Significance of

R rev_thumper Member Koala Kabana, New England Joined: Oct 10, 2007 Posts: 388	R rev_thumper Posted posted on Mon, Jun 29, 2009 6:05 PM After Black Tot Day in 1970 there is really no true claim to the phrase Navy Rum (not that is was really regulated before then) so many, many people claim it. Pusser's has the stamp of approval from Admiralty, Lamb's stakes their claim, Sea Wynde claims to have cracked the code and to be producing a true copy of the original rum by blending Jamaican and Guyanese rums. The only real navy rum is the stuff in the Queen's private stock of Imperial Rum. I decided the best way to rank the navy rums was to ask some old sea hands and I had a chance to do that at the HMS Belfast in London which is staffed by retired members of the Royal Navy (and has a fine exhibit on grog and the rum ration). I started out by noting that the gift shop sells Lamb's but to a man they said that Wood's was their rum of choice.

After Black Tot Day in 1970 there is really no true claim to the phrase Navy Rum (not that is was really regulated before then) so many, many people claim it. Pusser's has the stamp of approval from Admiralty, Lamb's stakes their claim, Sea Wynde claims to have cracked the code and to be producing a true copy of the original rum by blending Jamaican and Guyanese rums. The only real navy rum is the stuff in the Queen's private stock of Imperial Rum.

I decided the best way to rank the navy rums was to ask some old sea hands and I had a chance to do that at the HMS Belfast in London which is staffed by retired members of the Royal Navy (and has a fine exhibit on grog and the rum ration). I started out by noting that the gift shop sells Lamb's but to a man they said that Wood's was their rum of choice.

Post #465578 by rev_thumper on Mon, Jun 29, 2009 6:05 PM