Rhy'din, get your drink on!

For the third year running The Dreamchasing Foundation in cooperation with The Botanical Gardens, and in conjunction with local brewers, distillers, shiners, runners, vendors, bottlers, imbibers, sellers, and representatives, presents Booze Fest!

Booze Fest this year will be held August 6th with the gates opening at 8:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. pacific time).

The Botanical Gardens have once again graciously offered up their stunning venue for the Rhy'din's premiere festival of all things booze and booze related.

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The promenade begins at the fountain and winds its way along either side of the walk.

Lanterns and strings of colorful lights join each vendor's stall and add their own whimsical light to the lamp posts.

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(Vendors of all sorts, have at it!)

A double booth was set up for the Owl and Hangman together.

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From the Sassy Owl Saloon, an assortment of hot eats were on hand for festival goers, including burgers, fries, nachos, sandwiches, wraps, chicken nuggets, and even baked turkey legs.

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The full line of Hangman Distillery offerings were available as well.

https://68.media.tumblr.com/746fb95dfafbf4170ab16935aa889e4f/tumblr_ok4yxpGavW1twqulho2_500.jpg Ghost Bear Whiskey— An evolutionary liquor, the Ghost Bear experience begins with the scent and ends with a continued flavor on the palate long after swallowing. Sporting notes of toffee, oak, nut, fruit (black cherry and ripe peach), and dark chocolate espresso, the complex flavor is laid over a lingering, leafy damp kiln smoke reminiscent of leather, tobacco, and a hint of wild game. Slugger's Select Honey Whiskey— Sporting a pungent honey scent right off the bat, it also has a touch of earthiness to it in the form of fudge, all spice, and complimentary floral notes. On the tongue, Slugger's Select boasts a rich and dark flavor with sweet milky coffee, dark chocolate and demarara sugar lightened by some candied lemon hints. From start to finish you can expect rich and sweet honey undertone beneath it all ? lightly pungent and floral, with a real honey flavor. Black Bear Bourbon— With Black Bear Bourbon, taste a melding of candied citrus, blueberry, nectarine, and sultana, all pulled together with honeyed vanilla and orange. Underneath, there is a kiss of cocoa, mint, and cinnamon married with tobacco leaves, leather, and a tasteful bourbon barrel char for a warm finish. https://68.media.tumblr.com/262df89072d3acdd5520f46ccca18779/tumblr_ok4yxpGavW1twqulho1_1280.jpg Fireshot Cinnamon Whiskey— Cinnamon obviously dominates Fireshot's flavor. Equal parts sweet and spicy, it's alarmingly drinkable. At first whiff it seems quite fiery and while it has a big dose of cinnamon, it carries a pleasant heat with accents of brown sugar and butter underneath the cinnamon and spice with just a hint of barrel char to balance the sweetness. https://68.media.tumblr.com/952b5a178d332d8805bdc41dfe1cca20/tumblr_ok4yxpGavW1twqulho3_500.jpg Gallows Private Label Select— With a remarkable aroma of tropical fruits like pineapple, grapefruit, guava, mango, and peach, the Gallows Private Label Select also offers hints of toffee-coated nuts, vanilla fudge, cedar, and cocoa. It finishes with very light note of peat smoke for a smooth, heady, and haunting flavor combination that lingers long after the last drop.

A handful of specialty cocktails rounded out the menu, each made with one of Hangman's specialty liquors.

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All who stop by the booth can take home a free Sassy Owl Saloon & Hangman Distillery shotglass.

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((OOC NOTE: These booths are entirely NPC for the Booze Fest Event))

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Brewery Bio:

Pointy Hat Brewing Company is situated outside of the main hustle and bustle of the city in the outlying fringe of the Seaside district. A dedicated craft brewery, it is owned and operated by the Gnome Guspro Bangmatter and his daughter Terilli. The tasting room is open Thursday thru Saturday from 12p to 9p. Tours available Saturday mornings starting at 11:45a.

Offerings:

Underland Porter: full bodied; hoppy, hints of coffee and cocoa. 6% ABV

Folklorica Saison: light bodied; dry, fruity-floral (pear, lavender, honey) and spice (clove). 7.5% ABV

Chthonic Cream Stout: Medium Bodied; roasted barley & oat flavors, vanilla cream with a peppery finish. 5.2% ABV

Widdershin Wee Heavy: medium-heavy bodied; strong/rich malt, earthy yeast, light smoke, apple with butterscotch notes 6.5% ABV

Smocian Rauchbier: full bodied; Whiskey-soaked Oak smoke tang, roasted malt, sweet maple bacon and caramel notes. Slight bitter finish. 6% ABV

