Dark 'n' Stormy

Yield: 1.0 Glass: Highball glass, 10–12 oz
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Adjust for any number of servings while keeping the ingredient proportions intact.

classic cocktail rum highball built seeded
Ingredients
  • 2 oz dark rum
  • 0.5 oz fresh lime juice
  • 4 oz ginger beer
  • Lime wedge, for garnish
Instructions
Build over ice in a highball glass and stir gently.

Behind the drink

A little history

Early 1900s Bermuda

The Dark ’n’ Stormy grew from Bermuda’s rum and ginger-beer traditions and is closely identified with Goslings Black Seal rum. The drink’s name evokes a dark cloud hanging above a pale, fizzy sea.

Dark ’n’ Stormy history