I need "Saurian Brandy"—any suggestions?

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Long story short, I’ve got a bottle ready for a Christmas gift, but I’m looking for a suitably weird brandy to fill it with.

Specifically, I need something (preferably an actual brandy) that tastes like it’s something a race of lizard-men would drink. And is light brown.

And, of course, something that won’t break the bank. I’m thinking roughly $25, max.

There’s not much canon information on the Saurian homeworld, but at least some of the semi-canon licenced stuff indicates it may be a jungle planet.

So…can any other geeks, nerds, or connoisseurs help me out?

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IMHO, it’s the bottle that makes the difference. Any cheap brandy would work. Maybe drop some RedHots to dissolve in it to give it a slightly off color (and a bit of spice) would be fun. (It’s supposed to be a little sweet.)

YMMV (this IS the Dope, after all…)
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Googling it, it appears to already have pretty pervasive cocktail recipe that includes vodka, orange zest, sugar, and maple syrup. I wonder if it’s from one of the licensed books? I know there was a Neelix cookbook at some point.

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I thought Saurian brandy was supposed to be green? Wasn’t it green in the old series?

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I really like that idea.

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No, the green booze in TOS (the episode By Any Other Name) was unnamed. In TNG, there was a green beverage identified as Aldeberan Whiskey, which is likely what Scotty was drinking in BAON (since that scene was referencing BAON).

There was, however, a blue Antarean Brandy.

Star Trek has a LOT of blue booze (several kinds of brandy, Romulan Ale)…I think the Aldeberan Whiskey is the only green kind.

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That’s Aldebaran whiskey.

EDIT: TEEEEEEEEEEEEEENGU!

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What about Romulan Ale?

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One key for a true Saurian brandy is that it needs to be potent so whatever you add nedds to fortify the brandy.

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Opiates?

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And/or a handful of No-Doze.

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Then we end up with a room full of very alert drunken nerds. Hilarity shall ensue.

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Isn’t that sort of what a normal SF convention is?

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The Recipe.

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Whatever you end up making, I want a sip! Unless you have some tranya… or bloodwine…?

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If you want a more powerful hootch, make the recipe with Everclear.

(and watch your eyebrows fall off)
~VOW

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That recipe only uses 2 of the 4 ingredients, and not all of one of those. I can only assume there should be a line about mixing everything together at the end. I suppose you could strain out the orange rind, or store it in a LavaLite ™ for effect.

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I thought that was illegal

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Lizards.

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IIRC there was an episode of DS9 where it mentioned as no longer illegal after the Federation-Romulan alliance was formed. I always supposed that it was illegal because of a trade embargo, like Cuban cigars, and not because it’s worse than other beers.