August 16th is National Rum Day in the United States, so for the rest of us, it's International Rum Day - because, let's face it, there's never a bad day to celebrate years of enjoying Daiquiris, holidaying with Piña Coladas and the collective groan of bartenders worldwide when someone orders a round of 15 Mojitos.
One of those spirits that has come a long, long way from its original incarnation, rum appeared on the scene as a hooch sold as "rumbullion" or "kill-devil" around the sugar-growing colonies of the West Indies. So, in honour of a spirit drunk by pirates and the British Navy, we're drinking what's considered the original rum, a Rum Punch, the classic proportions of which are "one of sour, two of sweet, three of strong and four of weak."
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