Recipes · A classic

Dark and Stormy

A stirred dark rum drink with ginger beer and lime juice. It's mostly sweet, spicy and sour.

Dark and Stormy in a highball

Ingredients

  • 2 oz 60 mlDark rum
  • 3 oz 90 mlGinger beer
  • ½ oz 15 mlLime juice
  • stirred
  • highball
  • Lime wedge

Method

  1. Add the dark rum and lime juice to a mixing glass with ice.
  2. Stir for 20 to 30 seconds.
  3. Strain into a highball over fresh ice.
  4. Top with the ginger beer.
  5. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Taste

How the Dark and Stormy tastes

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