Scotch whisky

A bottle of scotch

A bottle of Scotch whisky

Scotch whisky, often shortened to Scotch, was an Earth alcoholic beverage, a whisky originating from Scotland.

Scotch was one of the many alcoholic beverages enjoyed by Zefram Cochrane. In April 2063, the night before his historic warp flight abroad the Phoenix, Cochrane, who along with Deanna Troi was already drunk on multiple shots of tequila, poured a glass for Troi and himself, telling her it was the "good stuff" - though after seeing her less-than-thrilled reaction (a spectacle which Will Riker, having just discovered her in the bar, very much enjoyed witnessing), he decided it wasn't so good after all and threw the bottle on the ground, almost hitting Riker. The following evening, after the Vulcan survey ship T'Plana-Hath followed the Phoenix back to Earth and made First Contact, Cochrane served Scotch to the visitors, making the beverage the first example of Human cuisine consumed by an (acknowledged) alien race. (Star Trek: First Contact)

In 2153, Arctic Archaeology Team scientist Drake made a bet with Commander Williams about the discovery of a crashed vessel, and won a bottle of scotch. Unfortunately, he was assimilated by the Borg before he could claim his prize. (ENT: "Regeneration")

Later that year, shortly after Enterprise NX-01 departed from Earth on a heading to Vulcan, Captain Jonathan Archer and Commander Charles Tucker III shared a bottle of Scotch in the vessel's mess hall. At one point, they toasted a round of the drink to Henry Archer. (ENT: "The Expanse")

This beverage is not identified on screen, though it was referred to as Scotch in the episode's final draft script.

Jonathan Archer was fond of scotch. In 2154, after returning to Earth from the Delphic Expanse, Archer ordered Scotch in a bar in San Francisco. (ENT: "Home")

Montgomery Scott had a refined taste for Scotch. Chekov once claimed that Scotch "was inwented [sic] by a little old lady from Leningrad," when Scott attested to Scotch's superiority over vodka. Scott's palate was sensitive enough to tell the synthehol variety from the real thing. (TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles"; TNG: "Relics")

Montgomery Scott considered Scotch whisky a drink for a real man

Scott also used a bottle of Scotch to intoxicate one of multiple Kelvans who took control of the USS Enterprise in 2268. (TOS: "By Any Other Name")

After an incident on Nimbus III, Scott offered Klingon General Korrd some Scotch with the words, "I never thought I'd be drinking with a Klingon." (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier)

McNary offered to stop by Dixon Hill's office with a bottle of Scotch. (TNG: "The Big Goodbye")

Dixon Hill ordered himself a neat Scotch at Rex's Bar. According to Rex, it was Hill's usual beverage. (TNG: "Manhunt")

Julian Bashir and Miles O'Brien drank Scotch and sang "Jerusalem" in 2371. (DS9: "Explorers")

Scotch was a favorite of Julian Bashir's after leaving the Battle of Britain holoprogram. He liked it neat. (DS9: "Homefront")

Benjamin Sisko served Scotch at a dinner he had organized for his senior staff in late 2373. (DS9: "In the Cards")

In 2374, Worf and Miles O'Brien wagered a bottle of bloodwine against a bottle of Scotch whisky if Jadzia Dax beat Quark in a game of tongo. Quark was triumphant and O'Brien told Worf that he would like "Single malt, preferably something from the Highlands." (DS9: "Change of Heart")

Several weeks later, Scotch was served at Lisa Cusak's wake. (DS9: "The Sound of Her Voice")

Miles O'Brien replicated a chewing gum, called Wee Bairnes, in the flavor of Scotch, and gave a piece to Julian Bashir. (DS9: "Take Me Out to the Holosuite")

Scotch was also available in Vic's Las Vegas Lounge. Vic Fontaine himself enjoyed it. (DS9: "It's Only a Paper Moon")

Strictly speaking, Scotch whisky is spelled without an "e", unlike Irish whiskey. In a deleted scene from ENT: "The Expanse", Jonathan Archer ordered a Scotch from the maitre d' of a Chinese restaurant.

External link

• Scotch whisky at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• Scotch whisky at Wikipedia