Saurian brandy

Saurian brandy
Saurian bryndy in the 2370s.	Saurian brandy in the 2260s..
2260s	2370s

Saurian brandy is an alcoholic beverage manufactured by the Saurians.

Flint had a bottle of Saurian brandy dating back to 2169. (TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah")

In 2266, when the M-113 creature impersonating crewman Green acted strangely, Janice Rand asked him if he'd been nipping some Saurian Brandy. (TOS: "The Man Trap")

The same year, the aggressive half of Captain Kirk demanded a whole bottle of Saurian brandy. (TOS: "The Enemy Within")

Also in 2266 Kirk offered Saurian brandy to the crew members of the USS Antares; it was declined by her Captain. (TOS: "Charlie X")

Scotty started off his mission of getting Tomar drunk with a bottle of Saurian brandy in 2267. (TOS: "By Any Other Name")

In 2269 females of Taurus II serve a nectar that caused the crewmembers of the Enterprise to faint. Dr. McCoy stated on their way to the slumber chamber that their nectar was as potent as Saurian brandy. (TAS: "The Lorelei Signal")

Guinan prepared a concoction containing mostly Saurian brandy along with Targ milk and Denevian mead, after hearing about it on Prakal II. Data observed that the drink contained a high concentration of fructose compound and monosaccharides (which is to say, it was sweet). (TNG: "In Theory")

An old bottle of this very alcoholic liquor was used by Captain Picard as trade for a Gorlan prayer stick in 2370. (TNG: "Bloodlines")

In 2375 a Ferengi named Gant had 10 cases of Saurian Brandy for sale, and according to Nog it was Benjamin Sisko's favorite. Later that year Hector Ilario experienced his first taste of Saurian brandy. (DS9: "Treachery, Faith and the Great River", "Field of Fire")

In a line cut from "The Die is Cast", Vice Admiral Toddman noted to Julian Bashir that he was "in trouble", because the Admiral had bet two cases of Saurian brandy that he was going to win the Carrington Award that year. Toddman told Bashir: "You lost, which means I lost. And I don't like to lose."

The "powder horn" bottles used in TOS and DS9 were originally commemorative whiskey bottles by the Dickel company in Tennessee.

Quark often had bottles resembling Saurian brandy on his shelves in his bar on Deep Space 9.

Further References

• TOS:
  • "The Conscience of the King"
  • "Court Martial"
  • "Space Seed"
  • "Journey to Babel"
  • "Elaan of Troyius"
  • "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"
• DS9:
  • "The Wire"
  • "Prophet Motive"
  • "Facets"
  • "Behind the Lines"
  • "Prodigal Daughter"