Sherry was a commonly consumed type of fortified wine, similar to brandy, found throughout the Realms.[16]
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You want us to practice drinking tripleshroom sherry until we can drain a bottle without showing it? Phuingara, we'll die. I mean it; that stuff burns the insides like fire!
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Description[]
Varieties[]
- Amberheart sherry, a variety found in the Forest Kingdom of Cormyr.[5]
- Amberjack, the sherry created by Gyudd's Distillery of Skullport.[8]
- Dragonfire, a deep amber-colored sherry from Zazesspur.[11]
- Myrinjar sherry, a drink flavored with raspberries and cranberries from Myrinjar in the Border Kingdoms.[15]
- Portal sherry, a potent libation from the Western Heartlands.[3]
- Sharaerann Amber, a blended amber sherry from Durpar that's typically served chilled.[17]
- Tripleshroom sherry, a sherry made of fungus, roaringly popular in ancient Myth Drannor.[9]
- Zzar, a popular Waterdhavian sherry.[18]
Availability[]
- Feldepost's Inn in Beregost served an especially excellent sherry to its guests from the depths of the inn's wine cellar.[2]
- The Old Plough, the only tavern in the village of Cragmyr in Amn, served sherry to its guests.[6] In Waymoot, sherry priced at 3,500 gp was served at The Silver Wink tavern.[19]
- The Battlescarred Bard inn on the Trade Way in Amn offered a good selection to its guests, including quality sherries.[20] Another tavern on the Trade Way, The Fast Sails of Tulmene was known to carry sherry.[21]
- The Dashalam Winery of Tulmon in the Land of the Lions was the maker of the town's quality wines and sherries.[10]
- Sherry could also be found served in The Yardarm and Morgan's Inn in Velen on the Dragon's Head Peninsula of Tethyr.[11]
- Sherry was available for purchase in Archenbridge's The Bridge and Bow tavern,[12] The Silver Taproom in Essembra,[13] and The Oak and Spear of Highmoon.[14]
Usages[]
- In Cormyr, sherry was used to make sauce to serve lambs' kidneys in, alongside chestnut and parsnip fritters.[5]
- Blentra's cider and vinegar oyster sauce of Marsember was crafted using almond sherry.[22]
- The infamous bracer, a cure for hangover called beef tea was made with a trace of brandy, sherry, or zzar.[23]
- Across Faerûn, sherry was also used in making "laving sauces" served for dipping alongside giant spearfish, and rock reef crab.[23]
- Sherries and herb-infused wines were a customary libation during Omaurae, th Shieldmeet-related festivities of Silverymoon, during which new plays were performed for the public.[4]
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- ↑ Elaine Cunningham (October 1991). Elfshadow. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 10. ISBN 1-56076-117-2.
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- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Ed Greenwood (October 1996). Stormlight. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 12. ISBN 0-7869-0520-4.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ed Greenwood (December 1993). “Elminster's Notebook: Lord Kuldak Maurancz”. In Kim Mohan ed. Dragon #200 (TSR, Inc.), p. 144.
- ↑ Richard Baker (December 2000). The City of Ravens. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 2. ISBN 0-7869-1401-7.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Christopher Perkins (November 2018). Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage. Edited by Jeremy Crawford. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 306. ISBN 978-0-7869-6626-4.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Ed Greenwood (December 1998). Elminster in Myth Drannor. (TSR, Inc), chap. 7. ISBN 0-7869-1190-5.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Steven E. Schend, Dale Donovan (September 1998). Empires of the Shining Sea. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 165. ISBN 0-7869-1237-5.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Ed Greenwood (July 2000). Volo's Guide to Baldur's Gate II. Edited by Duane Maxwell, David Noonan. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 89. ISBN 0-7869-1626-5.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Ed Greenwood (January 1996). Volo's Guide to the Dalelands. (TSR, Inc), p. 21. ISBN 0-7869-0406-2.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Ed Greenwood (January 1996). Volo's Guide to the Dalelands. (TSR, Inc), p. 63. ISBN 0-7869-0406-2.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Ed Greenwood (January 1996). Volo's Guide to the Dalelands. (TSR, Inc), p. 108. ISBN 0-7869-0406-2.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Ed Greenwood (April 1999). “Elminster's Everwinking Eye: A Wayfarers Guide to the Forgotten Realms”. In Erik Mona ed. Polyhedron #135 (TSR, Inc.), p. 8.
- ↑ So Saith Ed Oct – Dec 2006. (25-11-2021). Retrieved on 25-11-2021.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (January 2005). “When a Good Man Loses His Head”. Silverfall (Wizards of the Coast), p. 177. ISBN 0-7869-3572-3.
- ↑ R.A. Salvatore (October 2016). Hero (Hardcover). (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 9. ISBN 9780786965960.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (July 1995). Volo's Guide to Cormyr. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 179. ISBN 0-7869-0151-9.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (July 2000). Volo's Guide to Baldur's Gate II. Edited by Duane Maxwell, David Noonan. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 63. ISBN 0-7869-1626-5.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (July 2000). Volo's Guide to Baldur's Gate II. Edited by Duane Maxwell, David Noonan. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 86. ISBN 0-7869-1626-5.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (July 1995). Volo's Guide to Cormyr. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 49. ISBN 0-7869-0151-9.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 So Saith Ed 2010-2016. (25-11-2021). Retrieved on 25-11-2021.