Simply put, the rate of loss from alcohol distilling is bad because of some code-jank from how the game does distilling. This mod seeks to put it at a slightly better ratio.

Ale and mead now distills to twice as much whiskey, sake or distilled mead, at a 10 to 1 ratio

Ciders and wines now distill to 3 times as much brandy, at a 3-1 ratio

I hope

So why these numbers and not the most realistic ratios? Well the answer to that lies in the code of how a damned distillery works. Because it outputs 0.01L of alcohol as quickly as possible, with a max rate of 0.01 per second, any ratio that isn't able to be expressed as "1 over X" (1/3rd, 1/2, 1/10th) doesn't produce that amount, but instead the closest valid 1/X fraction.

Until this is changed, or I get over my paralysing fear of learning how to code, I am unable to get better ratios than this, but it is still a marked improvement!





So. I've been thinking.
That's never a good sign to be honest. I know where I'd like to take this mod but I don't know if I have the strength to do it.

I would like to completely redo the beer and whiskey processes, on top of the current changes I've made. I have the stages written out, but it'd involve learning how to add recipes for barrel crafting, drying, baking or beehive kilning, quern grinding, mealmaking, and distilling. At least one of the items produced would need to be ground storable, preferrably in piles. I'd then need learn how to add a new crop for hops that acts like a cross between berry bushes and wild vines. After that, I'd need to learn how to add 2 new blocks, a cauldron to replace mealmaking with boiling so there's a mass crafting option available, and a pot still with a 100L capacity to be an upgrade to the current column still that is in the game.

This is ultimately a daunting task for someone who historically sucks at code, maths, and abstract concepts. I genuinely believe I am not capable of it. But if I don't burn out on this game, or if I return to it after a break that's what I'd like to do.