3rd-age Dunedain. I'm torn on the kind of beer they primarily brewed--my instinct says a lighter ale rather than stout, but I'm pretty sure my instinct is informed by my own personal tastes rather than anything else :P. And now I'm wondering if maybe it makes more sense for them to make lagers, due to the colder climates... Probably they had both, especially if they were trading with other cultures of Eriador (they spend so much time protecting the Shire, etc).
They also make a mean single-malt whiskey.
(this whole thing does also raise interesting questions of trade and commerce! Who was importing what from where?)
Rivendell: They brew cider, and drink that primarily as opposed to beer (I'm afraid that headcanon came not through any sort of logic but due to the month I drank nothing but cider while writing about Elrond). They are also partial to wine, though I haven't gotten quite so far as to guess what kinds. In terms of climate, I suppose probably colder-weather types? Arwen likes to import wine from Lorien as well.
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on 2014-03-22 08:31 pm (UTC)3rd-age Dunedain. I'm torn on the kind of beer they primarily brewed--my instinct says a lighter ale rather than stout, but I'm pretty sure my instinct is informed by my own personal tastes rather than anything else :P. And now I'm wondering if maybe it makes more sense for them to make lagers, due to the colder climates... Probably they had both, especially if they were trading with other cultures of Eriador (they spend so much time protecting the Shire, etc).
They also make a mean single-malt whiskey.
(this whole thing does also raise interesting questions of trade and commerce! Who was importing what from where?)
Rivendell: They brew cider, and drink that primarily as opposed to beer (I'm afraid that headcanon came not through any sort of logic but due to the month I drank nothing but cider while writing about Elrond). They are also partial to wine, though I haven't gotten quite so far as to guess what kinds. In terms of climate, I suppose probably colder-weather types? Arwen likes to import wine from Lorien as well.
Rohan: mead country!