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Two bottles of kanar.

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Four varities of Kanar.

Kanar is a Cardassian alcoholic beverage, brown in color and somewhat thick in consistency compared to most human drinks.

Onboard the USS Enterprise-D, Glinn Telle told Chief Miles O'Brien that kanar "takes some getting used to." (TNG: "The Wounded")

Shortly after the Klingon invasion of the Union in 2372, Quark had 80 cases of kanar in his stockroom. Quark gave a bottle of it to Garak "on the house" because he did not forsee ever selling it in his bar again. (DS9: "The Way of the Warrior")

Damar was fond of indulging in kanar. Quark used it to great success as the inebriated Damar revealed that the Bajoran minefield was about to be brought down. (DS9: "Behind the Lines") Later, he often drank to excess during his humiliating tenure as head of the Cardassian Union in 2374-2375. ("The Changing Face of Evil")

Background

Although not stated directly, there are several types of kanar. In TNG: "The Wounded" it appeared to be a light purple, transparent drink served in very small glasses.

In DS9: "The Maquis, Part II" it was seen as the thick, black drink in characteristic bottles seen in many DS9 episodes.

Then, in DS9: "The Wire" it was a blue, opaque drink in a different kind of bottle.

In DS9: "The Way of the Warrior", it appeared differently again, this time it was an orange, opaque liquid, but served in the characteristic kanar bottles. After that, it finally changed back to the black, thick liquid seen for the first time in "The Maquis, Part II".

According to an interview with Casey Biggs (Damar), brown Kanar is really Karo Syrup. The producers chose this because they were looking for a dark, thick liquid.

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