2006-12-20 16:53:55 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Maybe because rum is one of the most common drinks of the carribean area and surrounding islands..
2006-12-20 16:55:52 · answer #1 · answered by nik<3 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rum was readily available in the Caribbean where a lot of pirates hung out. A lot of pirates were ex- English navy and they gave the men daily allotments of rum. And the men got hooked on rum to drink.
2006-12-21 00:59:40 · answer #2 · answered by darscoind 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not only was rum cheap nad easy to make, but it was also plentiful. Pirates usually had a substantial amount of rum that they either looted from other ships or kept on hand in the event they may do some legitimate bartering.
2006-12-21 13:40:09 · answer #3 · answered by hweaveriii 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was standard practice to issue rum in the British navy and during the great war an issue was giving to British soldiers before any
charge.It was standard fare before a battle and pirates certainly
needed plenty of it as it fired people up for an assault.
Rum has the effect of increasing hostility.
2006-12-21 01:04:43 · answer #4 · answered by melbournewooferblue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most pirates and pirate stories are always set up in some warm orient or equator situated islands where they can fall in the water and not die of hypothermia.
Island liquors are rums most of the time.
Besides, if in the movies, the pirate all of a sudden orders a martini or bourbon, , you would boo and hiss at him. That would be soooooo unbelievable.
2006-12-21 01:04:16 · answer #5 · answered by QuiteNewHere 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rum is one of the oldest alcoholic drinks, it is made from sugar cane originally from islands in the Atlantic. Imported to European cities in ships which were usually attack by pirates. It became their favorite drink specially since it wasn't too expensive and will get them drunk easily.
2006-12-21 01:08:43 · answer #6 · answered by decarlo75 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Caribbean pirates were in the land of sugar cane, and the cane made sugar (quite an unusual delicacy in the 16th and 17th centuries) and rum. Had they been pirates in corn-growing country, they'd have been drinking whiskey; in potato-growing areas, perhaps vodka.
2006-12-21 01:16:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rum was common in the Caribbean at the time
2006-12-21 01:04:45 · answer #8 · answered by Mike J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cheap and easy to make. And many Navies at that time used it to pay their saliors when cash was short. There was a common saying at that time" The British Navy was runned on Rum".
2006-12-21 00:59:43 · answer #9 · answered by T C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rum was the drink easiest to obtain in the carribean....
2006-12-21 01:03:04 · answer #10 · answered by ŚţΰāŔţ ● Ŧ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