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Ancient Mariner

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Double Old-Fashioned

Beachbum Berry's modern-revival riff on the Navy Grog, splitting Demerara and dark Jamaican rum and accenting with grapefruit and allspice dram.

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Ingredients

  • fresh lime juice (1 oz)
  • fresh grapefruit juice (0.5 oz)
  • allspice dram (0.5 oz)
  • aged Demerara rum (1 oz)
  • dark Jamaican rum (1 oz)
  • crushed ice (1 cup)
  • mint sprig (1)
  • orange wheel (1)

Instructions

  1. In a shaker combine fresh lime juice, fresh grapefruit juice, allspice dram, aged Demerara rum, and dark Jamaican rum.
  2. Add crushed ice and shake until chilled, about .
  3. Pour unstrained into a double old-fashioned glass.
  4. Garnish with a mint sprig and an orange wheel.

Sources

  1. Berry and Annene Kaye, Beachbum Berry's Grog Log (1998), Ancient Mariner entry (printed p. 16), Berry and Kaye's first publication of the drink, credited "Our original creation" (plural) including Annene Kaye as co-creator. Documented date is 1994 creation / 1998 first publication. ↩
  2. Beachbum Berry. https://beachbumberry.com (accessed 2026-05-03), Berry's web home; the Ancient Mariner has since become a Latitude 29 menu fixture and a modern-revival regular. ↩