This is why Nimitz reached five-star rank; not only did he devise the strategy for winning the Pacific War, he also created a perfectly fine recipe for serving Old Fashioned's to a large gathering when liquor was in short supply. I wonder if there's a War College student paper on "Chester Nimitz: Master Strategist/Mixologist." If not, there probably will be soon.
Not only did he run a ship aground as an Ensign, now we find out he was glamorizing alcohol as an Admiral/Fleet Admiral!!! This cannot stand. He would find no place in our "uber-professional", no fun, zero risk, uptight military today. I imagine USNA will remove any reference to him shortly for this wretched perfidy.
For the lubberly amongst us, this punch comes complete with a "whiff of grape" to disperse the rabble.
Of course, you're already a day late in prep time if you start now. I prefer going a full week ahead, to get the "shot" fully inebriated.
Face it, surface warriors, are we not really all just self-propelled artillerymen?
https://revelry.tours/cocktails/chatham-artillery-punch/
Three cheers for the whole caboodle!
Bring back the grog ration, and make our men (and women) of iron again!
My Summer BBQ or sailing Drink of choice is the Painkiller. Made famous at the Soggy Dollar bar on Jost Van Dyke in the BVI:
2-4 part(s) Rum
4 parts pineapple juice
1 part cream of coconut
1 part orange juice
Sprinkle with nutmeg
And to all the Filipino chiefs I ever worked for, a happy Independence Day to you as well. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/july-4-1946-philippines-independence
on another topic here:
rationing meant a limit of a bottle a week per man?
Oh the horror!
but not a huge hardship
This is why Nimitz reached five-star rank; not only did he devise the strategy for winning the Pacific War, he also created a perfectly fine recipe for serving Old Fashioned's to a large gathering when liquor was in short supply. I wonder if there's a War College student paper on "Chester Nimitz: Master Strategist/Mixologist." If not, there probably will be soon.
Ya got me! Didn't read well enough.
As for started early...sun's over the yardarm *somewhere*
I recently heard about this fine cocktail, to which Adm Nimitz drank daily.
Heard from US Naval Academy Museum podcast, author Craig Symonds' book, Nimitz at War
https://podcastaddict.com/preble-hall/episode/158009886
“I drink to make people more interesting” - Ernest Hemingway
It used to be the US Army Air Corps/Forces and had plenty of West Pointers in the early days of the USAF after AFXIT in 1948... I'll allow it. 🙂
Cheers!
Not only did he run a ship aground as an Ensign, now we find out he was glamorizing alcohol as an Admiral/Fleet Admiral!!! This cannot stand. He would find no place in our "uber-professional", no fun, zero risk, uptight military today. I imagine USNA will remove any reference to him shortly for this wretched perfidy.