The Navy Grog, a component study in Mixology - Tiki Drinks and Food

CAA Chip and Andy Member Corner table, Molokai Lounge, Mai-Kai. Joined: Jul 13, 2004 Posts: 2277	CAA Chip and Andy Posted posted on Mon, Jun 25, 2007 8:51 PM Well, I have been poking around through my recipes trying to think of something that would work as a cocktail component study. I kept coming back to a couple of specific recipes, but wasn't quite feeling it. Then, three different people in three weeks asked me about some version or variation of the Navy Grog and I took it as a sign. So, I give to you....... (cue shakers, dim the lights, sound the ice crushers) The Navy Grog. A brief search of recipes on-line turns up several common variations of the Navy Grog, all of which are pretty tasty in their own way. Most recipes agree on Lime and Grapefruit, but some add pineapple, some add orange, a few even get into exotics like guava and passion fruit. Many of you have your own versions of this recipe (thank you to those that shared, they are all very tasty), and most of them are close if not exactly what the esteemed Beachbum Berry offered as 'the' recipe: NAVY GROG 3/4 ounce fresh lime juice 3/4 ounce grapefruit juice 3/4 ounce club soda 1 ounce honey mix* 1 ounce white Puerto Rican rum 1 ounce dark Jamaican rum 1 ounce Lemon Hart Demerara rum Shake well with crushed ice. Pour into double old-fashioned glass. *HONEY MIX: Heat equal parts honey and water until honey dissolves completely (do not boil). Bottle it. It will stay liquid (keep it in the fridge; it'll last a couple weeks). This recipe is modified with the Honey Mix so that you can work with a shaker instead of a blender. All other components of the drink are per the 'original' recipe. So.... with the Bum's claim that this is 'the' recipe, and we have no reason to doubt the validity of that claim, lets use this as the basis for our mixology discussion: To quote Wayne and Garth... "Game On!" For your entertainment: http://www.recipezaar.com/99515 http://www.webtender.com/db/drink/2605 http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink5581.html

Well, I have been poking around through my recipes trying to think of something that would work as a cocktail component study. I kept coming back to a couple of specific recipes, but wasn't quite feeling it.

Then, three different people in three weeks asked me about some version or variation of the Navy Grog and I took it as a sign. So, I give to you....... (cue shakers, dim the lights, sound the ice crushers)

The Navy Grog.

A brief search of recipes on-line turns up several common variations of the Navy Grog, all of which are pretty tasty in their own way. Most recipes agree on Lime and Grapefruit, but some add pineapple, some add orange, a few even get into exotics like guava and passion fruit.

Many of you have your own versions of this recipe (thank you to those that shared, they are all very tasty), and most of them are close if not exactly what the esteemed Beachbum Berry offered as 'the' recipe:

NAVY GROG
3/4 ounce fresh lime juice
3/4 ounce grapefruit juice
3/4 ounce club soda
1 ounce honey mix***
1 ounce white Puerto Rican rum
1 ounce dark Jamaican rum
1 ounce Lemon Hart Demerara rum

Shake well with crushed ice. Pour into double old-fashioned glass.

***HONEY MIX: Heat equal parts honey and water until honey dissolves completely (do not boil). Bottle it. It will stay liquid (keep it in the fridge; it'll last a couple weeks).

This recipe is modified with the Honey Mix so that you can work with a shaker instead of a blender. All other components of the drink are per the 'original' recipe.

So.... with the Bum's claim that this is 'the' recipe, and we have no reason to doubt the validity of that claim, lets use this as the basis for our mixology discussion:

To quote Wayne and Garth... "Game On!"

For your entertainment:
http://www.recipezaar.com/99515
http://www.webtender.com/db/drink/2605
http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink5581.html

Post #314936 by Chip and Andy on Mon, Jun 25, 2007 8:51 PM