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.

The Royal Navy's long-standing tradition of the daily tot brought it to the creation of grog. You only need two ingredients ...

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.

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.