Quote Originally Posted by MacWage View Post
The topic of "grog"came up on a pirate forum of which I am a member. Someone cited a reference to grog for drinking before Admiral Vernon. I'll see if I can find the reference. The "Old Grog" story is the common one for the source of the term Grog.
Never heard that before...interesting. The best source, INMHO, is the book Nelson's Blood: the story of naval rum by A.J. Pack.

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