Greenman's ale(m)

Greenman's ale(m)
File:Greenman's ale (m).png
Detailed
Release date	11 July 2005 (Update)
Members only	Yes
High Alchemy	1 coin
Low Alchemy	Unknown
Destroy	Drop
Store price	Not sold
Exchange price	23,689 coins (info)
Weight	0.5 kg
Drop Rate	Unknown
Drops From	Unknown
Examine	This looks a good deal stronger than normal Greenman's Ale.
Examine	This looks a good deal stronger than normal Greenman's Ale.
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Mature Greenman's Ale is an extremely valuable and sought after brew that is the result of player made ale brewing and requires a Cooking level of 29. It is only created through Brewing, a subset of the Cooking skill. When consumed, this stat enhancing beer provides a temporary boost to the player's Herblore level by +2, as opposed the +1 boost provided by its regular strength counterpart. It is the stronger, or 'mature' version of a Greenman's Ale.

The mature ale may be required to show to Falo the Bard to progress through a master clue scroll.

Effects

• Increases Herblore by 2 levels for the standard duration of stat restoration (about 60 seconds at +2, followed by 60 seconds at +1).
• Heals 1 hitpoints.
• Lowers Attack and Strength by 2 levels.

The full recipe for standard Greenman's ale is as follows (in the order given):

1. 2 Buckets of Water
2. 2 Barley Malt.
3. (optional) 1 "The Stuff," to increase chance of maturity.
4. 4 Harralanders
5. 1 Ale Yeast
6. Wait two to five days
7. Collect the completed ale using eight Beer Glasses or two Calquat keg.

Maturing

During the brewing process, there is random chance that the batch of ale will turn out mature. This happens during the brewing process, not after. Leaving a normal ale in the vat after it has fully set will not make it turn mature, nor will it go bad. The chance of brewing a mature ale can be increased by 50% by adding a package of the stuff to the brewing vat. Chance of maturity is also affected by a player's Cooking level, but not by all that much; higher Cooking level mostly results in a lower chance of the ale going bad. See the Brewing guide in the Cooking skill guide.

Note: "The Stuff" is acquired from Honest Jimmy on Mos'Le Harmless for the price of 50 Pieces of Eight, which are rewarded to the player for playing the activity Trouble Brewing. Players receive Pieces of Eight even if they lose the game, and usually receive around 80-200 pieces of eight per game (ranging from both losing to winning). Players can easily gain a large enough of a stack of Pieces of Eight from 2-3 rounds of Trouble brewing to last through several months of brewing ales non-stop. On a related note, the shop stock of "The Stuff" is 10 per day.