Intergalactic Summit

With discussions often dominated by the maudlin topics of being space monsters, murderers, and artificers of pseudo-intellectual tautology I think it's often overlooked sharing the small pleasures in life. And if there's one pleasure shared among any truly cultured civilization, that's brewing beer and getting drunk on it with your friends and strangers who become your friends.

So feel free to share your favourite beers (or times drinking beers) since I'm always interested in sampling cultures through libation. I'll offer up two of my favourites:

Sokuuya: A traditional Caldari, "Winter Lager," or Northen Beer. Differentiated from the, "Summer Ales," or Southern Beers by its use of kresh leaves instead of hops as a bittering agent and the use of a slow fermentation yeast strain while in cold storage. The result is a clear, crisp and clean lager with a nicely carbonated body and just the right amount of bite on the palette. Although many foreigners often remark it is too bitter, the only response to that is if there's one thing any Caldari enjoys in life it is a well developed bitterness.

Fjalkur: Stumbled upon this Thukker ale while in Evati. It's some kind of dark wheat beer - not sure how to describe it. Supposedly it's made by the Tribe only on certain planets in the Great Wildlands where it's fermented out in the open by wild yeasts instead of cultured ones. Not sure if that's true or not but the end result is delicious with its full body, sweet taste, smoky aroma, and just an edge of pleasant sourness.

@fakeveik

Whiskey if I have it. Whatever is laying around the house if I don't. Only two reasons I drink: Bad things have happened and I need a short coping aid, or I have a rare fancy to have a drink (those normally happen on roams)

That was more the Crash than the vodka though, right?

Crash is one hell of a drug, let me tell you.



Yes, those hairy yaks and barbarians from the north do know their lagers. <3

When I was younger I use to fly with some Thukkers. They had something called "The Vagabond Special." Pretty sure it was made out of engine fluid and propane. I wouldn't recommend drinking it if you value your eye-sight.

On the plus side, it also makes a pretty effective improvised explosive.

I believe my favoured beer is a 'Home-brew' Special. After carefully negotiating several XL citadel sized shell casings in exchange for a few nix hounds from a very friendly (and I believe drunk) Thrukka. I've begun making (and drinking) what can only be described as home-brew ( technically I call it 'Old Drake No1').

After securing a 50/50 split of New Caldari Barley and Jita Malt inside a secure container it's then left in the exhaust trail of a drone MWD until suitably roasted.

This is then combined with my own blend of hops and yeast along with copious amounts of purified water then sealed into containers and hauled around behind my Drake for several weeks. The temperature regulated by AB and MWD bursts when required.

Three to Five weeks later and i've a potent brew, as dark as a wormhole but with taste to rival that of the finest stout within New Eden.

I do have to add that my Caldari nature permits a drop of Jita Forge Bitters at the end just to balance out the brew. After all as Veikitamo Gesakaarin said, we do like bitterness

And absolutely lethal to anyone who isn't Caldari.

What the heck are you talking about?

I actually came across a really, really nice mead at the PIE party this weekend. I don't remember the brand, but it was one that Senior Captain Laerisse recommended. She had someone set some out in the conservatory, really, top-flight stuff. Very smooth. I think they used either pre-distillation grain ferments or maybe grape, instead of the normal barm to begin fermentation. Either way, I need to look into getting a few dozen bottles shipped out to Delve.

I dunno... you did threaten to throw me across the Masque.