Post #226159 by thejab on Tue, Apr 11, 2006 10:38 AM

On 2006-04-08 12:35, Tiki Fink wrote:

Sea Wynde rum is the sole proprietor of the original recipe for Original British Royal Navy Rum. That said, they also distribute the very last few demijons of actual BRN rum left on the planet.

I thought Pussers Rum was the original navy rum recipe. A book I read on the history of rum stated this and the Pussers web site does as well:

In 1979, Charles Tobias–entrepreneur, global sailor, raconteur–sought to resurrect the Pusser's Rum tradition. He obtained the rights and all the blending information from the Admiralty, and formed Pusser's Ltd. on Tortola in the British Virgin Islands and began bottling and selling this storied spirit in 1980 to the public for the first time. (Prior to then, it was restricted to the Royal Navy). British Navy Pusser's Rum is the same Admiralty blend of five West Indian rums as issued on board British warships, and it is with the Admiralty's blessing and approval that Pusser's is now available to the consumer.

More info here: http://www.pussers.com/rum/

Sea Wynde is a fine rum but is it really the original Royal Navy issue rum? I doubt it.