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Originally Posted By: HargrimmInterestingly, the definition I know of grog is slightly different. Rather than alcohol diluted with water, it was actually water diluted with alcohol. The water that sailors took with them in barrels got so foul that they were forced to drink it with one part rum in order to be palatable.
Well Hargrimm, the alcohol might have been diluted but it was enough to get the ship's crew hooked. Up until a dark day in 1970, the Royal Navy still allotted a pint a day of rum to crewmen. Arrrrg, matey; the Royal Navy had its own recipe for rum and made it in the navy's own distillery.
The rum was very good and was a boon to recruiting.
See: http://www.pussers.com/rum/history
Last edited by themilum; 09/19/07 09:28 PM.
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