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If I was Transported back to pirate times. Could/Would I be able to drink that type of rum or whiskey? How powerful would it be and how dangerous would it be in today's standards? (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Proof is 2x ABV. 95.5 would be 47.75% alcohol. Rum is typically not that high but super easy to find whiskey in that range

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I keep forgetting that very simple formula. Anyway, Pusser's does rum in the errantly calculated ranges noted in the wiki article.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I miss Pussers, that shit got super hard to find post-covid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Looks like they ship. Just mentioning, in case you want to get ahead of the next pandemic...