Flint possessed a bottle of Saurian brandy dating back to 2169. (TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah" ) In 2255 of the alternate reality, Jim Kirk used a bottle of Saurian brandy against a Starfleet Academy cadet at the Shipyard Bar in Riverside, Iowa. (Star Trek) By 2263, in the alternate reality, Saurian brandy was outlawed by the Federation. In that year, James T. Kirk celebrated his thirtieth birthday with the last of some Saurian brandy which had been picked up on Thasus. Upon Kirk telling him what he was drinking, Leonard McCoy asked him if he was trying to go blind. (Star Trek Beyond)