@tricityladytn
How is piña colada not in there? Everytime I go somewhere Oceanside or tropical it’s the first thing I order but made with dark Myers rum.
I frequent Beach Bum Berry’s Latitude 29 bar. It’s not on the menu, but the Snow Leopard is divine! Absolute top favorite of all time. The seasonal Xmas drinks are pretty cool too.
The original Old Grogham’s original British Royal Navy Grog. Make and serve on Black Tot Day every 31 July
Prepare a 16 oz British pint glass.
2-1/2 oz Navy-Strength (54.5% ABV-109 proof) Pussers Rum
10 oz tap water
1/2 oz Fresh Lime Juice
1/2 oz Brown Sugar Syrup
Pour all ingredients into the Pint Glass.
Stir well to mix; serve neat during cold months, over ice in warm.
No garnish. No umbrella. No nonsense.
Barkeeper says: “Up Spirits!” You reply: “Stand fast the Holy Ghost!”
Drink it down in gulps.
Makes a 13-1/2 oz drink (same as in 1740)
Exact 4:1 water-to-rum ratio as ordered by Admiral Vernon in 1740.
A simple drink, a direct descendant of the Sailor’s daily tot — light in flavor, strong in tradition.
This is sailor grog — humble, historic, purposeful.
Drink two of these in the morning and two more at night…
to get the same full daily ration as a British sailor in the 1740’s.
Forget about Beach Bum Berry’s fancy grogs or any “Bar Grog”.
I drink these on the deck sitting in the afternoon sun. Refreshing.
@werehatrack – The British Royal Navy used the Imperial system, but the Imperial pint ( your pint-20 oz) didn’t exist until 1824 — and in 1824, the British Royal Navy’s rum ration was officially reduced, the first major cut to the daily tot since it was formalized under Admiral Vernon in 1740. Sadly, for the sailors, the daily rum ration was cut in half. That’s one gill per day. Still split into two servings per day (morning and late afternoon). Still overproof rum, but typically diluted 2:1 or 3:1 with water. (I sometimes make this Grog recipe with these lower ratios.)
The Royal Navy’s records from the 1700s commonly referred to rum rations in “pints” and “gills” (A gill is a unit of liquid volume equal to one quarter of a pint ≈ 4 oz pre-Imperial ~118 mL so call it 140mL), using wine measure, not ale or beer measure.
One sailor’s daily tot was: 2 Gills, ½ pint rum = 8 Queen Anne wine oz ≈ 13.3 U.S. oz. Split into two daily servings of ¼ pint = 4 wine oz ≈ 6.65 U.S. oz
When Admiral Vernon ordered 4:1 dilution, each tot became: 4 oz rum + 16 oz water = 20 oz total per serving ×2 = 40 oz grog per day (close to 1.25 quarts U.S.)
The recipe using a modern 16 oz U.S. pint glass, is closer to Admiral Vernon’s pint than a modern British 20 oz Imperial pint would be.
It’s historically on point. Later on the Royal Navy reduced the number of Gills given until eventually cancelling the daily Tot altogether in 1970. Hence Black Tot Day every July 31st.
I hope this helps!
So, just make the damn drink and drink it.
It’s easy and great slow-sipping in the summer.
“Up Spirits!” and if you’re lucky, “Splice the Main Brace!” will be called.
This list of 15 tiki drinks is given by The Mixer, a website devoted to cocktails in general:
Piña Colada
Rum Punch
Mai Tai
Zombie Cocktail
Hurricane Cocktail
Navy Grog
Three Dots and a Dash
Singapore Sling
Halekulani
Painkiller
Jungle Bird
Rum Runner
Blue Hawaiian Long Island Iced Tea
Mojito
Banana Daiquiri
I will admit to having had less than a quarter of them. I almost never got invited to parties like that. (And I doubt that I’ll get invited to them going forward.)
@Kyeh It is expected that I will be able to get off them only when eligible for a wake. I may be able to tolerate short cessations for special occasions, but I haven’t tested this yet. (They control my essential tremor, which has become bad enough to disrupt normal activities.)
@Kyeh@werehatrack yes, this. I cannot really drink alcohol anymore, because meds but I do enjoy the occasional virgin beverage. And sometimes I just cheat and have one.
Tiki beer.
@yakkoTDI Looks like @mediocrebot is drunk again.
Piña colada
@tricityladytn
How is piña colada not in there? Everytime I go somewhere Oceanside or tropical it’s the first thing I order but made with dark Myers rum.
@Star2236 @tricityladytn
This is the way! (Also true for Cuba Libre.)
Bay Breeze
POG and coconut rum
Sidewinder Fang (many rums in many fruit juices)
also Freddy Fudpuckers (tequila wallbangers)
I’ve only ever heard of a mai tai. Probably Meh should send me on an exploratory mission to learn about the others and report back.
@brainmist START with a Zombie. Drink it quickly.
Brain mist is guaranteed.
@brainmist
I’ll tag along to make sure your drinking them right.
@Star2236 I feel confident of our rigorous scientific approach!
Meh, if you send us down this path I promise to report in hilarious detail.
Probably while down the path. (You know I’m legal because woo! Look at that membership!)
@brainmist Oh hey someone did say Mai Tai. Nice.
Is a piña colada a tiki drink?
@robhob Only if it’s caught in the rain.
