To be a sailor in the British Royal Navy in the 1700s was not what anyone would call a life of leeisure, but at least there was thedaily rum ration to look forward to, even if it was diluted with brackish water. In 1740, Admiral Edward "Old Grogram" Vernon told his sailors they could exchange their salt and bread for limes and sugar and, not being fools, they perhaps became the first to see the wisdom in forsaking food for a good cocktail. And so Grog was born.

Ingredients

• 0.5
  oz
  of Lime juice
• 0.5
  oz
  of Demerara / dark Muscovado sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)
• 2
  oz
  of Pot Still Unaged Rum

Steps

• Add the ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with cracked or cubed ice.
• Shake and strain into an ice-filled old-fashioned glass.