A new beer captures the world's attention, but some heads are better left unturned.

Hawkin distributes ethereal beer, a novel offering, to the city of Lavenfauvish. Now at silver rank, he continues to level up along the Brewer’s quest path with the help of his newfound companions, including Abigail Yak, a gold rank Brewer tasked with discovering the secret to Hawkin’s success.

Desperate to be the only one to sell Hawkin’s beers, a high ranking Brewer named Hiccup considers taking a risk that may not be worth the consequences. Meanwhile, a hungry market of monsters are devouring Hawkin’s goblin spit beer faster than he can brew it.

When Hawkin runs into new ingredients and brews specialty beer for Abigail’s friends, his Brewer’s Reputation drastically increases. Alchemists, scholars, brewers, collectors, dungeon crawlers, kingdom seekers, grievers, and even a necromancer, all begin searching for Hawkin’s beers.

His success draws the ire of Margaux, a scornful diamond rank Brewer. After the results of a brewing competition, she decides that Hawkin has become too much of a nuisance to put up with.

About the series: The MC of this cozy, slice of life fantasy is an in-world character with personal stakes, rather than world-saving or conquering ambitions. He follows a quest path that allows him to level up on his own terms by picking the quests he is willing to take and ignoring the rest. An interest in beer and real-world brewing isn't necessary to follow the story or Hawkin’s progression.