“Fifteen men on a dead man’s chest — Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!”
Well, shiver me timbers it looks like it’s “International Talk Like a Pirate Day” again already. It seems just yesterday that I was annoying friends, colleagues and strangers with pirate-ish expressions such as “Arrrrrrrrrr we having fun yet?” or “No, that’s not my wooden leg, its just the ways my pants are cut.” Talk Like a Pirate Day was created in 1995 by two non-pirates John Baur, a.k.a. Ol’ Chumbucket and his pirate-in-crime Mark Summers a.k.a. Cap’n Slappy in Albany, Oregon. It grew over the next few years, thanks to media mentions and websites featuring Pirate-Name Generators and Pirate Translators. By the way, my Pirate name came out as Pirate Argus the Pink.
In the spirit of “Talk Like a Pirate Day” we’re going to drink like pirates. . . which basically means we’re going to drink spiced rum, sport eye patches and bandanas and well, basically, annoy the neighbours.
Here are six Pirate Day drinks that may just shiver your timbers. And remember guys, always pillage responsibly.
So as Blackbeard said – “Damn ye, yellow-bellied sapsuckers, I’m a better man than all of ye milksops put together” – which I think means ‘Thanks I’ll have another”… or maybe not.
Note: We used Sailor Jerry as the spiced rum for these drinks, for the image, the taste and the whole story behind the brand.
- ‘Ol Spiced Sailor Jerry
- Pirate Bay Breeze
- Coconut Grove
- Fuzzy Pirate
- Minted Pirate Skull
- Mad Pirate Cocktail
Cheers, and glad you could join us for fancy drinks for pirates. See you next year!
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