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Dark 'N' Stormy

Barbeque · Classic/vintage · Elevenses/afternoon

4.0 374 ratings

Ingredients

1 2/3 oz Dark/black rum
2/3 oz Lime juice
1/3 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)
2 dash Aromatic bitters
3 oz Ginger beer

How to make

Serve in a collins glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

Method

  1. 3 SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 STRAIN into ice-filled glass whilst also pouring ginger beer.

Garnish

  1. 5 Garnish with lime wedge on rim.

Flavour profile

8.7% alc./vol. · 1.1 standard drinks · 204 calories

History

This Daiquiri uses pungent dark rum, with spicy ginger beer for refreshment. It belongs to the Mule family but is distinguished by the dark rum's assertive flavor.

The national drink of Bermuda, where ginger beer and Gosling's rum (a brand of dark rum often associated with this cocktail) are produced. Who first made or named the Dark 'n' Stormy is unknown, but legend has it that it was created, or at least first enjoyed, by British sailors on shore leave in Bermuda after World War I.

Also known as Dark 'n' Stormy