Monday, 26 April 2021

Do You Know the Story of the Word Grog?

Grog

The spirit, usually rum, served on board Naval ships. The name comes in a roundabout way from Admiral Edward Vernon (1864-1757). He was nicknamed Old Grog by his men from his habit of walking the quarter-deck in all weathers in a grogram cloak (a coat from a  coarse fabric made of silk or wool, often stiffened with gum).


Admiral Edward Vernon

When he introduced to the navy the practice of serving rum mixed water, instead of neat rum, with a view to economy, his concoction was at once named by the personnel "grog". 

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