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Dark 'n' Stormy

Rum

Dark 'n' Stormy

Base
Rum
Family
Highball
Era
1920–1933: Prohibition
Date
around 1920
Glass
Highball glass
Technique
Built in the glass
Flavour
Spiced, Sweet
Strength
Light
IBA list
New Era

Ingredients

IngredientAmount
Dark rum60 ml
Ginger beer100 ml
Lime wedge (garnish)one

Method

  1. Fill the glass with ice and pour in the ginger beer.
  2. Float the rum on top, so that it stays in two layers.

Tools

Place of origin

Bermuda

Bermuda
Natural Earth

Where it is most consumed

A symbol of Bermuda, also very popular among sailors.

An impression, not a measured figure

Curious stories

Documented

Gosling Brothers places its invention in Bermuda just after the First World War. The name has been a registered trademark in the US since 1991.

Sources

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