Nectar Making, I'm nervous

Yes, I was surprised to see nectar making when we already have juice fizzing. I hope it feels completely different from juice fizzing - otherwise what’s the point?

Nectar making is also important to me and I am anxious to learn more about how they're implementing it. So far, I've only seen a barrel and a stomping machine in the leaked images. Aging is very important in the process, so I doubt they won't include it.

I'm a bit surprised that this pack includes nectar making specifically since grapes grow predominantly in Mediterranean climates, not deserts. Thus, I'm not sure if it would make sense to have grape farms (and thus different types of grapes) in this world - but if they're adding nectar making, I'm assuming there will be. White wine can technically be made from red grapes in real life, but of course it would be more fun and make nectars feel more unique to have different types - especially if grapes from different worlds make nectars feel more regionalized. I'm hoping the nectars will be customizable. I hope we have the option of making nectar red/white/sparkling/pink, and that we can add other types of fruits/berries/herbs for more complex flavours - and maybe even effects, such as chamomile from Outdoor Retreat making sims calm, poison berries making sims sick etc. Naming bottles would allow us to recreate real wine types, name it after our farm or world, or just mess around and have fun. How long we age a nectar not only increases its value, but also maybe influences how sweet/bitter/dry it is. I'm hoping we can age nectars in barrels before transfering them to bottles, or just tap them into a glass straight from the barrel, since that would be fun for medieval saves.
It would be cool if certain sims don't like nectar, or only like sweet nectars, and that it will be shown through their buffs after drinking some. Opening a bottle of sparkling nectar can be a fun occasion, but the cork can also pop into someone's eye. Drinking nectar during a celebration (birthdays, weddings, New Year's etc) can give a buff similar to how bday sims get happy from eating cake - the nectar makes it more fancy/special.

I'd love if the pack isn't limited to only grape nectar and allows us to make other types of drinks. Corn, wheat and oats suit a ranch theme, which could be used to distill spirits such as bourbon and whiskey. Fruits can be used to distill brandy or "fruit nectar." A plasma fruit nectar collection for my vampires will make me very happy.

I'm all in for nectar variety, but I normally find any feature with more than 10-15 recipes overwhelming and I rarely bother to learn all about it. In my game I currently use a nectar making mod (by icemunmun?) which is very well done, except the aging is lacking. It makes nectar into something to make and drink, and I also sell it in retail stores. But it has no value for investors, and there is no point in storing those bottles in a cellar. The value increase over time will be a very much missed feature, recalling my sims storing them down deep into the ground such as level 3 basement, as I think value increased faster the deeper they were stored. Walking those stairs took a fair share of my gaming session, but I never saw it as wasted. It was an important part of the game of the nectar making household :)

In my game I have assigned certain nectar versions to most districts, seeing them as old traditions of worlds or Houses. I rarely use the eco fizzle juice thing as it mainly is making+drinking/selling and lacks the traditional aspects. So, nectar making will be very welcome in my game :) 10 versions + aging will make me happy enough.

What would make Nectar Making different from Juice Fizzing would be the ability to store nectar and have it increase in value over time! (Just like wine in real life) I can‘t wait to have my own nectar cellar in Sims 4

Also I hope we have the ability to use every fruit available in the game for cross-EP play. For example, plasma fruits from Vampires to make plasma fruit nectar, blueberries from Cottage Living or elderberries from Outdoor Retreat.

"FreezerBunnyCowplant;c-18278901" wrote:
What would make Nectar Making different from Juice Fizzing would be the ability to store nectar and have it increase in value over time! (Just like wine in real life) I can‘t wait to have my own nectar cellar in Sims 4

Also I hope we have the ability to use every fruit available in the game for cross-EP play. For example, plasma fruits from Vampires to make plasma fruit nectar, blueberries from Cottage Living or elderberries from Outdoor Retreat.

