Ale

"The Forkbeard himself now, from a wooden keg, poured a great tankard of ale, which
must have been of the measure of five gallons. Over this he then closed his fist. It was
the sign of the hammer, the sign of Thor. The tankard then, with two great bronze
handles, was passed from hands to hands among the rowers. The men threw back their
heads and, the liquid spilling down their bodies, drank ale. It was the victory ale."
Marauders of Gor

'The Forkbeard greets you!' shouted Ivar. I blinked. The hall was light. I had not understood it to be so large. At the tables, lifting ale and knives to the Forkbeard were more than a thousand men."
Marauders of Gor

Bazi Tea

"Tea is extremely important to the nomads. It is served hot and highly sugared. It gives
strength then, in virtue of the sugar, and cools them, by making them sweat, as well as
stimulating them. It is drunk three small cups at a time, carefully measured."
Tribesmen of Gor

'Make me tea,' I said. 'Is it ready?' I asked. I looked at the tiny copper kettle on the small stand. A tiny kaiila-dung fire burned under it. A small, heavy, curved glass was nearby, on a flat box, which would hold some two ounces of the tea. Bazi tea is drunk in tiny glasses, usually three at a time, carefully measured. She did not make herself tea, of course. She lifted the kettle from the fire and, carefully, poured me a tiny glass of tea. I took the glass. "
Tribesmen of Gor

Black Wine

"I had heard of black wine, but had never had any. It is drunk in Thentis, but I had
never heard of it being much drunk in other Gorean cities...Then I picked up one of the
thick, heavy clay bowls...It was extremely strong, and bitter, but it was hot, and,
unmistakably, it was coffee."
Assassins of Gor

" Second slave,' I told her, which, among the river towns, and in certain cities,
particularly in the north, is a way of indicating that I would take the black wine without
creams or sugars, and as it came from the pouring vessel, which, of course, in these
areas, is handled by the "second slave," the first slave being the girl who puts down the
cups, takes the orders and sees that the beverage is prepared according to the
preferences of the one who is being served." "The expression "second slave,"
incidentally, serves to indicate that one does not wish creams or sugars with one's black
wine, even if only one girl is serving."
Guardsman of Gor

Chocolate

"This is warmed chocolate," I said, pleased. It was very rich and creamy. "Yes,
Mistress," said the girl. "It is very good," I said. "Thank you, Mistress," she said. "Is it
from Earth?" I asked. "Not directly," she said. "Many things here, of course, ultimately
have an Earth origin. It is not improbable that the beans from which the first cacao
trees on this world were grown were brought from Earth." "Do the trees grow near
here?" I asked. "No Mistress," she said, "we obtain the beans from which the chocolate
is made, from Cosian merchants, who in turn, obtain them in the tropics."
Kajira of Gor

Flavoured Ices

"The High Initiate had risen to his feet and accepted a goblet from another Initiate, probably containing minced flavored ices, for the day was warm."
Assassin of Gor

"Free women, here and there, were delicately putting tidbits beneath their veils. Some even lifted their veils somewhat to drink of the flavored ices. Some low-caste free women drank through their veils, and there were yellow and purple stains on the rep-cloth."
Assassin of Gor

Juices

"I purchased some larma juice for a tarsk bit. "Is it cool?" I asked. "Yes," she said."
Mercenaries of Gor

Kal-da

"Kal-da is a hot drink, almost scalding, made of diluted Ka-la-na wine, mixed with
citrus juices and stinging spices. I did not care much for this mouth-burning
concoction, but it was popular with some of the lower castes, particularly those who
performed strenuous manual labor.
I expected its popularity was due more to its capacity to warm a man and stick to his ribs, and to its cheapness (a poor grade of Ka-la-na wine being used in its brewing) than to any gustatory excellence. Moreover, where there was Kal-da there should be bread and meat.
I thought of the yellow Gorean bread, baked in the shape of round, flat loaves, fresh and hot; My mouth watered for atabuk steak or, perhaps, if I were lucky, a slice of roast tarsk, the formidable six tusked
wild boar of Gor`s temperate forests."
Outlaw of Gor

