Brews

Craft the realm's drinks — from small beer to Arbor Gold, and darker things besides. Exact timing, the right barrel wood, rare ingredients; one careless step ruins the batch.

Last updated: 2026-07-20 1:41 AM EST.

How brewing works

1. Cook — boil the exact ingredients in a cauldron over fire for the listed minutes (check with a clock).
2. Bottle — right-click the cauldron with glass bottles.
3. Distil (spirits) — brewing stand, the exact number of runs.
4. Age — barrel of the correct wood; one year ≈ 20 real min loaded; over-age = vinegar.
   Barrels: small — 8 same-wood stairs in a 2×2 cask, sign reading Barrel (9 bottles). Large — that wood's planks + stairs with a fence spigot in front, sign on the spigot (27).

Difficulty, spoilage & effects

Brews score 1–5 stars by how closely you match the recipe — difficulty sets the margins, from Forgiving to Master. A ruinable brew can be permanently spoiled: over-distil, over-age, or use the wrong wood.

Potions are disabled — brews are the buffs. Harder brews grant stronger effects, and botching a strong one turns it against you. A well-brewed poison copies a real drink's exact name and colour; only a botched batch shows a telltale name. Easiest first, poisons last.

Forgiving

Wide margins — hard to get wrong. Start your brewing here.

Small Beer

Light

The daily brew of the smallfolk — light and safer than well-water.

Ingredients 3× Wheat

CraftBoil 4 min → bottle fresh

EffectsSaturation 30–60s

Tricky

Some care needed: watch the timing and use the right barrel wood.

Crossroads Ale

Moderate

The brown ale of the Inn at the Crossroads.

Ingredients 4× Wheat 1× Cocoa Beans

CraftBoil 6 min → age ~80 min in an Oak barrel

EffectsSpeed 25–45s

Cider Hall Cider

Moderate

Apple cider from Cider Hall, seat of House Fossoway.

Ingredients 4× Apple 1× Sugar

CraftBoil 5 min → age ~80 min in an Oak barrel

EffectsJump Boost 30–60s

Woods Witch's Tincture

Non-alcoholic

A soothing herbal restorative of maesters and woods witches.

Ingredients 2× Fern 1× Dandelion 1× Honey Bottle

CraftBoil 3 min → bottle fresh

EffectsInstant Health

Mead

Moderate

Fermented honey and water — the classic honey wine.

Ingredients 3× Honey Bottle 1× Sugar

CraftBoil 6 min → age ~3 h in an Oak barrel

EffectsRegeneration 12–24s

Pomegranate Wine

Moderate

A ruby wine tasting of pomegranates — sailors swear it brings fortune with the nets.

Ingredients 3× Beetroot 1× Sweet Berries 1× Sugar

CraftBoil 6 min → age ~3 h in a Cherry barrel

EffectsLuck 90–180s

Autumn Ale

Moderate

Strong autumn beer, brewed against the coming cold.

Ingredients 5× Wheat 2× Pumpkin 1× Brown Mushroom

CraftBoil 8 min → age ~4 h in a Spruce barrel

EffectsFire Resistance 40–80s

Dornish Red

Moderate

The sour red of Dorne — cheap, strong, and everywhere.

Ingredients 6× Sweet Berries

CraftBoil 6 min → age ~3 h in a Cherry barrel

EffectsStrength 12–20s

Pear Perry

Moderate

Fermented pears — light, floral, and pale.

Ingredients 4× Apple 1× Honey Bottle

CraftBoil 6 min → age ~3 h in a Birch barrel

EffectsJump Boost II 20–40s

Spiced Mead

Moderate

Mead warmed with autumn spice, fit for a lord's table.

Ingredients 3× Honey Bottle 1× Cocoa Beans 1× Sugar

CraftBoil 7 min → age ~4 h in an Oak barrel

EffectsHaste 40–80s

Demanding

Tight windows — a careless step can spoil the whole batch.

Hippocras

Moderate

Spiced honey-wine served at feasts — a toast that mends wounds on the spot.

Ingredients 5× Sweet Berries 2× Honey Bottle 1× Cocoa Beans 1× Nether Wart

CraftBoil 8 min → age ~5 h in an Oak barrel

EffectsHealth Boost 90–180s

Milk of the Poppy

Light

A maester's painkiller. Dulls all pain — and the mind with it.

