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Klingon Beer

Posted by Soulskill on from the don't-drink-and-warp-drive dept.

An anonymous reader writes: "We may not have Saurian Brandy or Romulan Ale, but we'll soon have Klingon Beer. Tin Man Brewing Company in Evansville, Indiana has gotten the OK from CBS to create 'Klingon Warnog,' a Dunkelweizen with 'a modern aroma [of] predominantly mild banana and clove.' It will have an ABV of 5.5%. The Klingon beer will apparently join Vulcan Ale in the Federation of Beer. I wonder what their Prime Directive is."

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  1. only 5.5%!?! by xfade551 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Seriously, they are calling this a "Klingon" beer and it's only 5.5% ABV. This should be in the 9%-10% range at least! And an aroma of cloves and banana!?! Give me a break! It should have a bitter hoppy flavor, maybe with a bit of metallic taste to be reminiscent of freshly spilled blood!

    1. Re:only 5.5%!?! by QilessQi · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Come on, GP was being funny. No need to go full Comic Book Guy on him.

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    2. Re:only 5.5%!?! by lister+king+of+smeg · · Score: 4, Informative

      And you know Klingon alcohol tolerance..how?

      Why do you think toughness equates to alcohol tolerance? oh, right, you have a small mind.
      Considering Warnog has a flavor so complex it can't be replicated perfectly, AND Klingon have heightened sense compared to humans, it is likely to have less alcohol.

      accept in the ds9 episode where O'Brien, Worf, Sisko, and Odo, infiltrat a Klingon ceremony to catch a changing it is mentioned that O'Brian Sisko and Odo would of died of alcohol poisoning if not for an injection they were given to neutralize the alcohol. Also in TNG there is an episode where Worf replicates a Klingon beverage for some refugees they are rescuing after they complain about the federation alcohol being to weak, and it is shown to be much stronger. So the Klingons can metabolize higher amounts of alcohol and thus probably drink more consternated beverages.

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    3. Re:only 5.5%!?! by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 3, Funny

      You mean the one where the Klingons looked like sad rejects from the late Beatnik period?

      Personally, I always liked Voltaire's description:

      What is with the Klingons? Remember in the day
      They looked like Puerto Ricans and they dressed in gold lame.

  2. Klingon Beer Haiku by Moblaster · · Score: 4, Informative

    Five point five percent?
    This not Klingon beer, humans.
    This dilute breast milk.

  3. Prune Juice, a warrior's drink by f()rK()_Bomb · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Surely it should taste of prune's, like a true warrior's drink.

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    1. Re:Prune Juice, a warrior's drink by Anubis+IV · · Score: 4, Funny

      Taste of prune's what, exactly? There's a word missing in your sentence.

      "Prune's" is how the Klingons spell "prunes". They add a glottal stop before the "s" so that they can linger on the word for longer.

      *ducks his head before the Treksters come out of the woodwork to correct him on the inaccuracies that he's intentionally piling on at this point*

  4. Star Trek Experience and Quark's Bar by BenJeremy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They used to have Romulan Ale and Klingon Blood wine, among other things.

    Sad that a Michael Jackson show replaced the Star Trek Experience at the Hilton in Las Vegas. There had been talks of reviving it Downtown, but I guess that never materialized.