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You Only Need 2 Ingredients To Make Historically Accurate Grog
The Royal Navy's long-standing tradition of the daily tot brought it to the creation of grog. You only need two ingredients ...
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Sailor Jerry is a perfectly cromulent rum
Take me back, Sailor Jerry. My rum experience is mostly limited to mixed ... a boozy sting at the end to ensure this is not a dessert drink. But that sweetness lingers through each sip.
USA Today3y
tHE HISTORY OF THE MARGARITA
The drink is actually a descendant of the daiquiri, a product of the Royal Navy's rum rations. Before that, the idea of mixed drinks became popularized thanks to sailors learning about punch in India.
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The story of rum is the easiest way to understand the dark essence of the human condition
Sailors in full dress uniform held ... was just an invitation to drink differently. Prohibition turned rum into the contraband king, smuggled in from Cuba and the Bahamas under moonlight.