinglass or cold-breaking, the mead is ready for consumption!

Araneae6537

This thread is educational as well as great ideas for furnishing breweries! Thank you for sharing, @Raltin!