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Hot grog: rum with lemon, diluted with water for British sailors

Name: Hot grog: rum with lemon, diluted with water for British sailors
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Western European
Ingredients: 300 ml Water; 100 ml Rum; 2 tbsp Cane sugar; 1 Lemon; 4 Cloves

Hot grog made with rum, hot water, cane sugar, lemon, and cloves. This British naval drink serves 2 and is ready in 5 minutes.

Western European cuisine · Vegetarian · Christmas recipes · Quick recipes in 35 minutes · Translated from Slovak · October 31, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Servings: 2 servings
Difficulty: Easy

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Grog is a simple hot drink made with rum, water, sugar, and lemon. It originated in the British navy, where Admiral Edward Vernon ordered sailors to dilute their rum with water in 1740. The drink was named after his nickname, Old Grog. Add the rum to hot, not boiling, water to preserve its aroma. It is ready in 5 minutes. It contains alcohol and is not suitable for children or anyone who will be driving.

Ingredients

2 servings

Units

Water 300 ml
Rum 100 ml
Cane sugar 2 tbsp
Lemon 1
Cloves 4

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Instructions

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Heat the water
3 min
Bring the water, sugar, and cloves to a boil to dissolve the sugar and release the cloves' aroma. Remove from the heat and let stand for 1 minute. Squeeze the juice from half the lemon and cut the other half into slices.
Stir in the rum
2 min
Stir the rum and lemon juice into the hot water. Pour into two mugs, leaving out the cloves, and add a lemon slice to each. Serve immediately.

Tip: Do not boil the rum, as it would lose its aroma. A tablespoon of honey can replace the cane sugar, but add it only after removing the water from the heat.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 176 kcal
Protein: 0.7 g
Carbohydrates: 18 g
of which sugars: 14 g
Fat: 0.2 g
of which saturates: 0.0 g
Fiber: 1.7 g
Salt: 0.0 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Horúci grog: rum s citrónom, ktorý námorníkom britskej flotily riedili vodou