Other girls now appeared among the tables, clad only in a camisk and a silver collar, and suddenly, silently, began to serve the Kal-da which Kron had ordered. Each carried a heavy pot of the foul, boiling brew and, cup by cup, replenished the cups of the men.
Outlaw of Gor

Mead

"In the north generally, mead, a drink made with fermented honey and water, and often
spices and such, tends to be favored over paga."
Vagabonds of Gor

"Here Jarl, said Thyri, again handing me the horn. It was filled with the mead of
Torvaldsland, brewed from fermented, honey, thick and sweet."
Marauders of Gor

Milk

"When the meat was ready, Kamchak ate his fill, and drank down, too, a flagon of bosk
milk"
Nomads of Gor

"The Wagon Peoples grow no food, nor do they have manufacturing as we know it. They
are herders a, and it is said, killers. They eat nothing that has touched the dirt. They
live on the meat and milk of the bosk."
Nomads of Gor

Milk Curds

"By one fire I could see a squat Tuchuk, hands on his hips, dancing and stamping about
by himself, drunk on fermented milk curds, dancing, according to Kamchak, to please
the sky."
Nomads of Gor

Rence Beer

"At such times there is drinking of rence beer, steeped, boiled and fermented from the
crushed seeds and the whitish pith of the plant."
Raiders of Gor

"I had carried about bowls of cut, fried fish, and wooden trays of roated tarsk meat, and roasted gants, threaded on sticks, and rence cakes and porridges, and gourd flagons, many times replenished, of rence beer."
Raiders of Gor

Sa-Paga

"`Your paga,' said the nude slave girl, who served me, her wrists chained. `It is warmed
as you wished.' I took it from her, not even glancing upon her, and drained the goblet...
I liked paga warm. One felt is so much the sooner that way."
Raiders of Gor

"The girls filled their vessels, which, like the hydria, or water vessel, are high-handled,
for dipping, in a large kettle hung simmering over a fire near the entrance to the
enclosure. Warm paga makes one drunk quicker, it is thought... Some Cosians tend to
be fond of hot paga."
Vagabonds of Gor

Sul-Paga

"Sul paga is, when distilled, though the sul itself is yellow, is as clear as water"
Slave Girl of Gor

"Sul paga, as anyone knew, is seldom available outside of a peasant village, where it is
brewed. Sul paga would slow a thalarion. To stay on your feet after a mouthful of Sul
paga it is said one must be of the peasants, and then for several generations. And even
then, it is said, it is difficult to manage. There is a joke about the baby of a peasant
father being born drunk nine months later."
Slave Girl of Gor

Turian Liquor

"She picked up the small tray from the stand near the table. On it was the small vessel
containing a thick, sweet liquor from distant Turia, the Ar of the south, and the two tiny
glasses from which we had sipped it."
Explorers of Gor

"Publius, to my surprise, selected a liqueur of Turia. 'Those of Turia are the best,' he said to Drusus Rencius, smiling, almost apologetically."
Kajira of Gor

Water

"He came to me, bent over, tattered, swarthy, grinning up at me, the verrskin bag over his shoulder, the brass cups, a dozen of them, attached to shoulder straps and his belt, rattling and clinking...Without removing the bag from his shoulder, he filled the cup...the water flowed into the cup between a tiny vent-and-spigot device, which wastes little water, by reducing spillage, which was tied in and waxed into a hole in the front left foreleg of the verrskin. The skins are carefully stripped and any rents are sewed up, the seams coated with wax. When the whole skin is thoroughly cleaned of filth and hair, straps are fastened to it, so that i might be conveniently carried on the shoulders, or over the back..."
Tribesmen of Gor

"She then went to one of the large, wooden, covered water buckets, roped to the deck, and in it submerged a water-skin. I heard the bubbling as the skin filled."
Marauders of Gor

Wine (light)

"The first wine, a light white wine, was being deferentially served by Pamela and
Bonnie."
Fighting Slave of Gor

Falarian Wine

"Among these petitioners came one fellow bringing with him the promise of a gift of wine, a wine supposedly secret, the rare Falarian, a wine only rumored among collectors to exist, a wine supposedly so rare and precious that its cost might purchase a city. She , though only a slave, would choose to sip it."
Mercenaries of Gor