Laben Dunkelweisse: Medium bodied; smooth, fruity (carmalized banana & raisin), delicate sweetness (toffee), light spice (clove), bready toasted malt, noble hop background, crisp finish 5.2 % ABV

NEW FOR THIS YEAR:

Gr"n Gose: Light-Med Bodied; Bready malt, faint wheat, spice (coriander & white pepper), Bright, assertive citrus (lime). Tart with a hint of sea salt. Dry finish. 4.3% ABV

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Brewery Bio: Rowan & Willow Brewery is located in a lush, magically maintained greenbelt-type property in New Haven district. The Brewery is a worker cooperative under the supervision of Head Brewer Cahanaun Flamesigh and specializes in Elven-styled human beers. The tasting room is open Friday and Saturday from 12p to 11p. Large parties welcome with reservations. Apprenticeships available.

Offerings:

Vandora Imperial Pilsner: light bodied; herbal, grassy, hint of floral; sweet with a dry piney finish. 7% ABV

Outlander Steam Beer: light bodied; fresh hops, biscuit malt, straw notes. Peppery bitterness. citrus(lemon) finish. 5.5 % ABV

Madha(Mud) Brown Ale: Medium bodied; Toasted Malt, nutty with chocolate and toffee notes. Sweet. 6.8% ABV

Brethil(Beech) Barleywine: Medium bodied; Woody (beech), fruity (carmelized fig), buttery with nutty malt flavors and hints of vanilla in the background. Bittersweet. Tannic. 11.0% ABV

D"ath Oatmeal Stout: Medium bodied; Dark roasted barley, light hops, milk chocolate, mocha, molasses, creamy oatmeal background. Silky finish. 7% ABV

N"rui Golden Ale: Light bodied; Citrus hops, honey sweetness, lemongrass and straw notes. High carbonation. Crisp, light finish. 4.5% ABV

Oiolair" Pilsner: light-bodied; bright spicy floral hops, citrus, semi-sweet, dry, mild bitter finish 5% ABV

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Brewery Bio: Located in the Old Market district, Good Sister Brewery is dedicated to giving a unique dining and drinking experience. Their current location is a two-story saloon-styled building which houses both the brewery and tables for up to 85 guests (based on recommendation by the local Fire House). The dining room is open for lunch and dinner service and Sunday brunch. Reservations recommended for parties over six. Good Sister Brewery is owned by the Bigley twins, Agnes and Isabel.

Offerings:

Domesticated Blonde: light bodied; crisp, bread/yeasty, citrus/grapefruit finish. 5.3% ABV

Splendiferous Lambic: medium bodied; fruity (cherry, cranberry), woody (oak) background. 5% ABV

Twinsy Tripel: medium-heavy bodied; sweet wheat, fruity (ripe banana), bitter hops, nutty background; light spicy (cinnamon) sweet finish 9.3% ABV

Vivacious Berliner Weisse: light-medium bodied; Refreshing. Tart/sour, fruity (apricot), toasted wheat, wildflowers. 5.5% ABV

Whatever White: Light bodied; Bitter orange, coriander, peppercorn, mild clove/spice flavors. Light barley and bready malt flavors. Refreshing and drinkable. 4.9% ABV

Can't Even Dubbel: Medium bodied; spice (star anise & coriander), fruity/Citrus (cherry, bitter orange), mild sweetness (caramel malt), boozy with a thick head 8.5% ABV

NEW FOR THIS YEAR:

Oh Helles No: Light bodied; floral hops, mild bready malt, citrus (lemon), slight honey sweetness with delicate smoke flavors. Refreshing and drinkable. 4.5% ABV

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Brewery Bio: Operated by a clan of quasi-feral Brownies, the Gadaiche, the meadery is located on the edge of Seaside and Battlefield districts. The Gadaiche are rarely encountered, but A halfling (answering to the name Wenace) oversees the tasting room Wednesday through Friday. A modest permanent bee yard is located on the grounds in the center of a series of flowering fields (flower depends on season) and covers several square miles. One Sock also has traveling apiaries available for hire by local farmers during pollination season.

Offerings:

Billy Blind Braggot medium bodied; orange blossom honey, orange peel, caramel, & spices with a slightly bitter citrus finish. 10.50% ABV

Shoemaker's Sack Mead High sugar, wild-crafted honey mead aged in brandy casks. Faint leather-like note. 17% ABV

Skullduggery Cyser Honey/Honeycomb, tart apple, oak, vanilla flavors. Semi-sweet. 14.5% ABV

Waggery Morat Semi-sweet; Aster honey, mulberries, thyme, citrus (lemon peel) & faint notes of eucalyptus. Dry finish. 7.0% ABV

Rascality Pyment Semi-sweet; wild-crafted honey fermented with Southern Rhy'Dinian dry white grapes and a hint of hot pepper heat. Slight tartness, sweet and mildly spicy finish. 12% ABV

Capricious Capsicumel: Fireweed honey, woody (oak), peppercorn, medium heat (ghost pepper)

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Small batch craft sodas and simple syrups appropriate for every occasion. Products are available at many establishments through the city and at their soda bar, Two Moons Cola Co. located in the Old Market district.