In real life I know someone who made wine from various fruits. I would definitely like some more fruit options.
fruit wine

I'm so excited for nectar making in the Horse Ranch EP but still a bit cautious because I don't want to get too disappointed if they nerfed it from the way it worked in Sims 3 World Adventures. Nectar making was one of my absolute favorite parts in that EP that made the EP so much better despite being disappointed a bit because some Simmers including me wanted the EP to focus on vacation as well as the adventures part but it was more about the adventures and we did get Island Paradise later on so yeah...but nectar making was one of the features that made that EP so good, I hope the nectar will actually age and get more valuable, I am PRAYING they remembered to add that Cellar/Basement feature and the Nectar racks and the nectar will get way more valuable in the basement, cannot wait to get more information soon once they officially confirm everything... <3

Personally I always viewed the juice fizzing station as separate from nectar. Like how the juice keg is sims 3 wasn't nectar it was juice. And you could get juiced. And how with the one in sims 4 it's the same thing. And teens have to be "sneaky" when getting it.

I think juice fizzing is literally just various sparkling drinks like sparkling juice, cider, and kombucha. Especially given the pack it came in. And the range of items you can fizz/the resulting products.

Plus if I'm remembering this correctly sims don't get a buzz from those products without a mod. Or at least not the ones I tried. I haven't used it in forever.

Nectar has always been more like wine to me. I didn't get to play with it much (bc both sims 3 bugs and EA saying my packs are missing when they shouldn't be) but I'm fairly sure it's meant to be alcoholic. Idk if there's non-buzzed nectar, but I think it's just the range in various drinks.
Like Juice (capital J) is like beer, fizzed juice is anything sparkling that isn't alcoholic. But myb you could make a hard cider type fizzed juice, if anyone has please lemme know. And nectar is the wines, of sim world. Maybe even other liquors since it's coming in the horse/western pack. I wouldn't be surprised if we got a sim equivalent to whiskey, and things like that in the nectar maker. It's got barrels.

"Louise_G0325;c-18278817" wrote:
Nectar making is also important to me and I am anxious to learn more about how they're implementing it. So far, I've only seen a barrel and a stomping machine in the leaked images. Aging is very important in the process, so I doubt they won't include it.

I'm a bit surprised that this pack includes nectar making specifically since grapes grow predominantly in Mediterranean climates, not deserts. Thus, I'm not sure if it would make sense to have grape farms (and thus different types of grapes) in this world - but if they're adding nectar making, I'm assuming there will be. White wine can technically be made from red grapes in real life, but of course it would be more fun and make nectars feel more unique to have different types - especially if grapes from different worlds make nectars feel more regionalized. I'm hoping the nectars will be customizable. I hope we have the option of making nectar red/white/sparkling/pink, and that we can add other types of fruits/berries/herbs for more complex flavours - and maybe even effects, such as chamomile from Outdoor Retreat making sims calm, poison berries making sims sick etc. Naming bottles would allow us to recreate real wine types, name it after our farm or world, or just mess around and have fun. How long we age a nectar not only increases its value, but also maybe influences how sweet/bitter/dry it is. I'm hoping we can age nectars in barrels before transfering them to bottles, or just tap them into a glass straight from the barrel, since that would be fun for medieval saves.
It would be cool if certain sims don't like nectar, or only like sweet nectars, and that it will be shown through their buffs after drinking some. Opening a bottle of sparkling nectar can be a fun occasion, but the cork can also pop into someone's eye. Drinking nectar during a celebration (birthdays, weddings, New Year's etc) can give a buff similar to how bday sims get happy from eating cake - the nectar makes it more fancy/special.

I'd love if the pack isn't limited to only grape nectar and allows us to make other types of drinks. Corn, wheat and oats suit a ranch theme, which could be used to distill spirits such as bourbon and whiskey. Fruits can be used to distill brandy or "fruit nectar." A plasma fruit nectar collection for my vampires will make me very happy.

This just made me think of the bees from Seasons (?). We could make mead.

Like rn the only drink we can make with more effort is fizzed juice. Every other drink is something you buy, coffee, tea, or bar drinks. You can't even make a smoothie without a mod.

