Dwarven stout (m)

Mature dwarven stout is a player made beer that temporarily increases a player's Smithing and Mining levels by 2 while decreasing the player's melee skills by 7. It is the stronger, or "mature" version of the standard Dwarven stout, and due to its usefulness and scarcity it is extremely expensive. Players can receive 2 glasses of Dwarven stout(m) as a reward for completing the Forgettable Tale of a Drunken Dwarf quest. Players can purchase kegs (4-doses in one item) of this brew on the Grand Exchange under the name Dwarven stout(m4).

The full recipe for standard Dwarven Stout is as follows ( in the order given ):
 * 1) 2 Buckets of Water
 * 2) 2 Barley Malt.
 * 3) (optional) 1 "The Stuff," to increase chance of maturity.
 * 4) 4 Hammerstone Hops
 * 5) 1 Ale Yeast
 * 6) Wait two to five days
 * 7) Collect the completed ale using eight Beer Glasses or two Calquat Kegs*.

When brewing Dwarven stout, there is a random chance that it will turn out mature. The chance of getting a mature ale can be increased by 50% by adding a package of the stuff to the vat just prior to adding the hops. Maturation occurs during the brewing process, not after. Leaving completed ale in the vat after it has fully set will no longer cause it to turn mature or go bad. See the Brewing guide in the Cooking skill guide.

Uses
This is especially useful when trying to enter the Mining Guild at 58 Mining, or for players trying to mine the rarer ores while underlevelled. It is highly prized by players with high Smithing levels, as it allows higher rune items to be made, for example allowing a player at level 97 Smithing to make a rune platebody; saving players time while training from 97 to 99 smithing.

Mature dwarven stout may also be used to install armour in a player-owned house if players can drink it to attain the required Smithing level.

This drink is very often used by players to complete portions of the Varrock diary. As it raises the players Smithing level by 2, players will be able to smith an Adamant helm, for the Varrock Hard diary, with only 71 Smithing and be able to smith rune bolts at level 86 for the Varrock Elite diary.

Effects

 * Increases Mining and Smithing by 2 levels for about 30 seconds
 * Heals 10 lifepoints.
 * Lowers Attack, Strength, and Defence by 7 levels.

Timing
Unlike some drinks, such as Super Antipoisons, whose effects wear off in a time period relative to when a player consumes the item, Dwarven stouts (mature and normal) work on a cycle of game ticks that last for about 30 seconds. This means that when a player drinks a stout, the effect could wear off as soon as the next game tick. In order to get the most out of these very expensive drinks, it is suggested that a player drinks a normal stout (found free in the White Wolf Mountain shortcut) and then consume the mature stout as soon as the normal stout's effects have worn off. This way, a player will spend maximum time with boosted stats.