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Drink · 3 min · 1 mug

Grog

Rum, lime, sugar and water — the original naval ration and the ancestor of every sour on this list.

The sheet · 1 mug · 3 min

easy

Why tonight. Rum, lime, sugar and water — the original naval ration and the ancestor of every sour on this list.

What it needs

Nothing confirmed on your shelf yet — this list is the whole ask.

  • rum
  • lime
  • sugar

Method

  1. 2 oz rum, ¾ oz lime, ½ oz sugar, topped with hot or cold water depending on the weather.
  2. The original naval ration, watered on purpose, with the lime in it for scurvy rather than for balance — and it turned out to be balanced anyway.
  3. Dark rum, and enough water that it is genuinely long.
  4. A grate of nutmeg. It is a simpler drink than everything descended from it and it stands up perfectly well.

An educational pour, not a reprint of a licensed spec. No allergen or alcohol-safety claim.

Cook or pour it, then edit the shelf if you emptied a bottle or used the last of something.

Why each of these is on the list

What the ingredients are actually doing

rum
The widest spirit on the shelf.
lime
Sharper and more floral than lemon, and it fades faster — juice it the same hour you use it.
sugar
Not just sweetness — it balances acid and bitterness, which is why a sour drink and a tomato sauce both want a little.

Missing one of them? The substitutions are written against those jobs rather than against a chart, so they say what each replacement costs this dish in particular.

Cooks from the same box

If you bought for this, you can already make these

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