This dark and stormy recipe is dark rum poured over ice and ginger beer, with lime. It is not a rum and coke or a moscow mule.
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Dark and Stormy
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 drink 1x
Description
Dark and Stormy. From Olivia.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 ounces (60ml) dark rum
- 4 ounces (120ml) cold ginger beer
- 1/2 lime
- ice
Instructions
- Fill a highball glass with ice.
- Add the rum, then the ginger beer.
- Squeeze the lime over the top and stir once.
Notes
Ginger beer, not ginger ale. Ale is milder and sweeter.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Cocktail
- Method: No-cook
- Cuisine: American
Float
Pour the rum in first if you want it mixed. Pour it last if you want a dark cap.
Ice
A full glass.
Lime
It cuts the ginger. Do not skip it.
Beer
A spicy ginger beer. A mild one tastes like soda.
Nutrition (estimated)
About 320 calories per serving. Estimate only, not a lab test.
FAQ
Gosling’s only?
Any dark rum. The ginger beer matters more.
Mocktail
Ginger beer and lime, no rum.
Pitcher
Build the drinks one glass at a time so the beer stays fizzy.
Glass
A highball.