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Ambrosia

2008-07-22T06:11:11Z

Anastasija:

:''For information on a similarly-named (but differently spelled) alcoholic beverage in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], see [[Ambrosa]].''
[[Image:Ambrosia.jpg|thumb|right|The [[ambrosia]] flows richly during the Tighs' reunion dinner. ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]])]]
'''Ambrosia''' is an intoxicating alcoholic beverage, typically green in color.

[[Ellen Tigh]] presents a bottle of ambrosia to her husband, Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]], after they have reunited ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]).

During a documentary on the military of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] conducted by [[D'anna Biers]], an inebriated, cigarette-smoking [[Felix Gaeta]] reveals a tattoo and comments: "Ambrosia's good with a chaser. And if you have enough ambrosia-- didn't really hurt that much" ([[Final Cut]]).

The luxury liner ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' offered ambrosia as a barside drink ([[Colonial Day]]).

According to the labels on the bottle; Ambrosia was produced in the Bliffe Sector by the Stanford Distillery for at least 100 years. There seems to be a set of 4 concentric rings with meaning unknown. It also seems to have been made with prison labor. The telephone area code for the Bliffe Sector seems to be (04).

[[Image:ambrosia2.jpg|thumb|right|The actual labels from the bottle used on the show.]]

==Notes==
*In Greek mythology, ambrosia was said to be the food of the Olympian gods, made out of nectar, conferring immortality on those who ate it.

==External Links==
{{ext-wikipedia|article = Ambrosia}}
*[[w:Absinthe|Absinthe]] (Real-world green alcoholic beverage) article at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia].

{{WikiFrakr|Ambrosia}}

{{Drugs}}

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Colonial]]
[[Category:Colonial Society]]
[[Category:Colonial Society (RDM)]]
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Talk:Ambrosia/Archive 1

2008-07-19T12:33:51Z

Anastasija:

Is Ambrosia what they call "alcohol", or is it a ''kind'' of alcohol, like "brandy" or "wine"? Because I actually think ambrosia is "their word" for alcohol, and all things we'd call "alcholoic beverage" are "ambrosia". --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 20:59, 17 June 2006 (CDT)
:Admitting things could be different in BSG, in our world if (like Gaeta ) we say something is good with a chaser it usually a particular liquor, and often a particular brand. However, this may be question for the "official source". I can't remember, in the still scenes, if anyone called it something else. What about labels on bottles? Sorry, got to rambling. --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 21:12, 17 June 2006 (CDT)
::I suspect it's a kind of alcohol, if only because we've seen booze in many different colors, but only the green stuff has been called "Ambrosia". --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 23:51, 17 June 2006 (CDT)
:::One the front of one of the bottles (Secrets and Lies), it quite clearly states that its 'Ambrosia' which leads me to believe that like Peter said - its a type of booze, much like Glenfiddich or Baileys or Grenadine :) --[[User:Fordsierra4x4|Fordsierra4x4]] 06:41, 18 June 2006 (CDT)
:::::I've got a good screen cap of the Ambrosia label (from a "Behind the Scenes" segment on the DVD) that states "Stanford Distillery." That would indicate it's booze, most likely some relative of absinthe, Pernod, or Chartreuse. [http://www.retro.com/employees/lee/Art/BSG/AmbrosiaLabel2.jpg Reproduction of Ambrosia Label here] --[[User:Scotchfairy|Scotchfairy]] 15:38, 31 July 2006 (CDT)
::::[[Wikipedia:Grenadine|Grenadine]] isn't booze. --[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]]([[Special:Contributions/CalculatinAvatar|C]]-[[User talk:CalculatinAvatar|T]]) 20:34, 18 June 2006 (CDT)
:::::It is when you add vodka to the bottle! *hic* :D --[[User:Fordsierra4x4|Fordsierra4x4]] 09:51, 19 June 2006 (CDT)
::::::Grenadine is a key ingredient in a [[Cylon Shooter]] ;) --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] ([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]]) 16:07, 31 July 2006 (CDT)
==the label==
I just scored a scan of a set of Ambrosia bottle labels. Including the very amusing back label. The scan colors are off (not suprising, since it's metallic), but a little correcting in Photoshop produced something readable: 
[http://www.retro.com/employees/lee/Art/BSG/AmbrosiaScreen2.jpg Take A Look] 
This came to me from Bradley Thompson, by way of his SO, Mexichick, who's a regular contributor at the Skiffy BSG forum. They got Ron Moore's okay to post the scan. We should probably ask before including it here (though I don't think they'd have any problems with one of my reproductions, since that was why they originally provided me the copy--I'd asked Terry Moore about the back label a couple weeks ago) --[[User:Scotchfairy|Scotchfairy]] 08:03, 12 August 2006 (CDT)
:That's awesome, check out the colonial phone number on the bottom one. --[[User:Talos|Talos]] 10:29, 12 August 2006 (CDT)
 
