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Yan-Zhu the Uncasked Guide
Yan-Zhu the Uncasked in Stormstout Brewery, quoted from the Adventure Guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.
30-second TL;DR
Adventure Guide says
- Stages named in the Adventure Guide: Brewmastery: Wheat, Brewmastery: Ale, Brewmastery: Stout.
Encounter phases
Adventure Guide says
- Brewmastery: Wheat Uncle Gao's crazy experiments grant Yan-Zhu one of two wheat brew abilities.
- Brewmastery: Ale Uncle Gao's new fermentation procedures grant Yan-Zhu one of two ale brew abilities.
- Brewmastery: Stout Uncle Gao has modified the family recipe, granting Yan-Zhu one of two stout brew abilities.
Boss abilities
| Ability | Adventure Guide | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Brew Bolt | If there are no players near Yan-Zhu, he will begin casting Brew Bolts. This effect stacks. | |
| Bloat | Yan-Zhu infuses a random player with an excessive quantity of brew. | |
| Blackout Brew | Stacks can be removed by moving and jumping. If Blackout Brew reaches 10 stacks, the Brew stuns the player for 10 sec. | |
| Bubble Shield | Yan-Zhu covers himself with 8 small bubbles. Each bubble grants Yan-Zhu 10% damage reduction. This effect stacks. | |
| Ferment | The Yeasty Brew Alemental fires a fermentation beam towards Yan-Zhu the Uncasked, but players may intercept the beam and receive its effect by standing between the two Alementals. to the affected target. | |
| Carbonation | Yan-Zhu fills the room with Carbonation for 20 sec. to enemies that are close to the ground and prevents them from attacking or casting spells due to acute asphyxiation. In addition, Carbonation causes Fizzy Bubbles to spawn. | |
| Wall of Suds | Yan-Zhu periodically summons forth walls of sudsy brew. | |
| Sudsy | The sudsy nature of Yan-Zhu grants players the ability to jump extra high. |
Loot
Every name is a TheWoWDB item page. Hover the row for the first-party tooltip.
Mounts, toys, achievements, transmog
Only rows the journal loot table or an achievement title can prove for this encounter.
Achievements
Heroic: Stormstout Brewery · Heroic: Stormstout Brewery · Stormstout Brewery · Stormstout Brewery · Stormstout Brewery: Bronze · Stormstout Brewery: Gold · Stormstout Brewery: Silver
Entrance and instance
Stormstout Brewery is a dungeon in the Adventure Guide. See the Stormstout Brewery database page for the raw journal, map, and loot grid. This guide does not invent coordinates or a walking path.
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Player strategy
This page quotes the Adventure Guide. It does not add player strategy such as positioning, assignments, stack or spread calls, or cooldown timings unless that sentence is already in the journal.
Questions
What does the Adventure Guide say about Yan-Zhu the Uncasked?
Stages named in the Adventure Guide: Brewmastery: Wheat, Brewmastery: Ale, Brewmastery: Stout.
What does Yan-Zhu the Uncasked drop?
The Adventure Guide lists 11 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Stormstout Brewery database page.
Does Yan-Zhu the Uncasked change on Heroic or Mythic?
The current Adventure Guide text for this encounter does not include separate Heroic or Mythic sentences we can quote. If a later client build adds them, they appear here automatically.
Where does this guide's text come from?
Quoted Adventure Guide sections come from TheWoWDB's retail datamine (client build 12.1.0.69587, ingested 2026-09-01). Player strategy such as positioning, assignments, and cooldown timings is omitted unless that sentence is already in the journal.
Source and build
This page quotes the Adventure Guide. It does not add player strategy such as positioning, assignments, stack or spread calls, or cooldown timings unless that sentence is already in the journal. Quoted sections come from TheWoWDB Adventure Guide datamine (client build 12.1.0.69587, ingested 2026-09-01). Ability names link to first-party spell pages. When a newer retail build is ingested, this page updates with it.