Dark and Stormy
INGREDIENTS
- 1 to 2 slices fresh ginger (optional)
- 2 oz. dark rum
- ½ tablespoon ginger syrup or simple syrup
- 3 to 4 oz. ginger beer
- ½ oz. lime juice (optional)
- Garnish: 2 lime wedge
INSTRUCTIONS
Fill an old-fashioned glass with ice and add the fresh ginger. Add the rum and ginger syrup, and stir. Top with ginger beer. Squeeze the lime wedges over the drink and drop them in.
NOTES
The Dark and Stormy cocktail was not born from the windy blackness of London, nor was it created in a barroom catering to the alcoholic needs of woebegone writers. In fact, it has nothing to do with bad literary tropes and gothic language. The Dark and Stormy is a drink that came to be in the Caribbean waters, where rum is plentiful and so are sailors. It’s a drink that was spit out by the sea, more or less. It’s a drink with a really cool name.
To make a Dark and Stormy Gosling’s Black Seal rum is the preferred brand, but really, anything dark and funky will work. Officially speaking, it is frowned upon to liven up your Dark and Stormy with lime juice, but we appreciate a layer of citrus. Just don’t swap in ginger ale for the ginger beer. That would be a crime.