Ingredients 3× Poppy 1× Milk Bucket 1× Sugar

CraftBoil 5 min → bottle fresh

EffectsInstant Health IISlowness 40–60sNausea 10–20s

Dornish Plum Wine

Moderate

Sweet Dornish plum wine, singing of cherries and dark oak.

Ingredients 5× Sweet Berries 1× Beetroot 1× Sugar

CraftBoil 7 min → age ~4 h in a Cherry barrel

EffectsNight Vision 90–180s

Fossoway Strong Cider

Strong

Fossoway cider with a fearsome bite.

Ingredients 6× Apple 1× Sugar 1× Nether Wart

CraftBoil 6 min → age ~4 h in an Oak barrel

EffectsSpeed II 20–35s

Arbor Red

Moderate

A quality red from the Reach's famous vineyards.

Ruinable

Ingredients 7× Sweet Berries 1× Sugar

CraftBoil 9 min → age ~6 h in an Oak barrel

EffectsRegeneration 30–50s

Last Hearth Ale

Strong

The strong dark ale of the far North — House Umber's own.

Ruinable

Ingredients 6× Wheat 2× Cocoa Beans

CraftBoil 9 min → age ~5 h in a Dark Oak barrel

EffectsResistance 20–35s

Dornish Strongwine

Strong

Dark as blood and sweet — stronger than it seems.

Ruinable

Ingredients 7× Sweet Berries 1× Beetroot 1× Sugar 1× Nether Wart

CraftBoil 10 min → age ~12 h in a Dark Oak barrel

EffectsStrength 20–40sResistance 15–30s

Fermented Mare's Milk

Strong

Fermented mare's milk — the drink of the horse lords.

Ruinable

Ingredients 2× Milk Bucket 1× Sugar

CraftBoil 7 min → age ~2 h in any barrel

EffectsStrength 15–30sSpeed 20–40s

White Harbor Stout

Strong

A thick northern stout, exported as far as Braavos.

Ruinable

Ingredients 7× Wheat 2× Cocoa Beans 2× Brown Mushroom

CraftBoil 11 min → age ~9 h in a Spruce barrel

EffectsFire Resistance 60–120sWater Breathing 60–120s

Wine of Courage

Strong

The drugged wine of the Unsullied — it deadens all pain, and all feeling.

Ruinable

Ingredients 5× Sweet Berries 1× Fermented Spider Eye 1× Nether Wart 1× Sugar

CraftBoil 9 min → age ~7 h in an Acacia barrel

EffectsResistance 40–80sWeakness 40–80s

Punishing

Exacting work: precise timing, distilling, and the exact wood.

Arbor Gold

Strong

The most prized vintage in the Seven Kingdoms — liquid sunlight.

Ruinable

Ingredients 5× Glow Berries 2× Honey Bottle 1× Sugar

CraftBoil 11 min → age ~16 h in a Birch barrel

EffectsAbsorption II 60–120s

Dreamwine

Moderate

The maesters' draught for deep sweet sleep — you drift, feather-light, into dreams.

Ruinable

Ingredients 4× Sweet Berries 2× Poppy 1× Phantom Membrane 1× Honey Bottle

CraftBoil 8 min → distil ×1 → age ~6 h in a Pale Oak barrel

EffectsSlow Falling 40–80sDarkness — if botched

Pear Brandy

Very strong

The famous distilled pear brandy of Tyrosh.

Ruinable

Ingredients 6× Apple 2× Glow Berries 2× Sugar

CraftBoil 7 min → distil ×2 → age ~11 h in an Acacia barrel

EffectsSpeed 60–120sJump Boost 40–80sNausea — if botched

Arbor Strongwine

Very strong

A lord's private fortified reserve — the longest to age.

Ruinable

Ingredients 6× Sweet Berries 3× Glow Berries 1× Sugar 1× Nether Wart

CraftBoil 12 min → age ~1.3 days in a Dark Oak barrel

EffectsStrength 30–50sResistance 20–40sNausea — if botched

Drowned God's Brine

Strong

What is dead may never die — the Drowned God grants the sea itself.

Ruinable

Ingredients 6× Dried Kelp 1× Pufferfish 1× Nautilus Shell 1× Sugar

CraftBoil 10 min → distil ×2 → age ~4 h in a Mangrove barrel

EffectsConduit Power 180–360sNausea — if botched

Firewine

Very strong

"It tastes of burning" — a fierce distilled liquor.

Ruinable

Ingredients 2× Blaze Powder 1× Magma Cream 2× Sugar 1× Nether Wart

CraftBoil 8 min → distil ×3 → age ~5 h in a Crimson barrel

EffectsFire Resistance 150–300sStrength 15–30sNausea — if botched

Pale Green Nectar

Very strong

The delicate pale-green nectar of Myr.

