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O Canada: Snowshoe Sam and the Prehistory of 151 Rum
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O Canada: Snowshoe Sam and the Prehistory of…

Matt Pietrek
Oct 5, 2022
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O Canada: Snowshoe Sam and the Prehistory of 151 Rum
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Compared with this rum, for blowing your top. They all are as mild as strawberry pop. — The March of Snowshoe Sam, 1943 One of rum’s eternal questions is how 151 proof rum came about. That is, why are so many rums bottled at 151 proof rather than the more obvious 150 proof, being a nice round number and all?

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