Distilled Review: Hyped & Smooth or Action Hangover?

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Distilled from Paverson games.
Euro style type of resource gathering & management in the alcohol themed brewing setting. Is it right for you? Let's go...

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Time Stamp:
00:00 - Overview
01:01 - You’ve Seen It Before!
- Different enough in a slightly new way?
- HEAVILY tactical
02:32 - So Much Stuff
- Don’t Need The Expansion
02:53 - The Spirits, Recipes, and Ingredients
- The Main Actions
06:14 - The Most Divisive Mechanism/Element
- The Distilling = Pull from random shuffling
08:12 - The Immediate versus Aging Brews
08:36 - PHRASING!!
10:19 - Point Salad Objectives & Goals
- Aging, equipment, elements, asymmetric characters
11:43 - How Do I Feel
- All Interconnected Mechanisms Work
- Asymmetry
- Draft/Draw can screw you
13:20 - The Spirits Race
- Limited Amounts especially at higher player counts
15:00 - The Overlooked Barrel Element
16:59 - Who’s Going To Like Or Not Like This
- Highly Tactical, less complete control
- Less Intuitive Beginning
- Asymmetric Characters Less Necessary but Ok
19:30 - My Final Thoughts
- Overall Mechanically Very Complete
- What I Like In Theory vs What I’m Able To Play
- Slightly Longer Game Time at Higher Player Counts
- Recipes & The Limited Spirit Choice
23:17 - Will I Keep It?
- Should You Buy It?