Classic
Dark 'n' Stormy
5 min.Dark Rum
Ingredients
- 6 cl
- 12 cl
- Garnish
- HighballGlass type
Step-by-step
- Fill a highball glass with ice.1
- Pour the ginger beer over the ice.2
- Add the lime juice, if using.3
- Carefully float the dark rum on top by pouring it over the back of a spoon.4
- Garnish with a lime wedge.5
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Specs
- Origin
- The Dark 'n' Stormy was created by British sailors in Bermuda after World War I. They combined the island's popular ginger beer with Gosling's Black Seal Rum, leading to the creation of this iconic cocktail. The name was inspired by a sailor who commented that the drink resembled a cloud that only a fool or a dead man would sail under.History
- In 1991, Gosling Brothers Ltd. of Bermuda registered the name "Dark 'n' Stormy" as a trademark in the United States, necessitating the use of their rum to use the name legally.Trivia
- Light 'n' Stormy Uses light rum instead of dark rum.
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