Woods Old Navy Rum, 70 cl

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a b c Colls, Tom (30 July 2010). "What did they do with the drunken sailor?". BBC News . Retrieved 3 July 2012. Peake, Rob (29 July 2010). "Ceremony to mark ending of rum tot at HMS Victory". Yachting Monthly . Retrieved 3 July 2012. The ration measured about half a pint and was distributed by the ship's purser, or pusser, as they came to be known.

But what exactly makes Pusser's navy-strenth rum navy-strength? Read on to learn a little history behind this favorite drink of sailors and bar patrons alike. What Is Navy Strength Rum? The rum is a very “English” style of Demerara. El Dorado or Banks it certainly isn’t. Nor is it (in my opinion) a substitute for Pussers. It has little in common with these rums other than demographic.In terms of the full size bottle. It is a standard bar style bottle with a gold screw cap. The gaudy orange label is different in that their are no sailing ships or British flags. There is just a picture of Four Bells. Bells were used aboard Navy ships to let the sailors no what time of day it was. Macdonald, Janet W. (2014). Feeding Nelson's navy: the true story of food at sea in the Georgian era. Frontline Books. ISBN 978-1473835160. OCLC 893910278.

The rum has been bottled at 42.9% ABV or 75 proof (note this is old style UK proof, not the US, where it is just double the ABV that is commonly used now). There is no rear label on this bottle and thus no real information on the rum other than it is from Guyana. To be fair this was pretty inexpensive rum which will have been sold alongside the likes of Lambs, OVD, Woods etc.This cookie is set by Rubicon Project to control synchronization of user identification and exchange of user data between various ad services.