Ahoy There

Ahoy There!

Sailor Jerry was on special this week, so I nabbed a bottle. As I’m taking it through the checkout, the cashier pulls out this little box, and says, “You get one of these with the Sailor Jerry”. I said my thanks, put the lot in me bag and walked home. When I got home I unpacked the box and pulled out what I first thought was a metal stubby holder. At the bottom of the box I spied a small square, that I thought was maybe a fridge magnet. Picking it up I realised it was a little card. I opened it up, and found a recipe for the drink of the God’s (probably). It was headed, “HOW TO MAKE A SAILOR JERRY AND GINGER BEER.” Which was handy, because I’d often tried to make this drink, but could never quite get it right. I mean, Lord knows I’d tried, and I’d mixed some drinks that were quite palatable. There’s always just that certain…je ne sais quoi, missing.

I imagine at this point, you’re completely agog, and can’t wait to hear about how to perfect this mysterious concoction. It’s was much simpler than the heading would have you believe, a mere five step process, which I will outline below-

1. Grab your Sailor Jerry Tin Cup
2. Fill with Ice
3. Add 30ml Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum
4. Fill with Ginger Beer (approx.. 150ml)
5. Finish with a squeeze of Lime (1 wedge)

The random application of upper case letters threw me slightly, but this was it! I could finally realise where I’d been going wrong this whole time. I’d been using an old 2008 Beijing Maccas glass to mix drinks in, I was wrong from the off. I also come to the realisation that the “metal stubby holder,” is actually a tin cup, so I’m back on the straight and narrow now. “Fill with Ice”, maybe in summer, but I feel how full you fill the cup should be seasonal, you don’t need that much ice in winter (don’t worry I’m already drafting a letter to Sailor Jerry). 30ml, generous slug…you say potato, I say potato. I’m still getting my head around step four. I always used to mix the drinks in my mouth. Mixing them into the same glass and just sipping that does sound more convenient. The lime, I always forget the pissing lime. I swear it’s the parsley of the cocktail world. Which reminds me of the old joke-

“What’s the difference between pubic hair and parsley?”

“Nothing, you push ‘em both aside and keep on eating.”

Good joke, everybody laugh…roll on snare.

“But how does it taste?” I can already hear you typing.

Like a rum and ginger beer (w/ lime garnish) should.

"Sail on, sail on sailor"