Starting in the mid 1700s, sailors in the British Navy were given a daily ration of rum—a “tot,” as it became known. The practice continued for more than two centuries, during which time, ...

The Royal Navy’s successful invasion of Jamaica in 1655 had a lot of terribly negative outcomes. The commanders ended up in the Tower of London. Many of the English sailors fell sick or starved. A lot ...

WASHINGTON — March’s string of bomb cyclones and nor’easters are a nuisance for those craving more springlike weather, but the winter storms are good news for one local distillery. Down in the hold of ...

Back in the day, long-haul pirates and the sailors of the British Royal Navy didn’t just use rum for recreation. To keep the crew hydrated, ships typically stored three types of liquid sustenance: ...

Say what you will about drunken sailors of yore, but they came by their reputation honestly, with the British Navy giving them free alcohol. Now you can get a taste for what some of them were rationed ...

For centuries, sailors received a daily ration of rum—until the Royal Navy killed the tradition in 1970. But the habit didn’t ...

If you think of rum, what do you immediately envision? If you’re a casual rum drinker, you might think of no-frills, crystal clear, unaged rums that were more or less crafted to be mixed with. And ...

Three flagons of rum issued by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to Royal Navy sailors are up for sale after 50 years. The centuries-old tradition of giving seamen a daily ration of rum to prevent scurvy ...

Starting in the mid 1700s, sailors in the British Navy were given a daily ration of rum—a “tot,” as it became known. The practice continued for more than two centuries, during which time, ...