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Navy spirit lives on through will.
(From Off Licence News)
Rare Royal Navy rum worth some AGBP8,000 will be sold by auction next week. Ten 50-year-old gallon jars , each with a government wax seal, will go under the hammer at Charterhouse Auctioneers in Sherborne, Dorset on Feb 15.
The rum is valued at AGBP500-800 for each jar, but could fetch more than AGBP1,000 a gallon . It forms part of a specialist section of 600 lots of wine, port and spirits set for auction on the day.
The British Royal Navy issued its sailors with a daily ration of rum until 1970, according to Charterhouse's wine consultant and valuer, David Baines. "The contents will be exactly as per the Navy Rum ...
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