Beverage Recipes > Grog

How to make grog drink:
This is an historic Navy drink used by the sailors to make their rum rations go further. It also provided the vital amounts of vitamin c that prevented scurvy.



Ingredients

2 fluid oz rum
1 sugar lump
juice of half an organic lemon
2 cloves
small stick of cinnamon
(see measure conversions for more information)

Method

- Put all the ingredients into a heat proof mug and fill with boiling water.
- If preferred serve in a strong tumbler when the drink has cooled a little (so as not to break the glass).


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