Pussers Rum Gunpowder Black Label 54.5 Percent ABV

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The term ‘Navy proof’ was first used in the early nineties - nineteen nineties - by an astute advertising department for a popular gin brand. A drop of water helps bring out some of the more subtle complexities with banana and pineapple emerging after a slight dilution. It’s less intense, even though it is based on the same blend, with slightly less alcohol by volume than the original strength, Gunpowder Proof expression. However, it was not until 1816 that a legal standard based on specific density was defined in England. Some commentators claim that high strength spirts were required for naval operations due to their storage in close proximity to the ships gunpowder supplies.

GUNPOWDER PROOF – Pussers-Rum

The high alcohol or overproof strength would ensure that if the rum or gin splashed on or mixed with the gunpowder, the powder would still work.The Confederate Navy, however, continued the tradition; in large part because many British sailors served in the Confederate Navy during the Civil War. A bottle that commemorates one of the saddest days in the Royal Navy’s modern history – the day the daily ration of rum for sailors finally ended. These are all, rich, powerful, full-bodied, robust rums with a substantial palate weight and texture. The split was the half pint of rum to a quart of water (1:4), although there are varying suggestions as to just how much it really was diluted. The term proof dates back to 16th century England, when spirits were taxed at different rates depending on their alcohol content.

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It was at this strength that the mixture would ignite, proving (“proof”) that the rum was of legitimate strength and not adulterated. Equipo Navazos La Bota 65 Ron ‘Bota NO’: No Additives, No Coloring, No Sweeteners, No Aromatics, Unchillfiltered, And 98/100. The term ‘alcohol proof’ was first coined in 16th century England and refers to a test to demonstrate the potency of an alcoholic spirit. Tying together two ropes the size of a man’s arm while perched in the ships rigging during a naval battle was no easy task.Gunpowder was soaked in a spirit, and if the gunpowder could still burn, the spirit was rated above proof. The numeral 100 in the term ‘100 proof’ appears to be an arbitrary figure used to denote the transition point between being under or overproof and was used for no other reason than as an easy way to communicate a greater or lesser alcoholic strength from the standard. Unfortunately, in those days beer would often spoil so it was regularly substituted by a pint of wine or a half pint of spirits (at least they split the half pint into two rations per day). Pepys is still famous today for a diary he kept in which we find the first mention of the wineries of Bordeaux, which were later to become famous as the First Growths, as any wine lover could tell you. If the gunpowder could catch fire, then the rum proved to be higher in alcohol and the government considered it a proof spirit.

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British Navy, Pusser’s Rum, Original Admiralty Rum : The famous Admiralty blend that dates back to that day in July 1970. This made it simple to convert proof to ABV by just halving the proof to find the ABV or doubling the ABV to determine the proof.When the mainbrace was cut, sailors would have to climb up the rigging and splice together the ends of the mainbrace that had been cut. The tots were served from a barrel dubbed “the Rum Tub” made of oak, highly decorated, and reinforced with brass bands with the saying “The Queen, God Bless Her. The Bottle-in-Bond Act ensured that the product was made by the same distiller, at the same distillery, during the one distilling season, and aged for no less than 4 years at a bonded warehouse.