Beer, Mead, and Cider from The Yawning Portal in Waterdeep - Puncheons and Flagons

Beer, Mead, and Cider from The Yawning Portal in Waterdeep. Everyone knows the Yawning Portal, at least by reputation. A true adventurer's inn, it takes its name from the threatening dark well at the center of the main floor that offers access to the dungeons of the Undermountain. Many brave souls have ventured into the well on a quest; a smaller number have returned to recuperate in the Yawning Portal's warm and comfortable rooms. An emboldening tankard of beer, mead, or cider before departure is standard for many adventurers, and many more tankards are enjoyed if they make it back. Some have said that if every drop of beer ever served at the Yawning Portal were to be poured down the well, it would drown the whole of the Undermountain! Shadowdark During a night of joyous debauchery at the Yawning Portal, it is sometimes easy to forget that unspeakable horror and terrible danger lurk just a stumble away. This frothy concoction called Shadowdark is a reminder of sorts: blood red and stormy, edged with bitterness and a rich cherry sourness. The flesh of mashed cherries swirl in its depths like a promise of devastation, and the final chewy swallow is a moment of sweet release. If that all sounds a little theatrical, well, you should know that this drink did not come to the Yawning Portal from the dangerous and often brutal worlds of duergar and drow. This drink came from dramatic surface-dwellers, who have a romantic and largely inaccurate conception of the Undermountain as a place of sexy mystery and miserable poetry. It is on the menu at the Yawning Portal because gloomy younger patrons drink a lot of it. Shadowdark Pieglass The Pieglass is an indulgent, dessert-like drink that commemorates the first successful venture into the Undermountain by Durnan the Wanderer and his friend Mirt the Merciless. Durnan and Mirt were young men when they discovered the entrance to the labyrinths beneath Mount Waterdeep created by the mad mage Halaster Blackcloak. They returned fr...