:What is the status of being allowed to post these scans on the main Ambrosia page? Or maybe a higher res version than the one posted above? I wish I could just go buy a bottle of Ambrosia at the store!-- [[User:Anastasija|Anastasija]] 12:33, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Ambrosia/Archive 1

2008-07-19T12:25:27Z

Anastasija:

Is Ambrosia what they call "alcohol", or is it a ''kind'' of alcohol, like "brandy" or "wine"? Because I actually think ambrosia is "their word" for alcohol, and all things we'd call "alcholoic beverage" are "ambrosia". --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 20:59, 17 June 2006 (CDT)
:Admitting things could be different in BSG, in our world if (like Gaeta ) we say something is good with a chaser it usually a particular liquor, and often a particular brand. However, this may be question for the "official source". I can't remember, in the still scenes, if anyone called it something else. What about labels on bottles? Sorry, got to rambling. --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 21:12, 17 June 2006 (CDT)
::I suspect it's a kind of alcohol, if only because we've seen booze in many different colors, but only the green stuff has been called "Ambrosia". --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 23:51, 17 June 2006 (CDT)
:::One the front of one of the bottles (Secrets and Lies), it quite clearly states that its 'Ambrosia' which leads me to believe that like Peter said - its a type of booze, much like Glenfiddich or Baileys or Grenadine :) --[[User:Fordsierra4x4|Fordsierra4x4]] 06:41, 18 June 2006 (CDT)
:::::I've got a good screen cap of the Ambrosia label (from a "Behind the Scenes" segment on the DVD) that states "Stanford Distillery." That would indicate it's booze, most likely some relative of absinthe, Pernod, or Chartreuse. [http://www.retro.com/employees/lee/Art/BSG/AmbrosiaLabel2.jpg Reproduction of Ambrosia Label here] --[[User:Scotchfairy|Scotchfairy]] 15:38, 31 July 2006 (CDT)
::::[[Wikipedia:Grenadine|Grenadine]] isn't booze. --[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]]([[Special:Contributions/CalculatinAvatar|C]]-[[User talk:CalculatinAvatar|T]]) 20:34, 18 June 2006 (CDT)
:::::It is when you add vodka to the bottle! *hic* :D --[[User:Fordsierra4x4|Fordsierra4x4]] 09:51, 19 June 2006 (CDT)
::::::Grenadine is a key ingredient in a [[Cylon Shooter]] ;) --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] ([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]]) 16:07, 31 July 2006 (CDT)
==the label==
I just scored a scan of a set of Ambrosia bottle labels. Including the very amusing back label. The scan colors are off (not suprising, since it's metallic), but a little correcting in Photoshop produced something readable: 
[http://www.retro.com/employees/lee/Art/BSG/AmbrosiaScreen2.jpg Take A Look] 
This came to me from Bradley Thompson, by way of his SO, Mexichick, who's a regular contributor at the Skiffy BSG forum. They got Ron Moore's okay to post the scan. We should probably ask before including it here (though I don't think they'd have any problems with one of my reproductions, since that was why they originally provided me the copy--I'd asked Terry Moore about the back label a couple weeks ago) --[[User:Scotchfairy|Scotchfairy]] 08:03, 12 August 2006 (CDT)
:That's awesome, check out the colonial phone number on the bottom one. --[[User:Talos|Talos]] 10:29, 12 August 2006 (CDT)
:What is the status of being allowed to post these scans on the main Ambrosia page? Or maybe a higher res version than the one posted above? I wish I could just go buy a bottle of Ambrosia at the store!