Ruinable

Ingredients 5× Melon Slice 2× Glow Berries 1× Honey Bottle 1× Ghast Tear

CraftBoil 7 min → distil ×1 → age ~8 h in a Warped barrel

EffectsNight Vision 150–300sPoison — if botched

Spiced Rum

Very strong

Dark spiced rum, distilled under a hot sun.

Ruinable

Ingredients 8× Sugar Cane 2× Cocoa Beans 1× Nether Wart 1× Sugar

CraftBoil 9 min → distil ×3 → age ~15 h in a Jungle barrel

EffectsDolphin's Grace 120–240sSpeed 30–60sNausea — if botched

Master

The realm's finest and fiercest — only a true master brews these well.

Shadewine

Strong

The black wine of Asshai-by-the-Shadow — its drinkers walk unseen.

Ruinable

Ingredients 3× Chorus Fruit 3× Ink Sac 1× Ghast Tear 1× Dragon Breath

CraftBoil 10 min → distil ×2 → age ~5 h in a Warped barrel

EffectsInvisibility 30–60sNight Vision 120–240sBlindness 4–8sNausea — if botched

Valyrian Firewine

Very strong

Valyrian firewine — the dragonlords' own, it burns like dragon's blood.

Ruinable

Ingredients 2× Blaze Powder 2× Magma Cream 1× Dragon Breath 1× Ghast Tear 2× Sugar

CraftBoil 9 min → distil ×3 → age ~7 h in a Crimson barrel

EffectsFire Resistance 180–360sStrength 25–45sResistance 20–40sNausea — if botched

Lysene Sweetwine

Strong

Perfumed sweet wine of Lys — liquid silk, worth its weight in gold.

Ruinable

Ingredients 4× Glow Berries 2× Honey Bottle 3× Sweet Berries 1× Ghast Tear 1× Sugar

CraftBoil 11 min → age ~17 h in a Birch barrel

EffectsRegeneration II 20–35sAbsorption 45–90sNausea — if botched

Shade of the Evening

Strong

The blue wine of the warlocks of Qarth — it grants strange visions.

Ruinable

Ingredients 3× Chorus Fruit 2× Ink Sac 1× Dragon Breath

CraftBoil 10 min → distil ×2 → age ~4 h in a Pale Oak barrel

EffectsNight Vision 180–360sRegeneration 20–40sNausea 20–35sBlindness 5–9s

Poisons & Toxins

Brewed to pass as an innocent cup — a well-made poison even takes on the name and colour of a real drink. Roleplay intrigue only; the victim must choose to drink.

Sweetsleep

Light

A sweet sedative — and a killing draught in large doses.

DemandingPoison

Ingredients 3× Sugar 2× Poppy 1× Spider Eye

CraftBoil 6 min → age ~2 h in any barrel

DisguiseBrewed well, it passes as Honeyed Mead

PoisonSlowness II 30–60sBlindness 15–30sPoison 20–40s

Widow's Nightshade

Moderate

Nightshade steeped into dark wine; passable as a Dornish red to the unwary.

DemandingPoisonRuinable

Ingredients 4× Sweet Berries 1× Fermented Spider Eye 1× Spider Eye

CraftBoil 7 min → age ~3 h in a Cherry barrel

DisguiseBrewed well, it passes as Fine Dornish Red

PoisonPoison II 40–70sNausea 20–40sWeakness 30–60s

The Strangler

Non-alcoholic

A crystal that dissolves without a trace and seizes the throat.

PunishingPoisonRuinable

Ingredients 2× Fermented Spider Eye 1× Pufferfish 1× Nether Wart

CraftBoil 9 min → distil ×2 → age ~3 h in a Pale Oak barrel

DisguiseBrewed well, it passes as Dornish Strongwine

PoisonWither 40–70s hiddenPoison II 30–50s hiddenSlowness II 20–40s hidden

Tears of Lys

Non-alcoholic

Colourless, tasteless death that leaves no trace — rare and costly.

MasterPoisonRuinable

Ingredients 2× Pufferfish 1× Fermented Spider Eye 1× Ghast Tear

CraftBoil 8 min → distil ×3 → bottle fresh

DisguiseBrewed well, it passes as Spring Water

PoisonPoison III 50–90s hiddenWither 30–60s hiddenHunger II 40–80s hidden