| Jolly Roger Carribean White Rum
Virgin Islands |
Product Notes:
Jolly Roger Carribean White Rum has hints of creamy coconut and tropical florals highlight this crystal clear spirit. This is best rum for coktail party.Jolly Roger Caribbean Rum is a highly distilled clear rum made from fermented molasses. Enjoy!
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 About Estate:
Distilled on the sunny Caribbean island of St Croix, US Virgin Islands, Jolly Roger Caribbean Rum is a highly distilled clear rum made from fermented molasses.
Certainly much more refined than the raw rum Caribbean pirates drank the proclamtion on the cap "Take No Prisoners" will put you in the mood to mix this with some juice or cola and enjoy your own version of pirate grog.
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About Varietal:
The Jolly Roger, Old Roger, or just plain Skull and Crossbones is the definitive symbol of the pyrate. Although no one knows for certain, it is believed that the name derives from joli rouge, which means "Pretty Red" in French. Worley FlagThis was taken to describe the blood red flags flown by particularly harsh pyrates. No matter where the name came from, the essential use of this banner was to strike fear into the hearts of the crew under pyrate attack. While pyrates often flew "false colours" of any given country, inevitably they used "truer" colours to communicate and threaten potential victims.
E. Wynne's Flag Around 1700 the first such flag was flown by Emmanuel Wynne as he plundered the Caribbean. In general, a white flag was flown when pyrates were in chase of a potential victim. In some cases the victim would "strike his colours", or take down the king's flag and submit to the bandits. If the victims refused, the black and white flag was raised to indicate the intentions of the pyrates. Moody's Red FlagIn the event that a ship was particularly evasive, or a pyrate was particularly brutal, the red flag was raised to indicate that no quarter would be given once the ship was captured. In short no lives would be spared. The flags contained symbols designed to indicate a certain message. Ed England's FlagOf course, the skull was a sign of death in general, but a skeleton, often with horns, was to indicate a tormented death. On the otherhand, a dart or spear was used to indicate a violent death in contrast to the bleeding heart denoting a slow and painful death. Ed Low's FlagA raised fist or hand clutching a dagger or cutlass was to indicate a general willingness to kill and the hourglass gave a threat that time was running out or that capture was inevitable. Curiously, Blackbeard managed to incorporate practically every one of these main symbols into his flag. Blackbeard's FlagJack Rackham (Calico Jack) used a graceful set of crossed swords in place of bones to boast ironically of his willingness to fight. Similarly, Thomas Tew took the image of the sword before that of death.Calico Jack's Flag In his flag, no symbol of death is present, but the message is no less clear regarding the fate of any who opposed his advance. Sir Thomas Tew seemed to think it more polite to suggest violence without that nasty death image. These images were, of course, interpretive, but well known in the golden age of pyracy. Thomas Tew's FlagA flag could be a simple variation like Henry Every's (page top) skull at a profile, or it could be all inclusive like Stede Bonnet's rather bland jumble of images.Stede Bonnet's Flag As was the case often, a flag could be altered or customized to fit a particular need. In the case of Bartholomew Roberts (Black Bart) his "principle" colours showed him toasting death with an ambiguous glass of drink or an hourglass (pun intended for sure!).Black Bart's Flag After a long hard time of pyratin' Black Bart came to hate the islands of Barbados and Martinique. To show his vendetta he crafted another flag showing him astride two skulls and the letters "ABH" and "AMH".Black Bart on Martinician The letters were to indicate "A Barbadian's Head" and "A Martinician's Head". While it is unclear if Bart ever got his Barbadian, in 1720 he hung the governor of Martinique from his yardarm.
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Recipe:
The Zombie
Recipe:
1 ounce Rum (White)
1/2 ounce Créme de Noyeaux
1 1/2 ounces Sweet & Sour Mix
1/2 ounce Triple Sec
1 1/2 ounces Orange Juice
1/2 ounce 151 Proof Rum
Preparation:
Shake all ingredients (except 151-proof rum) with ice and strain into a collins glass over ice cubes. Float the 151-proof rum on top, add a cherry (if desired), and serve with a straw.
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