Featured Cocktails:

Mai-Tai - dark and amber rum, triple sec, Two Moons almond-orange blossom and grenadine syrups, orange and lime juice, ice

Lavender Lemonade - vanilla vodka, Two Moons lavender-honey syrup, lemon juice, sugar, ice (non-alcoholic available by request)

Southern Glen Spritzer - sweet white wine, elderflower syrup, Terbor Two Berry Punch, twist of lime

Syrups (display only): Ginger syrup Habanero-lime syrup Grenadine syrup Rose syrup Elderflower syrup

NEW FOR THIS YEAR: Lavender-Honey syrup Almond-Orange Blossom syrup

Soda Pops (Full line available for sample): Two Moons Cola Arabrab Cream Soda Snozzberry Fizz Grogoch Ginger Ale P?ca Pineapple Soda Two Moons Club Soda

NEW FOR THIS YEAR: Terbor Two Berry Punch (featuring gooseberry and elderberry flavors)

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Garden Home Orchard will be featuring two specialty drinks for this year's Booze Fest!

Blue Rhapsody Cr"me de menthe mixed with Blue Angel ice cream until its smooth and creamy. Is it a dessert or drink" You decide!

Lavender Luxury Another sweet and chilled treat is black raspberry ice cream mixed with chocolate liqueur topped with whipped cream and raspberries.

Cherry and Strawberry Sangrias are chilled and ready for the tasting.

Garden Home will be giving away a six pack sampler of their current specialties, (choice of alcoholic, non-alcholic, or mixed pack). Offer is limited to one pack per person.

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Back to back to back, Benjamin found himself in high demand for a series of action films, playing the hot young heroic sidekick, the sweet and confused nerd backing up the hero, the vaguely annoyed elder brother protecting his magical little sister. It kept him far too busy to keep up with anything, and even had to take a hiatus from his ongoing series, Midnight Gardens of RhyDin.

Finally, however, he was able to return from the extended stay in Targa, and joyfully returned home. He spent a fair week reacquainting himself with his horse, his donkey, his chickens, his crows, his fox, and mainly, his bed.

Thorn's Booze Fest was a grand opportunity to go and see people, meet new friends and greet old ones, and he cheerfully met up with the Holtendirks to get their show on the road.

A few small midway stalls were set up with various games, a little shooting booth, a ring toss game, darts, each booth stocked with horribly creepy prizes to win and plenty of booze for the tasting or purchasing.

Along with the spicy bitter Star's Old Fashioned Liniment was the deceptively sweet Cherry Moonshine. Bacon Moonshine and Apple Pie Moonshine, of course, and special edition jugs of Cucumber Cool and Red Hots Moonshines were available. And the original plain, of course. All were available in one pint Mason jars or half gallon stoneware jugs.

The liniment could be used as liniment, of course, with its spicey thyme-menthol scent, it did have cooling and soothing properties used externally. It just also happened to be a delicious bitter liquor and it'd kick gin's ass in a martini.

The cherry moonshine was half-packed with ripe black cherries, the liquid tinted pinkish black, sweet and smooth.

Bacon was bacon in moonshine. Sweet and savory and Bacony. Bacon. Nuff Said.

Apple Pie was a complex mix of apple pie spices and chunks of apple, sweet, spicy and perfect in a hot beverage, or even added to real apple pie.

Cucumber Cool was infused with fresh cucumber, a perfect, refreshing taste of summer. Not sweet or sour, but cooling and just a touch bitter.

Red Hots is not for the faint of heart, a good three or four handfuls of the candies were dropped into every jar, and bled a sinister bright color and cinnamon into the moonshine. Plenty of kick!

As usual, Benjamin had stolen his costume from the last movie, and wore it to the fest. It had nothing at all to do with trying to explain how short his hair was cut. Of course not.

Of course, the little midway featured a ring of straw bales where about twelve old dogs waited for adoption. Ranging from an eight year old pure bred blue tick hound to a fifteen year old three legged beagle, all were in good health, fixed, housebroken, good with kids and other pets, and looking for a forever home. A rescue worker sat with the hounds, ready to fill out paperwork. Each dog's name was clipped to its collar.

(Want a doggie? Just pick out what you like and there ya go!)