User blog comment:SirAston/Gragas' Lore OR Why the fork do I care just now?/@comment-35019468-20140311173954/@comment-5331854-20140311181516

The main difference is the motivation.

Old Gragas was, as I said it in the blog post, an artisan of brewery. He wanted to make a wide array of unforgettable drinks, even if he's the only one that could enjoy it (due to his hermit-style or his drinks being magic-poisoned, your guess).

New Gragas wants the Hyperbeer because he wants to get drunk for real. There's no grace with that motivation.