Ka-la-na

"I turned and, among the furnishings of the tent, found a bottle of Ka-la-na, of good
vintage, from the vineyards of AR, the loot of a caravan raid. I then took the wine, with
a small copper bowl, and a black, red-rimmed wine crater, to the side of the fire."
Captive of Gor

"I went to his locker near the mat and got out his Ka-la-na flask; taking a long draught myself and then shoving it into his hands. He drained the flask in one drink and wiped his hand across his beard, stained with the red juice of the fermented drink."
Tarnsman of Gor

*NOTE: On the issue online of ka-la-na turning to poison in silver, read on;

"I do not wish to come home with you now," she said, lightly, a bit of Ka-la-na spilling from the silver goblet she held. At a gesture from Kliomenes, who sat, cross-legged, beside her, a half-naked paga slave, whose left ankle was belled, refilled Miss Henderson's cup.
Rogue of Gor

Palm Wine

"One of her most delicious exports is palm wine."
Explorers of Gor

"My recommendation," said Ayari, "would be to stab him, when he is not looking, or
perhaps to poison his palm wine"
Explorers of Gor

Ta-Wine

"One girl held our head back, and others, from goblets, gave us of wines, Turian wine,
sweet and thick, Ta wine, from the famed Ta grapes, from the terraces of Cos, wines
even, Ka-la-nas, sweets and dry, from distant Ar"
Tribesmen of Gor

" 'Thank you, Master,' I said, and drank some swallows of the beverage. It was Ta wine, from the Ta grapes of the terraces of Cos. Such a small thing, in its way, bespoke the intimacy of the trade relations between Vonda and 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

Wines (diluted)

"Shirly hurried about, making sure there was wine in the goblets. Callimachus drand water, but he permitted a drop of wine to mix in the water, that the ceremony of the toast might be one in which he fully shared. Wine, incidentally, is often mixed with water in Gorean homes. This is primarily because of the potency of many Gorean wines. The wines I was serving, however, were such that, sensibly, they could be served undiluted. An alternative with the potent wines is to serve very small amounts of them."
Guardsman of Gor

"When wine is drunk with Gorean meals, at home, incidentally, it is almost always diluted, mixed with water in a crater. At a party of convivial supper the host, or elected feast master, usually determines the proportions of water to wine. Unmixed wine, of course, may be drunk, for example at the parties of young men, at which might appear dancers, flute slaves and such. Many Gorean wines, it might be mentioned, if only by way of explanation, are very strong, often having an alcohol content by volume of forty to fifty percent."
Renegades of Gor


Ice

"My house, incidentally, like most Gorean houses, had no ice chest. There is little cold storage on Gor. Generally, food is preserved by being dried or salted. Some cold storage, of course, does exist. Ice is cut from ponds in the winter, and then stored in ice houses, under sawdust. One may go to the ice houses for it, or have it delivered in ice wagons. Most Goreans, of course, cannot afford the luxury of ice in the summer."
Guardsman of Gor

Breeding Wine

This is not a drink which is served. It is for medical purposes.
Given to slaves that are to be "bred" Reverses the effect of Slave Wine.

"She did not need the sip root, of course, for, as she had pointed out, she had had some within the moon, and indeed, the effect of sip root, in the raw state, in most women, is three or four moons. In the concentrated state, as in slave wine, developed by the caste of physicians, the effect is almost indefinite, usually requiring a releaser for its remission, usually administered, to a slave, in what is called the breeding wine, or the "second wine". When this is administered she usually knows that she has been selected for crossing with a handsome male slave."
Blood Brothers of Gor

Slave Wine

This is not a drink to be served. It is for Medical purposes only.
Given to slaves as a contraceptive.

"Slave wine is bitter, intentionally so. Its effects lasts for more than a Gorean month. I
did not wish the females to conceive. A female slave is taken off slave wine only when it
is her master's intention to breed her."
Marauders of Gor

"Slave wine makes sense in a slave-holding culture such as Gor. The breeding of slaves,
like any sort of domestic animals, and particularly valuable ones, is carefully
controlled. As a slave, of course, I could be bred, or crossed, when, and however, my
master might see fit. It is the same as with other animals."
Dancer of Gor