Rich, molasses-heavy rum, a squeeze of lime, a spoon of brown sugar and plain water. It sounds modest, but the balance of sweet, sour and strong is the same one that runs through the older punch tradition and, much later, the daiquiri.
2 oz
dark rum a Demerara or Navy-style rum is ideale.g. Gosling's · Myers's · Captain Morgan · Bacardi · Kraken
½ oz
lime juice
½ oz
demerara syrup
2 oz
water
Garnish: Lime wheel · Ice: Ice cubes
Grog
Rum-forward and rounded, with molasses sweetness and a light lime edge. Medium strength thanks to the water.
Grog goes back to the British Royal Navy. In 1740 Vice Admiral Edward Vernon, commanding the fleet in the West Indies, ordered that the sailors' daily rum ration be mixed with water rather than handed out neat, to curb drunkenness. Sugar and lime or lemon juice were allowed to make it more palatable. Vernon's nickname was Old Grog, reportedly after his coat of grogram, a coarse fabric, and the name passed to the drink.
The daily rum issue survived in the Royal Navy until 1970. Over time the word grog came to be used loosely for many rum drinks, hot or cold, and in Germany it usually means hot water with rum and sugar.
The name comes from Admiral Edward Vernon, known as Old Grog, who ordered the Navy rum ration to be diluted in 1740.
Both. The Navy ration was served cold; in Germany and Austria grog usually means a hot drink.
Yes, but dark rum gives the fuller, traditional flavor.
The perfect sound
Old navy rum on a creaking wooden deck.
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