Name: Jack Tar
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Navy rum (ideally 54.5% alc./vol.); 15 ml Bourbon whiskey; 15 ml Gin; 7.5 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Brown sugar syrup

Jack Tar
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Navy rum (ideally 54.5% alc./vol.)
¹⁄₂ oz	Bourbon whiskey
¹⁄₂ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₄ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Demerara/Muscovado/brown sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of lime wedge.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
Garnish with lime wedge.

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Review:

Characterful rum leads with gin and whiskey playing supporting roles with hints of citrus.

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History:

Jack is a generic name for all British sailors, derived from Jack Tar in the 18th and 19th centuries. Sailors in those years used high-grade tar in their clothing and hair for waterproofing. The term, "Jack-of-all-trades," described a sailor who could turn his hand to anything, and is widely used today.

Nutrition:

One serving of Jack Tar contains 194 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
25.33% alc./vol. (25.33° proof)
21.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Simon Sedgley

6th August 2024 at 05:46

Great complexity and balance. And more gentle on the alcohol than some other Grogs, losing nothing thereby.

Chris Dimal

3rd March 2023 at 18:22

Simply what the description says. Really good.

John Hinojos

22nd July 2021 at 04:09

As a big Navy rum drinker, this cocktail is good, but not great. I felt it lacked something, but not sure what. I did feel the rum was a bit muted in the drink. It went very well with a spicy meal.