Pina colada! Unless that’s not a tiki drink . . .
I used to like Malibu and pineapple.
I don’t really go places or do things or socialize to be drinking cocktails.
A few times a year I’ll have a glass of wine at home. Every few years I’ll make a Slippery Slide Through a Muddy Chicken Coop.
@kittykat9180 A slippery slide through a…
@Targaryen holiday version of a White Russian.
Kailua, Bailey’s, and vodka topped off with eggnog.
@kittykat9180 @Targaryen Yum!
Zombie
@DemonMF777 Ditto
I frequent Beach Bum Berry’s Latitude 29 bar. It’s not on the menu, but the Snow Leopard is divine! Absolute top favorite of all time. The seasonal Xmas drinks are pretty cool too.
The original Old Grogham’s original British Royal Navy Grog. Make and serve on Black Tot Day every 31 July
Prepare a 16 oz British pint glass.
2-1/2 oz Navy-Strength (54.5% ABV-109 proof) Pussers Rum
10 oz tap water
1/2 oz Fresh Lime Juice
1/2 oz Brown Sugar Syrup
Pour all ingredients into the Pint Glass.
Stir well to mix; serve neat during cold months, over ice in warm.
No garnish. No umbrella. No nonsense.
Barkeeper says: “Up Spirits!” You reply: “Stand fast the Holy Ghost!”
Drink it down in gulps.
Makes a 13-1/2 oz drink (same as in 1740)
Exact 4:1 water-to-rum ratio as ordered by Admiral Vernon in 1740.
A simple drink, a direct descendant of the Sailor’s daily tot — light in flavor, strong in tradition.
This is sailor grog — humble, historic, purposeful.
Drink two of these in the morning and two more at night…
to get the same full daily ration as a British sailor in the 1740’s.
Forget about Beach Bum Berry’s fancy grogs or any “Bar Grog”.
I drink these on the deck sitting in the afternoon sun. Refreshing.
@JohnQ118 The current British pint is 20 oz. I do not know what was considered “a pint” in 1740 in the Royal Navy.
@werehatrack – The British Royal Navy used the Imperial system, but the Imperial pint ( your pint-20 oz) didn’t exist until 1824 — and in 1824, the British Royal Navy’s rum ration was officially reduced, the first major cut to the daily tot since it was formalized under Admiral Vernon in 1740. Sadly, for the sailors, the daily rum ration was cut in half. That’s one gill per day. Still split into two servings per day (morning and late afternoon). Still overproof rum, but typically diluted 2:1 or 3:1 with water. (I sometimes make this Grog recipe with these lower ratios.)
The Royal Navy’s records from the 1700s commonly referred to rum rations in “pints” and “gills” (A gill is a unit of liquid volume equal to one quarter of a pint ≈ 4 oz pre-Imperial ~118 mL so call it 140mL), using wine measure, not ale or beer measure.
One sailor’s daily tot was: 2 Gills, ½ pint rum = 8 Queen Anne wine oz ≈ 13.3 U.S. oz. Split into two daily servings of ¼ pint = 4 wine oz ≈ 6.65 U.S. oz
When Admiral Vernon ordered 4:1 dilution, each tot became: 4 oz rum + 16 oz water = 20 oz total per serving ×2 = 40 oz grog per day (close to 1.25 quarts U.S.)
The recipe using a modern 16 oz U.S. pint glass, is closer to Admiral Vernon’s pint than a modern British 20 oz Imperial pint would be.
It’s historically on point. Later on the Royal Navy reduced the number of Gills given until eventually cancelling the daily Tot altogether in 1970. Hence Black Tot Day every July 31st.
I hope this helps!
So, just make the damn drink and drink it.
It’s easy and great slow-sipping in the summer.
“Up Spirits!” and if you’re lucky, “Splice the Main Brace!” will be called.
Kind of shocked no one has said Mai Tai.
One of the close variants of Trader Vic’s version not lazier versions.
@Targaryen Well, it’s first in the survey and I voted for it.
@Kyeh Excellent, good choice.
The Jungle Bird. Refreshing. Tart. Not your usual sweet tiki concoction. Love it. Rock on, Meh! Long live Tiki.
This list of 15 tiki drinks is given by The Mixer, a website devoted to cocktails in general:
I will admit to having had less than a quarter of them. I almost never got invited to parties like that. (And I doubt that I’ll get invited to them going forward.)
@werehatrack You’ll just have to throw them yourself, then.
@Kyeh Current meds forbid, dammit.
@werehatrack Well, hold a party to celebrate when you’re able to get off of them!
@Kyeh It is expected that I will be able to get off them only when eligible for a wake. I may be able to tolerate short cessations for special occasions, but I haven’t tested this yet. (They control my essential tremor, which has become bad enough to disrupt normal activities.)
@werehatrack I see. Maybe NA versions of these then, and guests can add the hard stuff if they want.
@Kyeh @werehatrack yes, this. I cannot really drink alcohol anymore, because meds but I do enjoy the occasional virgin beverage. And sometimes I just cheat and have one.
I’m surprised nobody in this crowd picked this one:
@Kyeh Maybe because it’s vodka-based instead of rum? Classically, “tiki drinks” use rum as the primary booze.
OBTW, this is one of the vast number of mixed cocktails I’ve never had.