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Britain boasted the largest and most powerful navy, enabling a small island nation to build a huge empire. Rum and gin were staples onboard Royal Navy...
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Carol Hunter’s Avatar Carol Hunter
27th October 2023 at 11:59
Excellent explanation and a very good read! My father was responsible for dishing out the rum onboard in his RN years and I still have his rum measures.
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JAY HURON’s Avatar JAY HURON
29th July 2022 at 16:26
Oh, yes, I was definitely thinking 57% was Navy Strenght. Enlighting. That is the ABV is on Smith & Cross, which is touted as "Navy Strenght" on their bottle. So that is actually "English Proof"?
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JAY HURON’s Avatar JAY HURON
29th July 2022 at 16:59
I see Pussers Gunpowder Proof got it right at 54.5%
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Anthony Tomanek’s Avatar Anthony Tomanek
2nd August 2021 at 02:45
Excellent explanation. Thank you.
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sj russell’s Avatar sj russell
30th July 2021 at 20:53
Thank you for this. I’ve never seen it explained so clearly, and I shall always check my rum goes up with a bang from now on!
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