The recipe
- ¾ ozLime juice23 ml
- ¾ ozWhite grapefruit juice23 ml
- ¾ ozSoda water23 ml
- 1 ozGold Demerara rum30 ml
- 1 ozDark Jamaican rum30 ml
- 1 ozWhite rum30 ml
- 1 ozHoney mix (equal parts honey and water)30 ml
How to make it
- 1Shake everything with ice.
- 2Strain into a double rocks glass around a cone of shaved ice (or over crushed ice).
Garnish: The ice cone.
Trader Vic’s later Navy Grog is made with his own bottled grog mix.
The ratio
¾ : ¾ : ¾ : 1 : 1 : 1 : 1
In parts, a Navy Grog is ¾ lime, ¾ grapefruit, ¾ soda, 1 rum, 1 rum, 1 rum and 1 honey. Change one part and you have a cousin; the closest are below.
Built the same way
Head to head
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