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    Why was the rum served on British Navy ships called "grog"?

    Question #100921. Asked by star_gazer. (Nov 11 08 9:24 PM)


    albtucker

    		The name "grog" probably came from the nickname of Admiral Vernon, who was known as "Old Grog" because he wore a grogram cloak
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grog


    Nov 11 08, 11:30 PM
    deepakmr

    		Admiral Vernon, the Commander in Chief West Indies was much concerned with the drunkenness and the severe punishment that followed for those who became unruly. He issued an order which stated "...the respective daily allowance of rum be mixed with the proportion of a quart of water to a half pint of rum, and that the men be given extra lime juice and sugar that it be made more palatable to them." The men who affectionately nicknamed Vernon "Old Grog" on account of the grogram cloak he often wore on the quarter deck, were incensed that he'd watered their rum, and thus named it contemptuously Grog from the name they'd already provided Vernon.

    http://www.pussersbar.de/grog.htm

    Nov 12 08, 4:56 AM

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