Sand kaiila milk which is redish colored and very salty.
The Wagon Peoples also drink fermented bosk milk curds.
The quotes on bosk milk are numerous, verr milk is mentioned in book 10 I
believe and sand kaiila milk is also mentioned in the tahari region.
"When the meat was ready Kamchak ate his fill, and drank down, too, a flagon
of bosk milk; I did the same, though the milk, at least for me, did not sit
too well with the Paga of the afternoon. (Nomads of Gor, page 139)
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MULLED WINE
Heated ka-la-na, with mulling spices. Usually garnished with a piece of ka-la-na
fruit or tospit, served in a goblet. (IRC invention)
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PAGA
A grain-based, distilled hard liquor akin to whiskey. The common abbreviated
form of Pagar-Sa-Tarna, literally meaning, "pleasure of the life-daughter",
the expression is related to Sa-Tassna, the expression for meat, or food
in general, which means Life-Mother. Paga is a very strong alcoholic beverage
distilled from the Sa-Tarna grain, and similar to nothing of Urth. Paga is
traditionally served warm, although there are regional preferences and styles.
Our Paga is a rancid, lumpy brew made only for the palate of strong Warriors.
In Paga taverns, there is usually a Paga attendant- a male employee, who
supervises the serving of Paga by slavegirls, and collects payment for the
Paga and the use of the slavegirls. It sometimes symbolizes physical love.
I decided, if worse came to worst, that I could always go to a simple Paga
Tavern where, if those of Tharna resembled those of Ko-ro-ba and Ar, one
might, curled in a rug behind the low tables, unobtrusively spend the night
for the price of a pot of Paga.
Outlaw of Gor, page 74, Tarnsman of Gor pg 43-44 and 61
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PALM WINE
A drink mentioned briefly with no description available. As its wine assumed
served cold or room temp. (Explorers of Gor" p. 429)
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RENCE BEER
Normally kept in gourd flagons, it is a drink popular with the rence growers
who produce it themselves. Rarely found outside of the rence islands.
I had also been used to carry heavy kettles of rence beer from the various
islands to the place of feasting, as well as strings of water gourds, poles
of fish, plucked gants, slaughtered tarsks, and baskets of the pith of
rence.
Raiders of Gor, page 41
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SLAVE WINE(Sip Root):
A bitter root, which can either be made into a liquid contraceptive, or chewed,
for the same result. The effect of the sip root, in most women is effective
for three or four months. In the concentrated state, as in slave wine, developed
by the caste of Physicians, the effect is almost indefinite, usually requiring
a releaser for it remission, usually administered, to a slave, in what is
called the breeding wine, or the second wine.
Blood Brothers of Gor page 319
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SUL PAGA
This beverage is quite different from its rancid, lumpy cousin, Pagar-Sa-Tarna.
Sul Paga is distilled from Suls, rather than Sa-Tarna grain, and this strong
alcoholic brew is said by some to be somewhat akin to Urth vodka of the regions
of frozen north Russia. Sul Paga is a strong, clear drink. It is normall
found in peasant villages and is said to be so strong that the babies of
peasants born nine months later are born drunk. It can be served at any
temperature.
Sul paga is, when distilled, though the Sul itself is yellow, as clear as
water. The Sul is a tuberous root of the Sul plant; it is a Gorean staple.
He could have been commenting only on the potentcy of the drink, for Sul
paga is almost tasteless. One does not guzzle Sul paga.
Slave Girl of Gor, page 134
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TA WINE
A wine created from the ta grapes in the vineyards of Cos, it is redish in
color (or atleast the grapes themselves are) and normally would then be served
at room temperature.
"It was Ta wine, from the Ta grapes of the terraces of Cos...In the last
year heavy import duties had been levied by the high council of Vonda against
the wines of certain other cities, in particular against the Ka-la-nas of
Ar."
Fighting Slave of Gor, page 306
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TURIAN LIQUOR
Thick sweet liquors, served in tiny glasses, rather like the dessert wines
of Earth. Turian liquors are said to be some of the best liquors on Gor.
She picked up the small tray from the stand near the table. On it was the
small vessel containing a thick, sweet liqueur from distant Turia, the Ar
of the south, and the two tiny glasses from which we had sipped it.
Exlporers of Gor, page 10
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TURIAN WINE
Thick syrupy wines, flavored and sugared to the point where one could almost
leave their fingerprint upon the surface of the drink. It is a very acquired
taste.
I did not much care for the sweet, syrupy wines of Turia, flavored and sugared
to the point where one could almost leave one's fingerprint on their
surface.
Nomads of Gor, page 83-84
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WINE
There are many types of wine available on Gor. Though not all are specifically
mentioned there are various passing references to the varieties of wines
served at dinners throughout the books. Therefor hearing someone ask for
a 'white wine' or a 'dry red wine' should not cause shock.
"In a Gorean supper in a house of wealth, in the course of the supper, with
varied courses, eight to ten wines might be served, each suitably and congruously
matched with respect to texture and bouquet not only to one another but to
the accompanying portions of food."
Fighting Slave of Gor, page 277
"The first wine, a light white wine, was being deferentially served..."
Fighting Slave of Gor, page 276
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A Note on Ice
There was no refrigeration on Gor, this made ice rather expensive to acquire
at certain times of the year and certainly made cold storage very difficult.
The average Tavern or Inn will not have bowls of ice just lying around for
anyone to play with and if they have managed to acquire ice, it certainly
will not be drinkable as it will be from a natural source and most likely
dirty and covered in sawdust to maintain its chill.
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