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[Magnumcannon]

I created a new fortress, i'm kinda new to this game, like some weeks. I managed to get metal bars (Silver, Iron and Lead) and to make a functional plump helmet farm. After that, i saw that my fortress was really getting low on drinks. I built a still, a farmer workshop and for some reason i don't remember, a quern. I tried to brew drinks at the still, but it said "Needs distillable item" and tried to process plants (To barrel) at the farmer workshop, but it said "Needs unrotten processable plants". I found that weird, because i have like 50 plump helmets, and i know they can be turned on booze. My dwarfs are now thirsty, but they didn't die...yet.

[lysaght]

Check that Depot Access again. You need 3 tiles wide for the caravans

[Dr.Propz]

Check your stocks screen (z), go to the kitchen tab
You probably set plump helmets to unbrewable

[Panando]

Brewing is not done at the farmers workshop, it is done at the still (b-w-l), process plants to barrel at the farmers workshop is for turning sweet pods into dwarven syrup.

[puke]

I think you've basically got it.  As mentioned above, some plants like sweet pods need to be processed before they can be brewed.  And as for the Quern, some need to be milled into flour before they can be cooked.  Plump helmets are not processable, so that message is reasonable.  They ARE brewable though, so you've got a problem somewhere.

If you've got a still and a supply of plump helmets and some empty barrels, you should be good.  Just check your Kitchen menu under the Z - status screen.  Make sure the things you want to brew are enabled for brewing. 

The message you are getting suggests that either what you have that is brewable is not enabled for brewing, and/or what you have enabled for brewing is not available (already eaten, used, rotten, in transit, marked for other jobs, etc)

[klefenz]

Go to kitchen screen (Z and then the Kitchen tab) make sure pump helmets are available for brewing and disabled for coocking, while youre at it you shoud disable all drinks from cooking (otherwise the cook will use booze to make food)

If you keep getting a "need distillable item" message consider a larger food stockpile, also your stockpile could be bugged so consider deleting it and making a new one to make sure all food is assigned to it.

A few more suggestions:
*Put all seeds on a diferent stockpile and disable barrels in this "granary" stockpile. The granary should be near your farms.
*Put drinks and prepared meals on a separate stockpile near your dinning hall.(prepared meals do not show as items in the stockpile options, but the are a special option activated/deactivated with U)
*Disable barrels and large pots on your furniture stockpile and put them in your kitchen stockpile, this way the dorfs have to walk less to fill an empty barrel.

[Magnumcannon]

Yeah right, i got it guys. Thanks for all the help! Just when i unpaused the game and started to make some booze, a dwarven caravan got to my fortress to trade, yaay! Now i got 70 drink, which are enough to my 13 dwarfs population, and again, thank you guys!

[greycat]

I think you've basically got it.  As mentioned above, some plants like sweet pods need to be processed before they can be brewed.

Actually, no, sweet pods can be brewed directly into dwarven rum.  If you process them, they become sugar, which can then be cooked.

There aren't any plants that must be processed before brewing.  Only processed before cooking.

[10terrapin01]

One last thing before this thread dies, be sure to have a barrel or pot for EACH of your dwarves.  I recently lost a fortress of 100+ because there weren't enough pots.  Only a dozen or so dwarves were able to drink at a time, leading to death and anger elsewhere.

[krenshala]

I don't think you need one for each dwarf, but you definitely need at least one per three, if not one per two, dwarves.