Brass Monkey facts
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There is a rap myth that the Brass Monkey drink is Orange Juice and Malt Liquor. However, Mike D from the Beastie Boys said they were rapping about Orange Juice, Vodka, and Dark Rum.
A Brass Monkey is actually a premixed cocktail of vodka, rum and orange juice that came in a can in the 70s and 80s.
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The phrase "would freeze the balls of a brass monkey" is most likely a reference to the brass frame that supported cannonballs contracting in the cold and the cannonballs falling off.
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The term "freezing the balls off a brass monkey" originates from the naval expression; referring to when brass triangles supporting stacks of iron cannon-balls on sailing ships (monkeys) would freeze, the metal contracted and this caused the cannon balls to fall off.
