Vad kan Kanar smaka på?

Jag tyckte att dess smak berodde på hur det bryggdes.

Jag har inget bestämt svar för detta, men jag föreslår att eftersom det är färgförändringar kommer dess smak också att förändras. Vad det är smak ändrar till, skulle jag förvänta mig att det skulle vara så spontant som dess färg.

Från Memory Alpha:

Although not stated directly, there were 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), Karo syrup was used for brown kanar to create the effect of a dark, thick liquid, which he actually drank. Property Master Joe Longo joked in an issue of Star Trek: The Magazine (Issue 4) that "... he was drinking so much he was getting weird, so we started using a thickened sugar-free pancake syrup."

Damar's fondness for the spirit, first observed in "Behind the Lines", was introduced as a way to show an inner turmoil, essentially using it to drown out his conscience and justify an alliance he knows to be wrong – indeed, in "Strange Bedfellows", he looks at himself in the mirror and tosses the drink at his reflection just before helping Worf and Dax escape. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)

In "Behind the Lines", Kanar appeared as a much thinner liquid, akin to many Human beverages such as wine or spirits. This is in contrast to "Defiant" where Dukat was shown pouring the drink while being briefed by Sisko and Odo, where it appeared to have a thick, treacle-like consistency. The thinner liquid was of an older, expensive vintage, leading to the conclusion Kanar may thin out as it ages.

The strength of Kanar may also vary greatly. In many episodes we see Cardassians drinking multiple bottles of it like it was wine, while in "Behind the Lines" Quark and Damar are both rendered drunk by sharing a single bottle; considering that they are a bartender and a soldier they're both expected to have great drinking stamina which suggests that this bottle of expensive Kanar had the strength of a hard liquor (which also explains the thinness of it as alcohol has a very low viscosity).

Från detta citat kan vi se att Kanar skiljer sig mycket från flaska till flaska.

Jag hade antagit från sin viskositet att det kan vara en sapbaserad likör samlad på samma sätt som New England-bönder knackar lönnsoppa för att producera sirap och någon form av insektsgenererad mat. Kanske som biprodukt av bin, precis som honung produceras från insektens sekret genom uppstötning av växtnektar. Sannolikt i fermenteringsprocessen skulle kryddor av olika slag läggas till för att "finjustera" slutprodukten. Förmodligen samma sätt köper vin de subtila sorterna av druvor, jord, temperatur och sol. Mjöl eller honungsvin är en gammal alkoholhaltig dryck gjord av honung och vatten genom jäsning med jäst.