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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").
According to Encyclopedia Galactica (a non-canonical piece of merchandise published in 1979):
Ambrosa is a rare and delicate drink. Its happy effects on the human spirit have been celebrated by poets since the Era of Darkness: Ambrosa warms the heart, opens the mind and brings love into flower.
Ambrosa improves with age. At less than one yahren it is almost undrinkable, but after one hundred it is sublime. It is best distilled and purified under low-gravity conditions, making the output of small heavily bodies, such as the Proteus Asteroid, especially valued. [3]
↑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.
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").
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.
According to the non-canonicalEncyclopedia 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]
↑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.
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 CylonCenturion 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.
Ambrosia is a common intoxicating alcoholic beverage, typically green in color. At least two different variations are known to exist, one favored by Capricans and others favored by Scorpia, dating back to at least 100 BCH (1900BYR).
During a documentary on the military of the 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" (TRS: "Final Cut").
Per the label set on the mainstay Ambrosia bottle, Ambrosia was produced in the Bliffe Sector by the Stanford Distillery for at least 100 years. It also appears to have been made with prison labor[1].
↑Given the humorous tone of the entire label this might just be an in-joke by the production team that isn't supposed to be taken literally. The joke itself may be a nod to "The Long Patrol," an Original Series episode, where ambrosa was made by prisoners on the penal colony of Proteus.
Francis and various Ha'la'tha enforcers partake in this refreshment during a gambling session in the restaurant that Sam Adama works from. After discovering that Willie Adama was hiding out at the restaurant, Sam admonishes Willie for the improper manner in which he exercised truancy from school, then gave him a Hawyrliw (CAP: "Reins of a Waterfall").
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").
