Spirits

Spirits are distilled alcohol, produced in an Alembic from wine or beer. There are several different varieties of spirits, as well as different purity levels.

Classification of Spirits

There are nine types of spirits: Rock, Wood, Worm, Grain, Grass, Fruit, Vegetable, Mineral, and Fish. (These are listed, from lowest to highest, by the heat level in an Alembic needed to produce that spirit.)

Spirits are then further categorized by purity level, with the most pure referred to as Spirits of Ra, followed by Spirits of Life, Air, Fire, Water, and Earth. Thus, for example, a request for "Worm Spirits of Fire or better" is fulfillable by Worm Spirits of Fire, Air, Life, or Ra.

Below Earth in purity are Grey Spirits.

Starting Beverages

Wines with high Residual Sugar are used to make Vegetable, Mineral, and Fish Spirits.
Wines with high Tannin are used to make Wood, Worm, and Grain Spirits.
Beer is used to make Rock Spirits, and can also be used to make Wood, Worm and Grain Spirits.
There is no know method for making Grass and Fruit Spirits of ANY quality in T4.