Posted by Jon on June 09, 2003 at 15:53:17 from 199.128.91.76 user Jon.
In Reply to: Re: A newly-restored dinghy and Grog posted by John Nichols on June 08, 2003 at 17:57:50:
"Grog" was used for almost any beverage drunk cold, although I think in the example you cite the Amazons referred to "a puncheon of Jamaica Rum". John asked for 4 bottles of "grog" in the shop in Rio, which Susan corrected to "ginger beer".