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Kentucky Bourbon

Dorton's Best Kentucky bourbon

Kentucky bourbon or Kentucky mash was an Earth alcoholic beverage, a variety of whiskey originating from Kentucky in the United States of America. It was a traditional ingredient in mint juleps. (TOS: "This Side of Paradise")

Malcolm Reed and Charles Tucker III drank a bottle of Dorton's Best while awaiting their early death. (ENT: "Shuttlepod One")

Captain Liam Shaw somewhat insultingly pegged Captain William T. Riker as "somewhat of a bourbonista," further explaining that he came to that conclusion after he purged all of Riker's "bebop" from the USS Titan's computer system after he took command, which he explained to Riker, "Speaks to your freewheeling, loosey-goosey, Kentucky mash kind of style." (PIC: "The Next Generation")

Kentucky bourbon was also the secret ingredient for Dr. McCoy's Southern baked beans in an earlier script for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. This dialogue was instead replaced with Tennessee whiskey for the theater release.
Dorton's Best, the brand in "Shuttlepod One" is fictional, a reference to Louise Dorton, the show's art director. The distinctive bottle was actually from Frïs Vodka.

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