Ale is an alcoholic beverage, sometimes bottled, and presumably similar to Earth ale, a form of beer.
Both Greenbean and Giles pilfer a quantity of ale—as well as some ambrosa—from the Officer's Mess for Apollo's sendoff party before Apollo's marriage to Serina. Security notices its absence and investigates the party, but is ultimately sent away by Colonel Tigh, who covers for them (TOS: "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I").
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For information on a similarly-named (but differently spelled) alcoholic beverage in the Re-imagined Series, see Ambrosia.
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Ambrosa is an expensive alcoholic intoxicant, either golden or red in color (TOS: "The Long Patrol," "Murder on the Rising Star").
The rarity of the beverage makes it valuable amongst the survivors of the Twelve Colonies; even during the war, 500-yahren-old ambrosa was not believed to exist.[1]
Ambrosa is bottled in flute-style bottles[2] with plastic corks.
Starbuck imagines being rich after finding many storage bins filled with ambrosa on Proteus, a penal colony that made ambrosa for the Colonial war effort. Were it not for the Cylon attack on Proteus, he would have become quite wealthy (TOS: "The Long Patrol").
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- According to the non-canonical Encyclopedia Galactica, ambrosa is "best distilled and purified under low-gravity conditions," thus the reason why Proteus was chosen as a place to produce the beverage.[3]
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Bottles of contraband ambrosa dumped upon Proteus' ground. (TOS: "The Long Patrol"). -
Forger 7 with an 100 yahrens-old bottle of ambrosia from Proteus (TOS: "The Long Patrol").
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- ↑ Starbuck first estimates that the bottle found on Robber's stolen shuttle was 50 yahrens old, giving an idea—as well as an upper limit—of the rarity of older vintages on the Colonies in the yahrens before the end of the war (TOS: "The Long Patrol").
- ↑ This style of bottle, the flûtes d'Alsace, is commonly associated with Alsace wines and is likely the basis of the original props used in the episode.
- ↑ Kraus, Bruce (1979). Encyclopedia Galactica, p. 13.
Grog is an alcoholic beverage, probably a mixture of ale and something stronger, served in bars and Officer's Clubs. When Sire Uri starts talking about disarming the Fleet, Apollo comments that he hopes it's the grog talking (TOS: "Saga of a Star World").
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- Grog typically refers to an alcoholic beverage made from weak beer (or even water) and rum. It was standard issue on British Royal Navy vessels for over two centuries.
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For the pilot with a similar name, see: Buzzer.
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Homemade buzzer is an alcoholic beverage which Bootes and Martin drank the night before Martin and Vella's wedding (TOS: "The Lost Warrior").
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- According to the non-canonical Encyclopedia Galactica, "buzzer" is the general term given to a variety of alcoholic beverages native to the "outer Colonial provinces," essentially a form of moonshine made of local plant life and "usually aged less than one yahren". Judging from the connotations in "The Lost Warrior," with its Western-type setting, this view is consistent with the aired information, although the book provides additional details that are not canonically sourceable. For example, "excessive consumption" of this substance is a "serious medical and social problem in these lonely outposts, though no cure has been found".[1]
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- ↑ Kraus, Bruce (1979). Encyclopedia Galactica, p. p. 25. Note: Page number reflects the numbering in the PDF file linked to at the article on the book, and not in the book itself, the pages of which were not individually numbered.
Vignon is an alcoholic beverage served on Equellus. Apollo orders this beverage prior to his encounter with Lacerta's lackey, Marco, in the nearby town bar. During his conversation with Red-Eye, the Cylon Centurion under Lacerta's control, Apollo comments that the Cylon wasn't missing out on the drink, despite the fact that he orders another at Lacerta's table (TOS: "The Lost Warrior"). Judging from its name, it is apparently intended to be interpreted as a form of wine by the audience.
