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Gidday All. greetings and hearty good wishes to all

here is a link to an advertisement for Bundaberg Rum.
I am a Bundabergian by birth.
I thought this was a very funny ad and merely wish to share this with you. i hope you find it funny too.

Aussie bradley

[video]http://youtu.be/N5Kf7QPLsvs[/video]
 
I don't consider myself much a hard booze drinker but have had more than my share at times, rum in Caribean trips were some of them. There's a tall tale that passes around on how the American states were so well defended by men runing on too much rum. Btw do not ever drink the rum they put a poisonous snake in as no worries with any poison but tasted like they found the snake rotting a week in a mud puddle at a truck feul station while on fire. The lable says for real men only which I fell for twice in company of tempable people, I stayed standing but my new friends hit the deck tipping straight back off tall bar stools. I hurt bad immediately and even worse next day.

men like us like Rum


LITTLE FALSE TIDBIT OF NAVAL LORE...

The U. S. S.. Constitution (Old Ironsides), as a combat vessel, carried 48,600 gallons of fresh water for her crew of 475 officers and men. This was sufficient to last six months of sustained operations at sea. She carried no evaporators (i.e. fresh water distillers).

However, let it be noted that according to her ship's log, "On July 27, 1798, the U.S.S. Constitution sailed from Boston with a full complement of 475 officers and men, 48,600 gallons of fresh water; 7,400 cannon shot; 11,600 pounds of black powder and 79,400 gallons of rum."

Her mission: "To destroy and harass English shipping."
Making Jamaica on 6 October, she took on 826 pounds of flour and 68,300 gallons of rum.

Then she headed for the Azores , arriving there 12 November. . .She provisioned with 550 pounds of beef and 64,300 gallons of Portuguese wine.

On 18 November, she set sail for England . In the ensuing days she defeated five British men-of-war and captured and scuttled 12 English merchant ships, salvaging only the rum aboard each.

By 26 January, her powder and shot were exhausted. Nevertheless, although unarmed she made a night raid up the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. Her landing party captured a whisky distillery and transferred 40,000 gallons of single malt Scotch aboard by dawn. Then she headed home.

The U. S. S. Constitution arrived in Boston on 20 February 1799, with no cannon shot, no food, no powder, no rum, no wine, no whisky, and 38,600 gallons of water.

I told my students, "That’s probably where the expression ‘Sailing the High Seas originated.’"

GO NAVY!
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Not only is this "forward" full of errors, it is somewhat insulting to the real history of "Old Ironsides." Here are just a few of the errors:

1) In 1799, the United States was war with France, not England. The British were actually our unofficial allies in the "Quasi-War" with the French Republic.
2) The United States Navy moved away from using Jamaican rum as part of the grog ration and moved towards more home grown spirits such as Kentucky whisky. Captains also had a strict policy against public intoxication. A sailor found less than sober was often subject to flogging.
3) Speaking of Jamaica, the colony was a major British naval station. Why would it outfit an American warship during an alleged war with the British?
4) USS Constitution defeated four British warships (Java, Guerriere, Levant, and Cyane) ...in the War of 1812.
5) Having said that, Constitution never raided the home isles. However, the brig USS Argus did (see the book Fatal Cruise of the Argus).
6) When a warship captured a merchant ship, the alcohol supply was the last thing on the captain's mind. Instead, he was looking for goods he could sell when the cruise was over.

And the recent classic with Captian Sparrow sorrow.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc49jPl5UGE[/video]
 
Here is an interesting Rum tied to naval lore....


Rum and the sea are inseparable, and no rum is more akin to the sea and the sailor than Pusser's Rum–the Original Navy Rum. For more than 300 years, from the earliest days of wooden ships and iron men, sailors of Great Britain's Royal Navy were issued a daily ration–or "tot"–of rum by the ship's "Purser" (corrupted by the sailors to Pusser's). Prior to 1740, the men's daily tot of Pusser's Rum was a pint a day, which they drank neat, that is without water! Before battle, they were issued a double 'tot', and always after victory for a job well done! From 1655 to the 19th century, Pusser's Rum was one of the few daily comforts afforded those early seamen of Britain's Navy as they fought around the globe to keep the Empire intact and its sea lanes open. It was not until July 31st, 1970 that the Admiralty Board abolished the daily issue of Pusser's Rum. "Times had changed", they said as they concluded that "in a highly sophisticated navy no risk for margin or error which might be attributable to rum could be allowed". And so it was that the daily issue of Pusser's Rum, which had stood the test of time as the Navy's longest serving tradition for over 300 years, was cast aside like a piece of flotsam and jetsam where it lay quietly until 1979.
In 1979, Charles Tobias–entrepreneur, global sailor, raconteur–sought to resurrect the Pusser's Rum tradition. He obtained the rights and all the blending information from the Admiralty, and formed Pusser's Ltd. on Tortola in the British Virgin Islands and began bottling and selling this storied spirit in 1980 to the public for the first time. (Prior to then, it was restricted to the Royal Navy). British Navy Pusser's Rum is the same Admiralty blend of five West Indian rums as issued on board British warships, and it is with the Admiralty's blessing and approval that Pusser's is now available to the consumer.

The Royal Navy Sailor's Fund, a naval charity more commonly called the "Tot Fund" receives a substantial donation from the sale of each bottle of British Navy Pusser's Rum. Aside from the fund's original bequest, the Pusser's contribution has become the fund's largest source of income.

Today's Pusser's Rum, known as "the single malt of rum" is still produced in exact accordance with the Admiralty's specifications for rum. Unlike most rums, Pusser's uses no flavoring agents. It is 100% natural. In 2001, Pusser's was awarded the "Gold Medal - World's Premier Dark Rum" at the International Wine & Spirits Festival. In 2003, Pusser's Rum won a "Double Gold Medal" at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition and a Gold Medal at the same festival in 2005.

Charles Tobias continues today as CEO of Pusser's and its legendary rum, which is said by experts and epicureans alike to be rich and full-bodied, with an unsurpassed smoothness due to its natural ingredients. Pusser's costs a little more because it is more expensive to produce. It is predominantly a "pot-stilled" rum. The distillation process is similar to that used for single malt scotches, which produces greatly enhanced flavor. Served neat or on the rocks, or mixed in a famous Caribbean inspired recipe–such as the Pusser's Painkiller®—you will enjoy the full and natural flavor of Pusser's Rum - and will really discern the big difference between Pusser's and all other rums!
 
Bill i enjoyed the Navy rum back ground. Being a Florida sugar cane boy also know how the sugar was gotten for the rum with help from the Navy. Will have to try the Pusser flavor thanks.
 
this thread made me finish off some coconut rum over some days and looked in cabinet for more - discovered some cheap unopened rum that about gagged me. Wife told that was for egg nog and such, yuk but it was strong. Off my mild rum binge for now so just a glass of wine to settle down. Been to some sugar cane islands to see the castle like strutures that were at base of rum. Women think ya look better to them with some flavored rum in them.
 
My brother was in the RN from 1962 to 1984. He reckoned that sometimes coming off watch in a gale in the North Atlantic a tot was about the only thing that would warm him up. By the time the tot was stopped he was in submarines, so the major issue then was the damp, not the cold!
cheers
wakeup
 
Forgot to say, the ad was excellent, but then Bundy ads always are!
cheers again
wakeup
 
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