This dark and stormy cocktail combines classic flavors of dark rum, spicy ginger beer, and tart lime into one delightful beverage that will add pizazz to your evening.
Course Cocktail
Cuisine Cocktails
Keyword dark and stormy, dark and stormy cocktail, dark n stormy
4ouncesGoslings Black Seal Dark Rum(divided - 2 ounces per drink)
8ouncesGoslings Ginger Beer(this is approximate as you will just pour it into each glass without measuring.)
1ouncelime juice(divided - 1/2 ounce per drink)
Garnish
2wedgeslime(squeezed into cocktail and then placed in the glass)
Instructions
Fill the tall glasses 3/4 full of ice.
Add rum, lime, and ginger beer.
4 ounces Goslings Black Seal Dark Rum, 8 ounces Goslings Ginger Beer, 1 ounce lime juice
Adjust ice cubes. Squeeze lime in glass and place in as well. Stir if you want.
Sip
Smile
Enjoy
Notes
Helpful tips
I've seen different recipes for this drink and made it with and without lime juice. I've also made it with the ginger beer first and the float of the rum and although I love a good layered drink, I don't like to drink the dark and stormy this way because the rum is very taste-forward. Try this recipe first before the other way to see what you think.
There are plenty of dark rums out there, but my go-to choice is the Goslings brand.
There are lots of ginger brand brands in the market, but I do also prefer the Goslings brand. It's a great spicy ginger beer.
I've always made this cocktail in a tall glass like the Collins glass but you can also make it in a highball glass, a double old-fashioned glass, or any glass you like.
Wash the limes before juicing or adding to the cocktail as garnish. Here is how: I have this cloth that is rough on one side and smooth on the other. Hold the lime in your hand and run cold water over it. Take the cloth and rub the skin with the coarse side of the cloth. Rinse well.