I really miss the vitality and strength buff after being completely drunk. Yet it was giving you a stamina penalty for a minute and headache after like it does now. But it use to be an early way to buff, if you were not so bold to go to the sunken city and “steal” the recipe for deep fishing.
But now you can fix lotus potions from low lvls so this difficulty to buff from low levels doesn’t exist anymore.
There are cooking recipes that will provide you the most buffs from low levels too and alcohol recipes that will provide you agility buffs. In exile lands, specialist brewing 3 exists hidden under the Galleon.
Years now i wish the same brother, i like cooking and brewing. We have something right now but it’s not enough.