Dark 'N' Stormy
Dark rum, ginger storm.
Spicy ginger beer with dark Bermuda rum floated on top, for a two-tone look that recalls a stormy sky. Simple and refreshing, it is considered the signature drink of Bermuda.
- IBA · New Era
- Long drink
- Built
- Glass
- Highball glass
- Method
- Built
- Strength
- Light
- Time
- 2 min
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Ice
- Cubes
Ingredients
Measures for 1 serving
-
Ginger beer
100 ml
-
Black rum
60 ml
Garnish
- Lime wedge
Proportions
How to make
- Fill a highball glass with ice.
- Pour the ginger beer.
- Float the rum on top.
- Garnish with a lime wedge or slice.
The story
Origins
LegendA story passed down, not confirmed by the sources.
The Dark 'N' Stormy is tied to Bermuda and the Gosling family, who settled there in the nineteenth century and from 1860 sold an aged rum later called Black Seal. According to the company's account, the drink was born at the end of the First World War, when British sailors on shore leave mixed Gosling's rum with homemade ginger beer. The name also has an anecdotal origin: a sailor supposedly compared its colour to a cloud only a fool or a dead man would sail under. Period evidence is lacking, however. What is certain is that the Goslings registered the name as a US trademark, in the late 1970s according to Difford's, and have defended it ever since.
Sources (4)
- IBA — Dark 'N' Stormy (opens in a new tab) recipe
- Smithsonian Magazine — The surprising litigious history of the Dark 'n Stormy (opens in a new tab) history
- CLASS Magazine — The story of the Dark 'n Stormy (opens in a new tab) history
- Difford's Guide — Gosling Brothers: Dark 'N Stormy (opens in a new tab) history
Taste profile
- Spicy
- 4 out of 5
- Sweet
- 3 out of 5
- Bubbly
- 3 out of 5
- Fresh
- 2 out of 5
