Anyone enjoy a big mug of Grog on a hot Summer night? The Royal Navy tradition(1850-1970) for their rum ration. Officers could get their rum neat. A mixture of rum, water, and lime juice. I use Bacardi Black, ice water, and cold lime juice. It is a wonderful drink. I bet there were a lot retirements from the RN in 1970. Give it a try.
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Hmmm
I’ll have to give a try.
I’ll have to give a try.
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I prefer dark rum, lime juice and substitute spicy ginger ale for the water . . . -But then, I've never been in the British navy, so . . . 
LOL. That's what I first thought of when I saw the post title!
Noting that the tradition stopped in 1970, isn't that about time the RN started going into decline? Hmmm...
I beg to differ. Grog actually sounds OK, but in the absence of rum in the house, a Malaria Beater sounds like a good idea, once the cat allows me off the couch
I stay off the hard stuff, or at least try to, but is it sinning to drink Tanqueray with a splash of cranberry juice? Maybe a little tonic or quinine to kill the malaria. I used to drink a few in the summer to bring my body temperature down a little.
Um, um, we like rum.... grog or not.
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Gin and tonic is my favorite cocktail. Thanks to an earlier thread, I have been exploring different gin styles. Favorite remains Tanqueray, but enjoy Bombay Sapphire, Boodles, and Hendricks along with some lesser known, but very interesting profiles.
Don’t have any rum, but may try it out sometime.
Don’t have any rum, but may try it out sometime.
All about it in the British Navy: The Story of Grog In The Royal Navy | Proceedings - August 1959 Vol 85/8/678.
There have been seven cases of malaria here in FL this year. I am not one of them.
Another crowd pleasing favorite!
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According to Winston Churchill, one of the three great traditions of the Royal Navy.
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Their Navy also used this drink, that had a little more "Kick"than the regular bottled Gin, bottled by the same company.
If'n you did not like the taste of Rum, my matie.
If'n you did not like the taste of Rum, my matie.
A shipload of groggy British sailors just doesn't sound like a good plan. No wonder they referred to it as the high seas! 
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Especially with a ship filled with gunpowder and no automatic sprinkler systems or fire extinguishers. What could possibly go wrong? Might have braced them up a bit when boarding an enemy vessel, though.A shipload of groggy British sailors just doesn't sound like a good plan. No wonder they referred to it as the high seas!
According to Pusser's website,
A Rum Tale: The History of Rum and the Royal Navy
"...Of course, they had to be careful. They were military men, after all, and they had important jobs to do. They could not simply drink all of the time, even on long voyages. As a result, the purser rationed each sailor's rum. That's how Pusser's British Navy Rum came to be. The nickname for the purser was the "pusser;" he doled out the British Navy rum ration to the sailors each day. This tradition continued for over three hundred years.
A little over fifty years ago, in 1970, the British Royal Navy decided this tradition must come to an end. With the sophisticated weapons on board modern navy ships, the powers decided that it was unwise to continue the rum ration for today's sailors.
On the morning of July 31, 1970, British sailors on ships in every part of the globe enjoyed one last tot together. Today, we remember this day as "Black Tot Day" each year.
A little over fifty years ago, in 1970, the British Royal Navy decided this tradition must come to an end. With the sophisticated weapons on board modern navy ships, the powers decided that it was unwise to continue the rum ration for today's sailors.
On the morning of July 31, 1970, British sailors on ships in every part of the globe enjoyed one last tot together. Today, we remember this day as "Black Tot Day" each year.
From what I've read of a British sailor's life in the age of sail, I can see why it made sense to allow them a hefty dose of rum daily.
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