hist-brewing: grogg

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In a message dated 01/06/2000 1:56:42 PM EST, judy at southeast.net writes:
> 
>  What is Grogg (sp)?    I read it somewhere a long time ago but my memory 
> fails me at this time.
>  
    Grog is a mixture of dark rum (i.e. Pussers or Myers), water, and usually 
citrus juice, rationed out to sailors in the British Navy during the 
Napoleanic Wars.
It was a preventative for scurvy, the vitamin-C deficiency disease that was 
the 
bane of long sea voyages without fresh fruit.  It was called grog after "Old 
Grogham", the nickname of the Royal Fleet Surgeon (?) who introduced it, and 
who was known for his grogham fabric boat cloak.
    Scotti

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