Sorry. accidently pressed enter.
This is the item I started brewing with. Water flask and bottle are easy to buy at a vendor near the brewing barrel. I got my snake scales by killing the level 1-5 mobs in Qeynos and Freeport, just outside. They died in one hit for me at lvl. 45 and got about two snake scales per kill. Trivial at 21. Next I went on to Ale.