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A Alex Member Sweden Joined: Jun 17, 2009 Posts: 4	A Alex Posted posted on Mon, Jun 29, 2009 3:19 AM Thanks for the reassurance! The one definition I've found of Navy Rum so far is this one from CocktailDB: Generic for a type of London dock rum; Jamaican rum aged either on sailing ships or in warehouses along the banks of the Thames River in London, England. Several brands, notably Lamb's Navy Rum. Often bottled with a relatively high proof. So the aging process is of lesser importance, then? It's the Demerara cane that's the clincher? As for the higher proof, part of the reason I'm interested in Wood's is that I probably won't be able to get hold of any overproof Demerara anytime soon, and at least 114 proof is halfway from 80 proof to overproof. So I can float that on top of my Zombies (perhaps using half again as much as the recipe calls for) and hopefully not be too far off the mark.

Thanks for the reassurance!

The one definition I've found of Navy Rum so far is this one from CocktailDB:

Generic for a type of London dock rum; Jamaican rum aged either on sailing ships or in warehouses along the banks of the Thames River in London, England. Several brands, notably Lamb's Navy Rum. Often bottled with a relatively high proof.

So the aging process is of lesser importance, then? It's the Demerara cane that's the clincher?

As for the higher proof, part of the reason I'm interested in Wood's is that I probably won't be able to get hold of any overproof Demerara anytime soon, and at least 114 proof is halfway from 80 proof to overproof. So I can float that on top of my Zombies (perhaps using half again as much as the recipe calls for) and hopefully not be too far off the mark.

Post #465353 by Alex on Mon, Jun 29, 2009 3:19 AM