How does brewery work?

Potion brewery is done using an alembic, a piece of brewery apparatus designed for distilling brews and concoctions, as well as an infuser, used to actually mix together the required ingredients for the brew. The ingredients alone mixed together in an infuser will not make the final potion, and it will be a dud or 'fizzle' with no effects. The alembic is key to ensuring the potion will work as it should.

There are three parts to the alembic:

• The distillery chamber, a large glass chamber where the mixed concoction from the infuser is placed

• The transportation tube, a rubbery tube connecting the distillery chamber to whatever potion bottle you connect to the alembic

• The potion bottle, a component you add to the alembic yourself to collect the potion. Any bottle can be placed in an alembic.

Distillery requires a heat source beneath the distillery chamber, which can be provided by any means you wish that provides heat. Most distilling processes take on average 5 hours, though some can be done faster depending on the type of alembic used. The heating process creates steam and flames, and so should be done in a well ventilated and clear, open space.

During these 5 hours, the liquid within the distillery chamber will be transferred down the transportation tube and poured into the potion bottle provided in a more pure form. What's left in the distillery chamber at the end can be cleaned out and removed as it is waste which holds back the effects of the potion, exactly why the process must be done.

What's now left in the potion bottle is the complete potion, ready to drink with complete effects if it was created correctly in the infuser.