# Navy Grog

A bracing Don the Beachcomber punch in which three distinct rums meet grapefruit, lime, honey, and a small sparkling lift.

Strength: 20% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 30 ml [Cuban white rum](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cuban-white-rum.md) — A light Puerto Rican-style rum also works.
- 30 ml [Jamaican rum](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/jamaican-rum.md) — Use a dark Jamaican rum.
- 30 ml [Demerara rum](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/demerara-rum.md)
- 22.5 ml [Fresh lime juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-lime-juice.md)
- 22.5 ml [Fresh grapefruit juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-grapefruit-juice.md) — Use fresh white grapefruit juice.
- 30 ml [Honey syrup](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/honey-syrup.md) — Mix equal parts honey and warm water.
- 22.5 ml [Soda water](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/soda-water.md)

## Glassware

Old fashioned glass

## Method

1. Shake everything except the soda water hard with ice.
2. Add the soda water and stir briefly.
3. For a practical service, strain into an old fashioned glass filled with finely crushed ice.
4. For the traditional service instead, strain into the glass around a frozen cone of finely crushed ice, with the straw threaded through its centre.

## Related drinks

- [Q.B. Cooler](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/qb-cooler.md): Three regional rum styles move through orange, lime, honey, ginger, falernum, bitters, and soda in Donn Beach’s complex 1937 cooler.
- [Ancient Mariner](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/ancient-mariner.md): Beachbum Berry's dark, dry reply to Navy Grog sets Jamaican and Demerara rums against grapefruit, lime, allspice, and restrained sugar.
- [Sidewinder’s Fang](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/sidewinders-fang.md): Jamaican and Demerara rums sit beneath equal lime, orange, and passion fruit in the Lanai’s long, carbonated cooler, crowned by a snake-like citrus spiral.
- [Jet Pilot](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/jet-pilot.md): Three rums, two citrus juices, cinnamon, falernum, anise, and bitters form a compact Luau-era tropical drink with uncommon power and precision.
- [Zombie](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/zombie.md): Donn Beach's formidable 1934 rum rhapsody, layered with citrus, cinnamon, spice, anise, and enough overproof depth to justify its legendary two-drink limit.
- [Mojito](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/mojito.md): Cuba's defining mint highball keeps white rum, lime, sugar, soda, and whole fresh leaves in a cold, fragrant, sparkling balance.
- [Steve’s Rum Barrel](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/steves-rum-barrel.md): Steve Crane’s huge Kon-Tiki barrel balances two full measures of rum against four fresh juices, passion fruit, honey, and precise traces of almond and anise.
- [Doctor Funk](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/doctor-funk.md): Ester-rich Jamaican rum, two fresh citrus juices, grenadine, absinthe, and soda make an anise-led sparkling cooler with genuine Samoan ancestry and modern tiki force.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/navy-grog
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/navy-grog-3ba60ae0.webp
- Recipe source: https://beachbumberry.com/recipe-navygrog.html