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250 Year-Old Shipwreck Could Hold Thousands of Litres of Rum
The Spirits Business ^
| 18th May, 2015
| Annie Hayes
Posted on 05/18/2015 6:26:51 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
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"Drink up!"
To: DogByte6RER
“The contents of the ship are unknown”
To: TexasGator
So that’s where my Drunken Red Snapper came from!!!
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posted on
05/18/2015 6:29:29 PM PDT
by
22202NOVA
(Tagline? I don't need no stinking tagline!)
To: DogByte6RER
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posted on
05/18/2015 6:31:16 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: DogByte6RER
bought in 1762 by the East India Company for use in a military campaign in Spain, but sunk during its crusade. Crusade?
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posted on
05/18/2015 6:32:48 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("It's not easy being drunk all the time; everyone would do it, if it were easy.")
To: DogByte6RER
When I drank, Rum was my choice.
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posted on
05/18/2015 6:34:24 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/18/2015 6:40:20 PM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(The emperor < still > has no pedigree.)
To: DogByte6RER; SunkenCiv
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
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posted on
05/18/2015 6:41:25 PM PDT
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: DogByte6RER
Probably just the cheap rum they used to give sailors for their daily ration.
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posted on
05/18/2015 6:42:13 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: DogByte6RER; windcliff; stylecouncilor
Thanks D.
w, s...ping....
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posted on
05/18/2015 6:42:33 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: DogByte6RER
To: cripplecreek
When I drank, Rum was my choice. I never have stopped drinking it. As I sit here in my rum induced semi-coma I would like to put my name as a potential purchaser of a bit of this wonderful treasure. Whom do I contact?
Arrrrh!!
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posted on
05/18/2015 6:44:06 PM PDT
by
ProudFossil
(" I never did give anyone hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell." Harry Truman)
To: DogByte6RER
Wouldn’t it have to be in really cold water for the rum to be preserved?
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posted on
05/18/2015 6:44:41 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: DogByte6RER
A 1651 document from Barbados stated, "The chief fuddling they make in the island is Rumbullion, alias Kill-Divil, and this is made of sugar canes distilled, a hot, hellish, and terrible liquor."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rum
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posted on
05/18/2015 6:45:33 PM PDT
by
Ken H
To: ClearCase_guy
Aha! Nobody expects the Crusades....in 1762
To: yarddog
Does anyone remember a movie about a ship full of whiskey running aground on one of the Western Scottish Outer Hebrides?
If I remember right the locals ended up with it all.
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posted on
05/18/2015 6:49:23 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: yarddog
I would think that if the water is deep enough the temperature could remain 60 F or lower ... the rum may then have continued to age if in sealed tight bottles. But ... if the rum is in oak barrels I’m sure they would have rotted after all of this time.
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posted on
05/18/2015 6:52:52 PM PDT
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: DogByte6RER
I’d be more interested in an 18th Century shipwreck full of Madeira
To: DogByte6RER
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posted on
05/18/2015 6:57:53 PM PDT
by
Heart-Rest
("Woe to those who call evil good and good evil!" Isaiah 5:20)
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