Classic Cocktails · Rum Cocktails
Dark 'n Stormy
A two-ingredient highball whose dark float over pale ginger beer looks like storm clouds at sea.
- Base spirit
- Rum
- Origin
- Bermuda
- Period
- c. 1920
Ingredients
IBA official specification
- Dark rum60 ml
- Ginger beer100 ml
- Fresh lime juice(optional)10 ml
- Glass
- Highball
- Ice
- Cubed
- Garnish
- Lime wedge
- Technique
- Built
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Prep time
- 2 min
Method
- 01
Fill a highball with ice and add ginger beer (and lime).
- 02
Slowly float the dark rum on top over a bar spoon.
- 03
Garnish with a lime wedge and serve unstirred.
Tasting Notes
- Aroma
- Ginger, molasses, lime
- Finish
- Spicy and warming
- Character
- Spicy and refreshing
Tasting scores are MIXY editorial assessments.
History & Background
Born after the First World War when Royal Navy officers in Bermuda mixed their ginger beer with Gosling's Black Seal rum. Gosling's trademarked the name in the US in 1991.
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