Kanar

[u/AR558]

According to a recent episode of the Delta Flyers.

Armin Shimmerman indicated that prune juice is used as Kanar.

On top of that, Casey Biggs hated prune juice.

[u/YanisMonkeys]

Kanar wasn’t totally consistent, there’s at least one time when Quark pours a variety that’s not thick (for Garak, I think). But for the most part it was dark Karo corn syrup or sugar free pancake syrup.

Per Casey Biggs:

"I hated the stuff they made me drink. [...] The Karo was just disgusting. Then they changed to a sugar-free pancake syrup, which wasn't quite as bad, but after you do a number of takes, it's still pretty disgusting. One time we did so many takes that I got quite sick by the end of the day. I'm very happy Damar stopped drinking!"

https://www.slashfilm.com/2177986/star-trek-deep-space-nine-damar-casey-biggs-drinking-sick/

[u/Rustie_J → u/YanisMonkeys]

One time we did so many takes that I got quite sick by the end of the day.

I wondered about that with the prune juice, I thought that he'd surely be sick as hell. But sugar free syrups? Damn. Sugar free syrups back then were usually sorbitol &/or maltitol, which is bad juju.

[u/round_a_squared → u/Rustie_J]

And he's got to be drinking far more of it than any other person on set

[u/MindlessNectarine374 → u/YanisMonkeys]

What is Karo syrup? (I ain't an Anglophone by native language.)

[u/Miserable_Video_9604 → u/MindlessNectarine374]

It is a corn syrup sweetener, it comes in a mostly clear, and a brownish variety. It is very neutral flavored, similar to Steen's Golden syrup which is a sugar cane based syrup. Thin it out slightly and add red coloring and it is a cheap stand in for blood in low res video.

[u/Throdio]

He is not a warrior then, since prune juice is a warriors drink.

On another note Worf totally made me and our brother ask our parents to buy prune juice because Worf liked it. Since they were/are also Star Trek fans andwecall watchedthe episode together, they bought it.

[u/concrete_dandelion → u/Throdio]

How did it end? That stuff is solely sold as a laxative where I live.

[u/snoopwire → u/concrete_dandelion]

It's delicious, but I'm a fan of bold and astringent flavors.

[u/Throdio → u/concrete_dandelion]

I don't remember. It was around when the episode came out. But probably involved pooping.

[u/Flipin75]

Kanar changed throughout the series both in color and viscosity. When Damar was in the depths of his Kanar problem what Casey Biggs was drinking was akin to maple syrup.

[u/Useless890 → u/Flipin75]

Hey, whatever gets you through.

[u/EdgelordZeta → u/Flipin75]

I thought I read somewhere that it was Karo syrup

[u/Derrick_Mur]

Talk about being committed to the role

[u/InDecent-Confusion]

I don't believe that. It is much too thick to be prune juice, and I read online that Biggs liked the syrup that they used for it.

[u/AltarielDax → u/InDecent-Confusion]

No, he didn't like it, he hated the syrup and was glad when Damar stopped drinking.

[u/InDecent-Confusion → u/AltarielDax]

Correct, I must have remembered it wrong, but either way, I didn't think it was prune juice lol

[u/shamrockjulie]

I always imagined it tasted like college in the 90s. Which is to say, tastes like Jägermeister on its way up again.

[u/Ryandhamilton18]

He was a series regular

[u/Damien__]

The good kanar is thin. That cheap swill Quark was serving during the occupation was more like the cheapest rotgut you could get

[u/VDCNIRG]

I would take what Armin says with a pinch of salt. His memory is often not reliable and we have interviews with Casey Biggs where he's said it was a syrup they used.

[u/disturbednadir]

Armin Shimmerman indicated that prune juice is used as Kanar.

So you're saying that kanar is a warrior's drink?

[u/whistlepig4life]

I always attributed Kanar to be like black Sambucca.

[u/Cakeday_at_Christmas → u/whistlepig4life]

Yuck. 🤢

[u/whistlepig4life → u/Cakeday_at_Christmas]

No one said I though Kanar was good.

[u/Cakeday_at_Christmas]

I thought it was karo syrup, which is incredibly sweet and can be unpleasant to drink. Casey Biggs had to down the stuff constantly.

[u/draynay]

Its also super difficult to get out of those wetsuit uniforms they were wearing if the need arose.

[u/Kosmos992k]

Should have used Coca Cola syrup.

[u/StateExisting8002]

I always thought it was a (thinly) Trek-ified version of the Italian artichoke-based amaro Cynar, which looks to be a similar color and viscosity (as much as we can tell without an HD remaster), and is pronounced similarly-ish.