Oh. I didn't know that. Hooray for anecdotal information!Catawampus wrote:A centuries-old whiskey would. . .probably be rather horrible, actually. While scotch is one of those drinks that does get improved by aging (as long as it is in the barrel, at least), even it has its limits. You reach a point where you go from, "Mmmm, tasty!" to "Ummm, was this from the barrel that Lord Nelson was kept in?".GlytchMeister wrote:Ok, I don't even drink, and the concept of a high-quality scotch whiskey being kept by a sphinx for hundreds of years sends shivers down my spine.
The Library would have every brewing and distilling recipe that was ever jotted down, though, and Phix would have had a lot of time to experiment with building stills and whatnot. . .
And I agree with Phix having time to experiment. She's probably had a millennia or two where absolutely nothing was happening. I can't imagine how bored she'd get. Nudge, too, before Oedipus mucked everything up.
There are many things in this universe that should never be underestimated... "Smart people with nothing better to do" ranks above "Stupid people with nothing better to do" but slightly below "Stupid people in large groups".