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Dark and Stormy

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This Dark and Stormy Cocktail is made with 3 ingredients poured over a glass of ice. This simple, refreshing, and spicy cocktail will be in your hand in 5 minutes or less! Pour, stir, sip, smile.

two collins glasses filled with dark and stormy and garnished with a lime wedge

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.”

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Ingredients

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  • 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!

two shots side by side one of pouring rum into a collins glass and one pouring ginger beer in the same glass

How to make a dark and stormy

  1. Fill a collins glass with ice.
  2. Pour the rum and lime juice into the glass and top with ginger beer. Stir gently with a spoon, garnish with a lime wedge, and serve.

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.

a dark and stormy cocktail in a collins glass

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.

two collins glasses filled with dark and stormy and garnished with a lime wedge

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

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Two dark and stormy cocktails in tall glasses, garnished with lime wedges
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Dark and Stormy

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This Dark and Stormy Cocktail is made with 3 ingredients poured over a glass of ice. This simple, refreshing, and spicy cocktail will be in your hand in 5 minutes or less! Pour, stir, sip, smile.
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Ingredients

  • ice
  • 2 ounce dark rum
  • ½ ounce lime juice
  • 5 ounce ginger beer (alcoholic or non-alcoholic)
  • lime wedges (for garnish)

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Instructions 

  • Fill a collins glass with ice.
  • Pour the rum and lime juice into the glass and top with ginger beer. Gently stir the cocktail with a spoon. Garnish with a lime wedge and serve.

Nutrition Information

Calories: 183kcal (9%)Carbohydrates: 14g (5%)Protein: 1g (2%)Fat: 1g (2%)Sodium: 11mgSugar: 13g (14%)Vitamin C: 4mg (5%)Iron: 1mg (6%)

Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.

Two dark and stormy cocktails in tall glasses, garnished with lime wedges

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