Grog!
As a non-drinker I imagine the Monkey Island recipe for Grog wouldn't taste as good to me if I took it without rum. Here's the recipe for those of you who haven't played SMI (spoiler tags for those of you who don't want to know until they have played it);
Grog contains one or more of the following:
kerosene
propylene glycol
sulphuric acid
artificial sweeteners
red dye no2
rum
acetone
battery acid
scumm
axle grease
and/or pepperoni
Here's a nice little site with several recipes for grog, including the one above. (I looked it up because I didn't want to copy it out from the game, replaying the same sequence over and over).
Now, I'd always been lead to believe that 'Grog' was customarily a drink made our of whatever remained of booze that had been brought aboard the ship and whatever fruit was going too soft and needed to be used before it went bad. (But hey, it's quite possible that, in those days, it was still used after it went bad).
However, reading up on wikipedia proved me wrong. Although I have seen many 'contemporary' recipes for grog it seems to me that Limes would be the most natural choice of fruit juice if trying to create a sense of authenticity to the flavour.
So what is the general opinion of Grog from TellTale players? Feel free to answer 1 or more of the following questions, you needn't feel compelled to answer all of them.
Have you ever tried it?
If so, have you tried more than one recipe?
Did you like it?
Do you have a preference?
Do you have a recipe of you own?
If you're experienced with cocktails do you feel inspired to experiment with your own recipe? If so please try it and tell us your findings
Grog contains one or more of the following:
kerosene
propylene glycol
sulphuric acid
artificial sweeteners
red dye no2
rum
acetone
battery acid
scumm
axle grease
and/or pepperoni
Here's a nice little site with several recipes for grog, including the one above. (I looked it up because I didn't want to copy it out from the game, replaying the same sequence over and over).
Now, I'd always been lead to believe that 'Grog' was customarily a drink made our of whatever remained of booze that had been brought aboard the ship and whatever fruit was going too soft and needed to be used before it went bad. (But hey, it's quite possible that, in those days, it was still used after it went bad).
However, reading up on wikipedia proved me wrong. Although I have seen many 'contemporary' recipes for grog it seems to me that Limes would be the most natural choice of fruit juice if trying to create a sense of authenticity to the flavour.
So what is the general opinion of Grog from TellTale players? Feel free to answer 1 or more of the following questions, you needn't feel compelled to answer all of them.
Have you ever tried it?
If so, have you tried more than one recipe?
Did you like it?
Do you have a preference?
Do you have a recipe of you own?
If you're experienced with cocktails do you feel inspired to experiment with your own recipe? If so please try it and tell us your findings
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Never tried it with lime, but i ll be looking foward to it.
*Fun-fact: in spanish, rum = ron.
In the U.S. "spirits" has kinda gone out of fashion, and might net you some weird looks from the younger population (at least on the East Coast, argh so many dialects of English). "Hard liquor" would suffice, though plenty of people here also just use "strong drinks" as well.
Then again, it also would depend on the drink. Rum, vodka and the like certainly would use "hard liquor" or just plain old "alcohol" from the college age crowd here. While with something like absinthe "spirits" would actually probably still be more appropriate.
I always assumed it came from "liqueurs", which are alcoholic syrups which are often encased in chocolates.
If I would like to make some right now, what should I get from the shop across the road?
A light beer of sorts, and rum.
Then if it tastes foul, add some lime juice.
Ron as in Ron Gilbert? Interesting.
In my house rum = delicious!
Ive heard that the captain that invented this drink was trying to add fruits vitamins to his crew diet to prevent scurvy. Really.
In with the grog, out with the scurvy
Yeah, I hear that it's not healthy .
In ye olde days they put (sulphuric?) acid in alcohol as well didn't they? I read somewhere that they project that tonnes of people died of throat cancer because of this.
In which case, rum and acid sounds about right
I actually linked a wikipedia article on the matter all about the history of Grog.
Take the time to look because it's a surprisingly long history :P That actually is a nice li'l article, thanks
Wow, Impressive! Thank you, and everybody who suggested recipies!
I'll try it out and tell you if it's good enough.
It's spelled the same, but pronounced differently. You roll your r, and pronounce the "o" like the "oa" in "moat."
I'd love to hear the results and their reactions. Be careful when using the MI recipe.