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[antymattar]

I think there should be large beer barrels that can be constructed. They would be a type of building that can be bult. They would look something like this:


They would be sisable(like walls but with a minimum size(like 3x3)) and would also be a bit like walls. They would also be rotatable. Every giant barrel would be able to hold only one type of drink. I would also love to see fermentation. Each giant barrel would have a drink that has fermented to a certain stage. thoughts? Oh, right! Each barrel has a tap so yes, dwarves can drink from them. They should also be able to hold water.

[dwarfhoplite]

i support booze behaving like other liquids: magma and water. i'd love to make waterfalls of booze and drowning rooms of booze for pleasant death. also other uses such as beer lakes and booze moats would be cool.

[Neowulf]

i support booze behaving like other liquids: magma and water. i'd love to make waterfalls of booze and drowning rooms of booze for pleasant death. also other uses such as beer lakes and booze moats would be cool.

Wouldn't work, every dwarf would commit suicide diving in and drowning. You'd run out of laborers long before you could finish construction of a moat.

[flieroflight]

make invaders walk through a 3 full booze bath. then, drop 1 magma in and watch parts fly

[Quietust]

make invaders walk through a 3 full booze bath. then, drop 1 magma in and watch parts fly

Why would adding magma to booze cause an explosion? Most alcoholic beverages are only 5% alcohol by volume, and that's nowhere near enough to be flammable, and before you start mentioning "flambé", you should know that's only done with hard liquor (at least 40% by volume) and doesn't work at all with wine or beer. Don't believe me? Take a beer and try to set it on fire.

For the record, booze has never been explosive in Dwarf Fortress - the worst it will ever do is boil into a cloud of harmless vapor, since alcohol boils long before it burns (182°F versus 832°F) and vapors cannot burn in DF. The idea of "booze bombs" originated entirely from the aforementioned red clouds of boiling booze, and they don't actually do any damage.

[ludsoe]

I WANT DIS NAOW!!!1!!!!!!!111!!1!!!!!!!!!
My beard thirsts the thirst of a thousands deserts with no booze in them.
Also booze lakes...... 

I support this.

[MenacesWithSpikes]

Interesting idea.

You might call them "hogsheads," "kegs," or "casks" to differentiate them from barrels.

[Fearless Son]

A similar, but more restrained, idea has been suggested in the past.  A "pony key" or "taproom" building that requires one or more barrels which holds a large quantity of booze, allowing dwarves easier access to it than wandering all the way to a stockpile.  Also might give reason to have goblets and tankards and such, to fill them up from it and drink from. 

[Mckee]

Although something tells me that they might just stick their heads under the tap. Seems fairly likely for a bunch of alcohol dependant pyschopaths.

[Dwarfoloid]

Most alcoholic beverages are only 5% alcohol by volume, and that's nowhere near enough to be flammable

And that's just in modern (industrial) times. In medieval times the common homespun beers were more in the 1-2% region, similar to modern Russian kvass. Stronger and finer beers were for festivities. Even commercial wine could be just 5%, and that's before it was diluted with water.

Though these were beverages that people drank in order to keep hydrated, not to get pissed. So dwarven drinks may (or may not) be different. 

[Dutchling]

Most alcoholic beverages are only 5% alcohol by volume, and that's nowhere near enough to be flammable

And that's just in modern (industrial) times. In medieval times the common homespun beers were more in the 1-2% region, similar to modern Russian kvass. Stronger and finer beers were for festivities. Even commercial wine could be just 5%, and that's before it was diluted with water.

We are talking about dwarves you know... They just drink pure alcohol and give it different names like wine and beer just for the lulz

[Dwarfoloid]

We are talking about dwarves you know... They just drink pure alcohol and give it different names like wine and beer just for the lulz

Damn, my ninja edit failed.

[Girlinhat]

For the record, I would reclassify this thread.  What we need, is custom fluid types, and then the large barrel will create itself.  Once booze, blood, vomit, etc. becomes an actual 7/7 fluid, then it will be very easy to create a 5 level high booze barrel (or 50 level high mug) or even the fabled Boozfall!

[Loon]

Back on Topic: I support the initial idea of the topics starter. It would give the underdeveloped architecture labor another use and would be rather easy to impelment.


Although the idea of fluids isn't bad you will get several problems caused by this. 1. A 7/7 of booze or blood? That's hell of a lot. 2. How should the code handle it, if they mix? ohne must be lighter or they must mix. What you get then? So i see no hope for this idea.

[Supercharazad]

It would be great if you could set up a zone where dwarves would drink the "liquid" booze.