"That's because the nerves in your throat are usually all dead by the next time you drink it, so it doesn't burn that much. The Qunari who made it know that taste isn't why people drink it, right? It's like a liquid punch to your consciousness until it can't stand anymore. If I drink something for the taste, it's usually that Chasind sack mead or Antivan brandy. Now that's smooth."

But she'll refrain from indulging during a drinking contest, because there's no way a dwarf is going to beat her when it comes to her own people's liquor. "How are you at Wicked Grace?"