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Navy Grog

Method
Shaken
Glass
Old-fashioned glass
Served
On Rocks
Strength
About 17% ABV
Family
Tiki
Flavour
Citrus

Ingredients

How to make it

  1. Shake the rums, honey syrup, lime and grapefruit juice hard with ice.
  2. Pour into an old-fashioned glass, add the soda water and pack with crushed ice.
  3. Garnish with a mint sprig.
  4. A Demerara rum is the classic choice for the dark rum.

Tip: Fill the shaker with ice and shake hard for 10 to 15 seconds, until the tin is frosty.

About the Navy Grog

Donn Beach (Don the Beachcomber) created it around 1940 using three different rums; Trader Vic later served his own version under the same name.

Missing something?

  • No White Rum? Use Gold Rum (A little richer)
  • No White Rum? Use Cachaça (Grassier and funkier)
  • No Gold Rum? Use Aged Rum
  • No Gold Rum? Use Dark Rum (Heavier molasses notes)
  • No Dark Rum? Use Aged Rum (Lighter, less molasses)
  • No Dark Rum? Use Gold Rum (Lighter, less molasses)
  • No Honey Syrup? Use Honey (Mix with the same amount of warm water first)
  • No Honey Syrup? Use Agave Syrup
  • No Lime Juice? Use Lime (Squeeze fresh: 1 lime gives about 25 ml)
  • No Lime Juice? Use Lemon Juice (Softer, different aroma)
  • No Grapefruit Juice? Use Grapefruit (Squeeze fresh: 1 grapefruit gives about 150 ml)

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