If you’re a WoW player (and who isn’t?), now is a very festive time of year.  Of course, I’m referring to Blizzard’s slightly twisted take on Octoberfest, Brewfest.  It’s a time for your avatar to drink too much, to ride all crazy fast on a ram, to throw some kegs of beer to Brewfest workers, and to run around town shouting about beer.  (Trust me, this all makes perfect sense in World of Warcraft).  The goal is to win some fun prizes and get (virtually) drunker than is even possible in the real world.

This year’s Brewfest is new and reformulated, however.  Brewfest used to be something of a endurance contest – you had to do the Ram racing delivery thing over, and over, and over again, and the rewards included a Brewfest mount (either a ram or a kodo), though other prizes were also available.  This is, sadly, no longer entirely true.  In order to get the good prizes (including your unique mount), you now have to travel down to the depths of BRD and slay a special seasonal NPC, Coren Direbrew.  Upon Coren’s death – he’s no slouch, either – you’ll get access to all manner of nice rewards.  Of course, these include the Brewfest mounts, but also a series of epic trinkets and other doodads.

Overall, this one is probably very much worth doing.  So get your group of well-equipped 80s characters together, and and good luck with slaying Coren Direbrew. 

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