Post #764739 by AdOrAdam on Mon, Jun 6, 2016 2:44 PM

I think the Navy Grog template is one of the best there is for making new drinks - its not as sweet as the Planters Punch or as sour as the Daiquiri formulas.

I've streamlined it (slightly) but what I think of the template as:

1 part 'sour' (lemon or lime)
1 part 'sweetener'
1 part 'other juice' (orange, grapefruit or pineapple)
1 part soda water
2 to 3 parts rum
Some small amounts of spice (eg 1/4)

Using this template, most of my drinks are Navy Grog variants!

It's a combo that doesn't seem able to fail, it has just varying degrees of success.

Here's an example I've been working on:

The Co-Pilot

1 sweetener (1/4 Fees Falernum, 1/4 cinnamon syrup, 1/2 honey mix)
1 lime
1 grapefruit
3 rum (1 gold PR, 1 Appleton VX, 1 Myers)
1 soda water
2 dashes Angostura bitters
9 drops of Pernod

It's a bit of a bite of the Jet Pilot (hence the name) & adding Pernod to a Navy Grog is a bit of a stretch but the rest of the drink fits the template.

That may not have been what you intended but no-one else bit :)