The alcohol is horrble

[Senkoau]

I finally got around to reading some of the item descriptions and of the dozen varieties of wine, bear and other sitting in my supplies. The vast majority seem to be swill you wouldn't actually want to drink. Even the good ones sound . . . iffy "It hits the tongue like a bull big, MEATY and hard."

[Simple Kind of Man]

so just like real life?

[seeker1]

BTW, although the game allows you to use only alcohol as camp supplies (and has an achievement for it), I know of no nutritionist or dietician that would tell you you can survive ONLY on alcohol for weeks. Sure, it has calories, but it's not exactly got a wide range of nutrients.

Also, oddly, the game DOES have a "drunk" condition, but drinking most alcohol doesn't actually trigger it.
https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Drunk_(Condition)

[kbiz]

Yeah, but they are nice when you want to exactly target 40 or 80 supplies for a long rest.

Plus, look at the prisons. What's the description of hooch? Don't player hate.

[Senkoau]

Originally posted by seeker1:

BTW, although the game allows you to use only alcohol as camp supplies (and has an achievement for it), I know of no nutritionist or dietician that would tell you you can survive ONLY on alcohol for weeks. Sure, it has calories, but it's not exactly got a wide range of nutrients.

I'm not so sure of that given these descriptions, some of these options seem like something you'd chew rather than drink.

[Senkoau]

Originally posted by kbiz:

Yeah, but they are nice when you want to exactly target 40 or 80 supplies for a long rest.

Plus, look at the prisons. What's the description of hooch? Don't player hate.

Is it wrong to want some good high quality, possibly magical vintages to spend my gold on?

[seeker1]

Yeah, BTW, apparently you do just fine eating all those rotting carrots, rotten apples, and other rotting fruits & vegetables, without getting sick, too (which I find surprising).

EDIT: sorry! I take this back! Avoid the rotten carrots, rotting fish, and other rotten food, as apparently they inflict the Poisoned condition (according to the wiki). (BTW, I think I was usually doing this anyway.) ... for 10 turns.

ALSO: seems like most alcohol can give you this condition - but it only lasts 2 turns.
https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Alcohol_(Condition)

So it's not like you stay drunk for hours.

[Tom]

Originally posted by Senkoau:

Originally posted by seeker1:

BTW, although the game allows you to use only alcohol as camp supplies (and has an achievement for it), I know of no nutritionist or dietician that would tell you you can survive ONLY on alcohol for weeks. Sure, it has calories, but it's not exactly got a wide range of nutrients.

I'm not so sure of that given these descriptions, some of these options seem like something you'd chew rather than drink.

Maybe its extra chunky beer

[kbiz]

Originally posted by Senkoau:

Originally posted by kbiz:

Yeah, but they are nice when you want to exactly target 40 or 80 supplies for a long rest.

Plus, look at the prisons. What's the description of hooch? Don't player hate.

Is it wrong to want some good high quality, possibly magical vintages to spend my gold on?

No. Hell no!

I was just playing devil's advocate. Cheers to the good stuff.

[An Irate Walrus]

Originally posted by Simple Kind of Man:

so just like real life?

It can be difficult if you're in the US, but try a microbrew that *isn't* one of those hipster-brewed "we crammed five barrels of hops into a single glass" IPAs, and your experience might improve.

Or it might not.

To each their own.

[Govi]

Originally posted by Senkoau:

I finally got around to reading some of the item descriptions and of the dozen varieties of wine, bear and other sitting in my supplies. The vast majority seem to be swill you wouldn't actually want to drink. Even the good ones sound . . . iffy "It hits the tongue like a bull big, MEATY and hard."

I don’t think the average person got good alcohol historically because they were poor

[Quillithe]

Originally posted by seeker1:

BTW, although the game allows you to use only alcohol as camp supplies (and has an achievement for it), I know of no nutritionist or dietician that would tell you you can survive ONLY on alcohol for weeks. Sure, it has calories, but it's not exactly got a wide range of nutrients.

Also, oddly, the game DOES have a "drunk" condition, but drinking most alcohol doesn't actually trigger it.
https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Drunk_(Condition)

Honestly couldn't you survive on alcohol for quite some time? Especially if it's low ABV?

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2011/04/the-budweiser-diet-how-long-can-you-survive-on-beer-alone.html

Yeah, sounds like beer and water for a month is very doable, you just eventually get scurvy. And other nutritional problems.

So as long as your party has coronas with lime they'll be fine I assume!

[kbiz]

Originally posted by An Irate Walrus:

Originally posted by Simple Kind of Man:

so just like real life?

It can be difficult if you're in the US, but try a microbrew that *isn't* one of those hipster-brewed "we crammed five barrels of hops into a single glass" IPAs, and your experience might improve.

What about, say, Dogfish 90 or Duvel?

[Doctor Zalgo]

Originally posted by Quillithe:

Originally posted by seeker1:

BTW, although the game allows you to use only alcohol as camp supplies (and has an achievement for it), I know of no nutritionist or dietician that would tell you you can survive ONLY on alcohol for weeks. Sure, it has calories, but it's not exactly got a wide range of nutrients.

Also, oddly, the game DOES have a "drunk" condition, but drinking most alcohol doesn't actually trigger it.
https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Drunk_(Condition)

Honestly couldn't you survive on alcohol for quite some time? Especially if it's low ABV?

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2011/04/the-budweiser-diet-how-long-can-you-survive-on-beer-alone.html

Yeah, sounds like beer and water for a month is very doable, you just eventually get scurvy. And other nutritional problems.

So as long as your party has coronas with lime they'll be fine I assume!

Historically, people lived on low ABV beer because it was safer than drinking the water.

[Mosey]

Originally posted by seeker1:

ALSO: seems like most alcohol can give you this condition - but it only lasts 2 turns.
https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Alcohol_(Condition)

So it's not like you stay drunk for hours.

Which is unfortunate since there's a greatclub in act 2 that has bonus effects if you're drunk while wielding it. If I could stay drunk longer it would be a lot more viable.

Plus, lets be honest here, that's not how being drunk works. The status should at least stack with itself the more you drink.

[An Irate Walrus]

Originally posted by kbiz:

Originally posted by An Irate Walrus:

It can be difficult if you're in the US, but try a microbrew that *isn't* one of those hipster-brewed "we crammed five barrels of hops into a single glass" IPAs, and your experience might improve.

What about, say, Dogfish 90 or Duvel?

Thirsty Dog does a blood orange IPA that actually tastes like blood orange, and not just a bushel of hops and bitterness over not being able to brew a decent beer.