Grog recipes have varied through the ages. The ancient original mix of barrel water and black rum that British sailors first drank, sometimes mixed with sugar and lime juice.
Today, any massive bar book will yield up a dozen recipes for modern jazzy versions as well.
All for me beer and Tobacco...
Through a literary adventure, the desire to sample Grog came upon me, and this we see is the beginning. I'm trying to stay within the framework of the books I'm reading, so that means not the simplest recipe, but the one just after.
1 part rum, three parts water, and sugar and citrus to taste if available.
Well, I spent all me tin with the lasses drinkin gin....
Trying to stay close, I found Turbinado raw sugar and made a near simple syrup with it. A few splashes of that, half a lemon squeezed in, 3/4 a mug of cold water, and finish with 137 proof Cruzan rum.
Far across the western ocean I must wander.......
The house pronounces this drink as 'Yummy!, with a measure of AAARRRRRrrrrr! and several 'Fill er up Matey's'!
I'll continue the experiment, especially when I find a few bottles of Pussers original British navy rum. I know where to find it.... but it's in far-away land.
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