Brandy  

 

It might look like dinking helps mana regen, but here is the truth:

Drinking intoxicating beverages lowers your WIS/INT, effectively shrinking your mana pool. If you have some form of Clarity you are regen'ing mana, but since the pool is so much smaller each tick replenishes the same # of points at what only Looks like a larger % of the whole.

Melee can use drinking, in moderation, to boost their strength at the same cost - intoxication and temporary loss of Wis/Int.

- Expert Brewer Temperance Movement

I agree. I was all worried about where to get the components to brew it to make Frost Temper, when someone pointed out that most bars carry it. And Halas has SEVERAL bars!