It’s cocktail time again! I’ve been digging deep into releasing my inner bartender lately. I think it’s working! This week we have a classic dark and stormy. Reminiscent of a Moscow mule, this cocktail is made with ginger beer and dark rum rather than vodka. It’s a sweet, easy drinking cocktail that, despite its name, is perfect for refreshment on a hot day. Ginger beer is always a big hit in my house. Poured over a glass of ice to sip on with dinner is such a nice treat.
How did the dark and stormy get its name?
This cocktail was crafted hand-in-hand with Goslings Black Seal rum and Barritt’s ginger beer. It was born in the Caribbean where rum drinking sailors were copious. Legend has it the name comes from a WWI vet turned sailor who inspected the color of the drink and described it as the “color of a cloud only a fool or a dead man would sail under.”
Ingredients
Dark Rum – This recipe will also be great made with spiced rum or whiskey. Lime – For fresh lime juice and wedges as garnish. Ginger beer – You can use alcoholic or non-alcoholic.
It’s not typical to mix lime juice into a dark and stormy, but I can’t do without that bright fresh citrus to compliment the ginger. Once you try a sip, I think you’ll agree with me!
How to make a dark and stormy
Bartending from home doesn’t get any easier than this! Grab a big bottle of rum so that you can enjoy a dark and stormy any time you want.
How to serve it
I mixd my dark and stormy up in a tall collins glass, but it’ll work in a highball glass as well. Heck, drink it out of a coconut for all I care! I mixed my cocktails to serve, but if you pour the ingredients nice and slowly over the ice, you can layer them to create a really neat effect. Some restaurants will serve their dark and stormy cocktails this way.
Looking for more cocktail recipes? Try these:
Cosmopolitan Cocktail Moscow Mule Margarita Manhattan Drink Whiskey Sour Mojito Recipe Piña Colada Red Grapefruit and Basil Mimosa
