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Fermenting vat

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Fermenting Vat
Released11 July 2005 (Update)
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Fermenting vats are used in brewing to prepare the various types of ales and cider as part of the Cooking skill. There are four fermenting vats in Gielinor. One is located in eastern Keldagrim, on the 1st floor[UK]2nd floor[US] of the Laughing Miner Pub. The other vats are located in Port Phasmatys underneath the The Green Ghost pub, in the Moonrise Brewery and Winery on Aldarin island in Varlamore, and in the Burgh de Rott Myreque Hideout.

To use the vats, brewing ingredients must be put into them, followed by waiting until it is done. On average this takes 26 hours, then players must drain the vat with the valve into the nearby barrel and then collect it with either 8 beer glasses or 2 calquat kegs.

Locations

Location Members Spawns Map
1st floor[UK]2nd floor[US] of the Laughing Miner Pub in eastern KeldagrimMembers1Show map
Basement of The Green Ghost in Port PhasmatysMembers1Show map
Ground Floor of the Moonrise Brewery and Meadery on AldarinMembers1Show map
Myreque Hideout inside Burgh de Rott (after completion of The Blood Moon Rises)Members1Show map

Brewing Process

Ales

The main ingredients for ales are: 2 bucket of water, 2 barley malt, 1 ale yeast, and optionally: 1 the stuff

Steps
1. Use 2 bucket of water on the fermenting vat
2. Use 2 barley malt on the fermenting vat
3. Optional: Use 1 the stuff on the fermenting vat, increasing the chance to mature the ale from 5% to 64%
4. Use the ingredients specific to the brew type you want to make
5. Use 1 ale yeast on the fermenting vat
6. Wait for 3 x 640 minute cycles (with the stuff added, between 3 x 640 and 16 x 640 minutes)
7. Use the valve to drain the completed ale into the barrel
8. Use 8 beer glasses or 2 calquat kegs on the barrel full of the completed ale

Cider

The main ingredients for cider are: 4 buckets of apple mush, 1 ale yeast

Steps
1. Use 4 buckets of apple mush on the fermenting vat
2. Use 1 ale yeast on the fermenting vat
3. Wait for three 640 minutes farming cycles
4. Use the valve to drain the completed ale into the barrel
5. Use 8 beer glasses or 2 calquat kegs on the barrel full of the completed cider

Products

ProductMembersFacilitySkillsXPMaterials
8 × Asgarnian ale
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 24
  • Cooking 248
2 × Asgarnian ale(4)
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 24
  • Cooking 248
8 × Asgarnian ale(m)
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 24
  • Cooking 248
2 × Asgarnian ale(m4)
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 24
  • Cooking 248
8 × Axeman's folly
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 49
  • Cooking 413
2 × Axeman's folly(4)
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 49
  • Cooking 413
8 × Axeman's folly(m)
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 49
  • Cooking 413
2 × Axeman's folly(m4)
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 49
  • Cooking 413
8 × Chef's delight
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 54
  • Cooking 446
2 × Chef's delight(4)
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 54
  • Cooking 446
8 × Chef's delight(m)
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 54
  • Cooking 446
2 × Chef's delight(m4)
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 54
  • Cooking 446
8 × Cider
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 14
  • Cooking 182
2 × Cider(4)
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 14
  • Cooking 182
  • 4 × Apple mush
  • 1 × Ale yeast
  • 2 × Calquat keg
2 × Cider(m4)
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 14
  • Cooking 182
  • 4 × Apple mush
  • 1 × Ale yeast
  • 2 × Calquat keg
8 × Dragon bitter
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 39
  • Cooking 347
2 × Dragon bitter(4)
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 39
  • Cooking 347
8 × Dragon bitter(m)
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 39
  • Cooking 347
2 × Dragon bitter(m4)
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 39
  • Cooking 347
8 × Dwarven stout
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 19
  • Cooking 215
2 × Dwarven stout(4)
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 19
  • Cooking 215
8 × Dwarven stout(m)
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 19
  • Cooking 215
2 × Dwarven stout(m4)
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 19
  • Cooking 215
8 × Greenman's ale
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 29
  • Cooking 281
8 × Greenman's ale(m)
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 29
  • Cooking 281
2 × Greenmans ale(4)
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 29
  • Cooking 281
2 × Greenmans ale(m4)
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 29
  • Cooking 281
1 × Kelda stout
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 22
  • Cooking 6
8 × Mature cider
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 14
  • Cooking 182
8 × Mature wmb
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 34
  • Cooking 314
2 × Mind bomb(4)
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 34
  • Cooking 314
2 × Mind bomb(m4)
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 34
  • Cooking 314
8 × Moonlight mead
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 44
  • Cooking 380
2 × Moonlight mead(4)
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 44
  • Cooking 480
8 × Moonlight mead(m)
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 44
  • Cooking 480
2 × Moonlight mead(m4)
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 44
  • Cooking 480
8 × Slayer's respite
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 59
  • Cooking 479
2 × Slayer's respite(4)
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 59
  • Cooking 215
8 × Slayer's respite(m)
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 59
  • Cooking 215
2 × Slayer's respite(m4)
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 59
  • Cooking 215
8 × Wizard's mind bomb
Members
  • Brewery
  • Cooking 34
  • Cooking 314

Sources & credits

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