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[[Re-imagined Series]] co-creator [[Ron D. Moore]] typically enjoys a fine alcoholic beverage or tobacco product ("'''smokes and drinks'''") while recording [[podcast]]s that provide commentary to the many episodes. This article summarizes the beverage and tobacco brands used during the podcasts where available.

As Moore ([[Podcast:Pegasus|sort of]]) requested, Battlestar Wiki is committed to keeping score of his libations.

==Season 2==
Podcasts where smokes and drinks were mentioned were not created until episode 10, season 2, "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]".

==="[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]"===
*'''Beverage''': Not defined.
*'''Smokes''': Not defined, but at three cigarettes were enjoyed. (Moore denies that the '''Smokes''' are [[New Caprican loco weed]] or any other terrestrial psychotropic genus).

==="[[The Captain's Hand]]"===
*'''Beverage''': Not defined.
*'''Smokes''': Not defined, but '''Smokes''' were enjoyed. Moore asks the fans to "[http://www.valleyadvocate.com/blogs/home.cfm?aid=191 "man up"] when it comes to his enjoyment of smokes and drinks and the background noise of his home during the podcasts.

==="[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]"===
*'''Beverage''': Not defined.
*'''Smokes''': None. Moore's wife, [[Terry Dresbach]], joined him in the commentary, who forbids smoking while she is in the room.

==="[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"===
*'''Beverage''': [[David Eick]] joins Moore. He pours a little [[w:Johnnie Walker|Johnnie Walker Blue Label]] in celebration of this season-ending episode, quipping that Moore is pouring "apple juice" in a half-hearted attempt to set an example for his children.
*'''Smokes''': Not defined, but Moore, who calls himself a "re-smoker", enjoys several.

==Season 3==

==="[[Occupation]]" and "[[Precipice]]"===
*'''Beverage''': [[w:Bowmore Single Malt|Bowmore "Cask Strength"]] Scotch, given to him by a friend.
*'''Smokes''': None. Moore's wife attended the podcast.

==="[[Exodus, Part I]]"===
*'''Beverage''': [http://www.scotchwhisky.net/malt/longmorn.htm Longmorn Fifteen] Scotch. (Moore: "A highland Scotch. A damned fine one.")
*'''Smokes''': None. Moore's wife attended the podcast.

==="[[Exodus, Part II]]"===
*'''Beverage''': [http://www.whisky.com/brands/glenrothes_brand.html Glenrothes] Scotch.
*'''Smokes''': [[w:Natural American Spirit|American Spirit]]

==="[[Collaborators]]"===
*'''Beverage''': Diet Coke. Moore speaks from his office at Universal Studios.
*'''Smokes''': Not defined, but he smokes anyway, joking that he is in defiance of California state law.

==="[[Torn]]"===
*'''Beverage''': None. Moore speaks at the "The History and Theory of Commercial Narrative film" class at Cornell University, his alma mater.
*'''Smokes''': None.

==="[[A Measure of Salvation]]"===
*'''Beverage''': [[w:The Macallan|Macallan]] Scotch given by a Cornell student named Josh after Moore endured a dry podcast for the last episode.
*'''Smokes''': [[w:Natural American Spirit|American Spirit]]

==="[[Hero]]"===
*'''Beverage''': None. Moore chose to take a break from inbibing this podcast. ("Too early in the day.")
*'''Smokes''': [[w:Nat Sherman|Shermans]]. Moore notes to all that he doesn't smoke nearly as much as his fans may believe.

==="[[Unfinished Business]]"===
*'''Beverage''': None.
*'''Smokes''': None. Moore is joined by [[Grace Park]] and [[Tahmoh Penikett]] in the Moore's Vancouver apartment. The group quips on the episode's use of "[[New Caprican loco weed]]" by characters [[Laura Roslin]] and [[William Adama]].

==="[[The Passage]]"===
*'''Beverage''': None. Moore notes that he is feeling unwell.
*'''Smokes''': None.

==="[[Rapture]]"===
*'''Beverage''': [[w:Johnnie Walker|Johnnie Walker Black]]. Dresbach notes that, because of their plane trip, they "cheapened out" on the Scotch in case the "good stuff" would cause an in-flight incident.
*'''Smokes''': None. Moore's wife attends the podcast.

==="[[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]"===
*'''Beverage''': Glenross Scotch
*'''Smokes''': [[w:Nat Sherman|Shermans]]

==="[[The Woman King]]"===
*'''Beverage''': [[w:Absinthe|Absinthe]], from an undisclosed source.
*'''Smokes''': None. Wife Dresbach and Moore are vacationing on the Russion River in a cabin.

==="[[A Day in the Life]]"===
*'''Beverage''': [http://www.bruichladdich.com/ Bruichladdich] Scotch ("With the [http://www.bruichladdich.com/latestnewsarticles/wmd_second.htm Yellow Submarine label].")
*'''Smokes''': None. Moore's wife attends the podcast.

==="[[Maelstrom]]"===
*'''Beverage'''s: [http://www.isleofjura.com/ Isle of Jura] Scotch. (A gift from "professor Diane Winston, at the University of Southern California, who invited me to come and talk with her class on media- religion in television.") Dresbach enjoys "A glass of le lait, with a twist of orange."
*'''Smokes''': None.

==="[[The Son Also Rises]]"===
*'''Beverage''': [[w:Highland Park Single Malt|Highland Twenty Five]] Scotch, a gift from his wife for Valentine's Day.
*'''Smokes''': None. Moore's wife attends the podcast.

==="[[Crossroads, Part I]]"===
*'''Beverage''': [[w:Edradour|Edradour]] Scotch, a gift from actor [[w:John Hodgman|John Hodgman]]. Moore notes that, of the Scotches he's imbibed, that [[w:Talisker|Talisker]] is one of is favorites, as well as the [http://www.isleofjura.com/ Isle of Jura] Scotch he enjoyed during the podcast of "[[Maelstrom]]".
*'''Smokes''': None. Moore's wife attends the podcast.

==="[[Crossroads, Part II]]"===
*'''Beverage'''s: [[w:Highland Park Single Malt|Highland Twenty Five]] Scotch
*'''Smokes''': [[w:Natural American Spirit|American Spirit]], a "gift" from Dresbach, who lets Moore smoke in her presence for this particular podcast.

==Season 4==
==="[[Razor]]"===
*'''Beverage'''s: [[w:The Macallan|Macallan Seventeen]] Scotch, possibly the same Macallan enjoyed in the podcast for "[[A Measure of Salvation]]".
*'''Smokes''': Not defined.

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