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The Grog strikes me as being more like a Rum Sling than a Daiquiri/ Rum Sour.

Anyhow here is an interesting article:

THE SOUTH AMERICAN, November 1916, pg. 24
 
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"Now, the Daiquiri, well beloved in the Navy, before Daniels upset the rum 
cart, has a story of its own. To begin with, it is made of Bacardi, lime juice 
and a little sugar, shaken up or stirred and served with cracked ice--really 
an old-fashioned cocktail. 

"Three mining men, of international reputation, identified with the famous 
mines of Daiquiri, at the extreme easterly end of Cuba, not far distant from 
Santiago, were imbibing an old-fashioned decoction at the Casa Grande, the 
Delmonico of that locale. One of the partners of Bacardi joined them, and 
instead of spirits from Scotland asked for the product of Cuba, which aroused 
the curiosity of the others and led to a trial of the beverage, which was 
immediately pronounced excellent. Then and there it was most felicitously 
baptized 'Daiquiri,' from which place its fame and name has radiated in all 
directions."


 
Cheers!

George S.

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