Buy if we get nectar, and it seems we will. With cross pack integration, that would probably be really easy to add in. Either as like a small object that shows up/only works if you have bees. Or, as is more likely, a kit.
We already know 2 kits are coming. At least 1 is possibly going to relate to the upcoming gp that I'm praying is fairies. But if it follows what they did with Growing Together, both might be tangentially related to the EP. And in this case it might be even more so.
In another thread we were talking about a kit that possibly brought in more animals than those mentioned in the leak, and we don't know much about the harvestables yet. But what if one kit was plants and animals (a production gp pack), and the other was more items? Like a mead set up that requires you to have both the EP&Seasons to work properly, as well as other gameplay items for things we don't know yet. (All of which would fit so much easier in 1 stuff pack.)

"LSM36;c-18279079" wrote:

"Louise_G0325;c-18278817" wrote:
Nectar making is also important to me and I am anxious to learn more about how they're implementing it. So far, I've only seen a barrel and a stomping machine in the leaked images. Aging is very important in the process, so I doubt they won't include it.

I'm a bit surprised that this pack includes nectar making specifically since grapes grow predominantly in Mediterranean climates, not deserts. Thus, I'm not sure if it would make sense to have grape farms (and thus different types of grapes) in this world - but if they're adding nectar making, I'm assuming there will be. White wine can technically be made from red grapes in real life, but of course it would be more fun and make nectars feel more unique to have different types - especially if grapes from different worlds make nectars feel more regionalized. I'm hoping the nectars will be customizable. I hope we have the option of making nectar red/white/sparkling/pink, and that we can add other types of fruits/berries/herbs for more complex flavours - and maybe even effects, such as chamomile from Outdoor Retreat making sims calm, poison berries making sims sick etc. Naming bottles would allow us to recreate real wine types, name it after our farm or world, or just mess around and have fun. How long we age a nectar not only increases its value, but also maybe influences how sweet/bitter/dry it is. I'm hoping we can age nectars in barrels before transfering them to bottles, or just tap them into a glass straight from the barrel, since that would be fun for medieval saves.
It would be cool if certain sims don't like nectar, or only like sweet nectars, and that it will be shown through their buffs after drinking some. Opening a bottle of sparkling nectar can be a fun occasion, but the cork can also pop into someone's eye. Drinking nectar during a celebration (birthdays, weddings, New Year's etc) can give a buff similar to how bday sims get happy from eating cake - the nectar makes it more fancy/special.

I'd love if the pack isn't limited to only grape nectar and allows us to make other types of drinks. Corn, wheat and oats suit a ranch theme, which could be used to distill spirits such as bourbon and whiskey. Fruits can be used to distill brandy or "fruit nectar." A plasma fruit nectar collection for my vampires will make me very happy.

This just made me think of the bees from Seasons (?). We could make mead.

Like rn the only drink we can make with more effort is fizzed juice. Every other drink is something you buy, coffee, tea, or bar drinks. You can't even make a smoothie without a mod.

Buy if we get nectar, and it seems we will. With cross pack integration, that would probably be really easy to add in. Either as like a small object that shows up/only works if you have bees. Or, as is more likely, a kit.
We already know 2 kits are coming. At least 1 is possibly going to relate to the upcoming gp that I'm praying is fairies. But if it follows what they did with Growing Together, both might be tangentially related to the EP. And in this case it might be even more so.
In another thread we were talking about a kit that possibly brought in more animals than those mentioned in the leak, and we don't know much about the harvestables yet. But what if one kit was plants and animals (a production gp pack), and the other was more items? Like a mead set up that requires you to have both the EP&Seasons to work properly, as well as other gameplay items for things we don't know yet. (All of which would fit so much easier in 1 stuff pack.)

I’m not sure if they would put other animals in kits after the complaining people did when my first pet stuff came out. I loved my first pet stuff, but a lot of people boycotted it. Of course, a lot of people won’t buy kits anyway. I don’t use mods or CC so I appreciate kits. I’m just sorry that they stopped making stuff packs, they were a favorite of mine. It would certainly be nice if we got other animals in kits or a stuff pack, but, I’m not holding my breath for it.

As much as I would like to believe otherwise, the 2 kits will likely be cas or bb. We haven't had a gameplay kit since they launched and I find it totally unlikely they would put animals in a kit. I would love to be wrong but history is a great predictor of the future.