Warming grog: recipes

Prepare a drink British sailors - the grog. Before you the best recipes warming alcoholic cocktail.



History of grog


Old Grog". Old Grog) - this nickname was given by Vice-Admiral of the British fleet Edward Vernon (1684-1757) for his habit not to get out of the cloak (called by the English grogam cloak).




In those days in the daily diet of the sailors were part of the mandatory portion of good old rum, which ashore, they went waddling. To prevent drunkenness and disciplinary violations, Vice-Admiral Vernon ordered to dilute the rum with water, hot or cold, depending on the season. Hot version has attracted sailors more. And there was grog, which began its triumphal March across the sea, but on land.




By the way:




Rum was entered in the daily diet of the sailors of the Royal Navy until the abolition of this rule on July 31, 1970.




Classic grog

is rum, diluted with hot water with sugar. Modern version instead of water contain black tea.


The main rule - alcohol is not heated and is added at the end. In water or tea are placed in a variety of spices (cinnamon, ginger, star anise, black pepper, nutmeg, cardamom, cloves and so on).




The mixture is brought to a boil, removed from heat, then add the lemon (or lime), sugar and poured rum.





By the way:


As the alcohol base in the grog may be not only rum, but also cognac or whiskey.





Simple grog



Ingredients:


- Rum 30 ml


- Powdered sugar - 1 tbsp.


- Lemon, lime 3 cloves


- 200 ml of boiling water




Take a glass of grog (glass, with thick walls and a pen. But the fit and regular ceramic mug). Stir into it the sugar powder. There pour rum. Put sliced lemon and lime, pour in the boiling water. Grog you can drink through a straw.




Coffee grog





Ingredients:


- Rum 30 ml


- Brandy 20 ml


Sugar syrup 2 tsp.


Coffee extract 100 ml




Pour hot (but not boiling) coffee infusion in the heated glass of grog (or porcelain Cup), add the brandy, rum and sugar syrup, lightly stir.




Honey grog





Ingredients:


50 ml of brandy


- 2 tsp. honey


to 150 ml of hot strong tea


- A slice of lemon




Mix all ingredients to dissolve the honey and garnish with lemon.




And what warming recipes you know? Than be saved from the autumn cold and damp?

Source:

Wday

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