The Master Brews
Six workings, each with four unknowns. Every entry withholds one ingredient's identity and supplies a hint to guide the search. Its measure stays visible. The other blanks ask you to refine the working once you have found that ingredient.
An incorrect ingredient can spoil the attempt. Read the hint first, keep a record and change one thing at a time. Some pots hold more than one unknown, so agreement on one guess does not settle the rest. A master brewer earns their name by making a good result repeatable.
Wermud
master | all the year
The sweetness comes from the reed, but the notes omit whether it entered whole or refined.
1. COOK 12m
Short Grass/___
___/5
2. STILL x___
3. MIX 6m
Short Grass/___
4. CASK 6y, beaten copperFen-Bean Physic
master | all the year
Four common mushroom caps accompany the bean. Their colour has been omitted.
1. COOK 15m
Fen-Bean/___
___/4
2. STILL x___
3. MIX 5m
Short Grass/___
Sugar/3
4. CASK 11y, spruceBragawd
master | summer and autumn
Three common mushroom caps serve as the barm in the cold pot; the brewer's chosen colour is unwritten.
1. COOK 14m
Wheat/___
2. MIX 6m
___/3
Honey Bottle/___
3. CASK ___y, oakPalewood Reserve
master | all the year
Four measures of plain fruit soften the grain: consider branch, bush and vine.
1. COOK 14m
___/4
Wheat/___
2. STILL x___
3. MIX 5m
Snowball/___
4. CASK 8y, spruce
5. CASK 14y, pale oakAqua Florum
master | spring and summer
A second blossom accompanies the cornflower. Seek among the blue and purple flowers.
1. COOK 8m
Sugar Cane/___
Wheat/12
2. STILL x___
3. MIX 6m
___/3
Cornflower/6
4. STILL x___Dandelion Liquor
master | spring
Three measures of plain fruit temper the flowers; berries and larger fruits merit consideration.
1. MIX 6m
___/3
Dandelion/___
2. COOK 9m
Sugar/___
3. STILL x___
4. CASK 8y, birch