Matthew Lillard Launches New DUNGEONS & DRAGONS-Inspired Bourbon and Comedy Series
Actor Matthew Lillard and screenwriter Justin Ware are co-owners of a new liquor company along with Blue Run Spirits co-founder Tim Sparapani that launches later this year and they are developing a line of spirits inspired by Dungeons & Dragons. The company is called Find Familiar Spirits.
The first product they launch will be Quest's End, a new line of bourbon whiskey, with each bottle and flavor representing the next part in a continuous story designed by veteran DM and game designer Kate Welch with illustrations by renowned fantasy artist Tyler Jacobson.
Lillard explains that Quest’s End begins with “Sarin of the Pit, ‘who was born in the fighting pits, a paladin of the god of life, Inxa,’ and the straight bourbon whiskey blend is characterized by notes of vanilla and fruit ‘with an undercurrent of spice to reflect her fighting spirit’ (per the bottle’s tasting notes). Distilled in Indiana and Kentucky, Paladin will be available for preorder online starting Oct. 4, ahead of its November launch.”
He added: “Each one of the bottles has a map on the back. It has hit points on the side, so as you drink down the hit points, you get stronger! One of the things we wanted create is something very bespoke, so the bottle’s beautiful. You’re getting a story; an entire unboxing experience.”
Lillard explains “Each year as we go forward, we’ll continually find communities that have a fan base, that’s committed, that are passionate, that are fun-loving, accepting and full of joy.”
Lillard is a big fan of D&D and is also bringing more D&D to the small screen with Faster, Purple Worm! Kill Kill!, which is described as a “Whose Line Is It Anyway?-meets-D&D” improv and live gameplay series.
That series will air on the free ad-supported streaming (FAST) channel and the show spans 20 one-hour episodes and features a revolving cast of first-level characters played by Lillard, Seth Green, Skeet Ulrich, Patton Oswalt, Deborah Ann Woll, Todd Stashwick, Michael Irby and others, and each “table is a hundred percent new people cycled through a new DM, a new world, and the whole conceit is there’s one monster and everyone dies in the end.”
Lillard says of the shows, “It’s an incredible ambassador to the game. Every single show is funny, and every single show is played differently. There’s no wrong way to play Dungeon & Dragons.”
Source: THR