Summary
- Commander Rayner’s favorite drink, Kellerun citrus mash, is a moonshine-like liquor made from local citrus fruits on Kellerun.
- Captain Burnham connects with the USS Discovery’s new First Officer by learning about Kellerun culture, including their indulgence in citrus mash.
- Co-writer Carlos Cisco clarified Memory Alpha’s data entry about Kellerun citrus mash.
Star Trek: Discovery season 5’s Commander Rayner (Callum Keith Rennie) promised his bridge crew casks of Kellerun citrus mash, and writer Carlos Cisco confirms what that alcoholic drink is made of. Rayner is a Kellerun, a species first introduced in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) has made a point to learn about Kelleruns to connect with the USS Discovery’s new First Officer. Along with boiling their cakes, Kelleruns like to indulge in a concoction called citrus mash.
Carlos Cisco (@carlos_cisco), who co-wrote Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 5, “Mirrors” with Johanna Lee, replied to an X post by Memory Alpha (@memoryalpha) explaining what Kellerun citrus mash is. Check out Cisco’s post defining Kellerun citrus mash below:
Kellerun Citrus Mash Joins List Of Star Trek Adult Beverages
Star Trek likes to get its drink on
Relaxing with an alcoholic drink has been a staple of Star Trek since its original pilot, “The Cage,” when Dr. Phil Boyce (John Hoyt) fixed Captain Christopher Pike (Jeffrey Hunter) a martini. Commander Rayner’s Kellerun citrus mash on Star Trek: Discovery joins a long list of fictional and real-life alcohol enjoyed throughout the Star Trek franchise, from the scotch preferred by Scotty (James Doohan) to Pavel Chekov’s (Walter Koenig) vodka to Klingon bloodwine to Romulan ale, which has been illegal for centuries. Cardassians like their kanar and Saurian brandy is always a favorite.
It sounds like there will be plenty of Kellrun citrus mash hangovers on the Discovery.
Starships in Star Trek often have bars where officers can unwind at the end of their duty shifts. Guinan (Whoopi Goldberg) slung synthehol at Ten Forward on the USS Enterprise-D in Star Trek: The Next Generation and she had her own bar in Los Angeles in Star Trek: Picard. The USS Cerritos in Star Trek: Lower Decks has a bar, and so does the USS Enterprise in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, known as a the Port Galley. The USS Discovery has a bar where Commander Jett Reno (Tig Notaro) sips Vesper martinis ice-cold. After Star Trek: Discovery season 5’s successful mission, it sounds like there will be plenty of Kellrun citrus mash hangovers on the Discovery.
