The Dark & Stormy

Our most popular game day drink.

 

 

The Dark and Stormy.

6-8oz. Ginger Beer (we use Gosling’s brand)

 

2 oz. of Gosling’s Black Seal Rum

 

1 Lime wedge.

 

To make: Fill a glass with fresh ice. Pour in the Ginger Beer gently so as not to make it head. Top off with the Black Seal. When topping off pour slowly so the rum floats gently on the top leaving a definite line between it and the Ginger Beer. Squeeze the juice from the lime wedge in last and place the fruit in the glass. You should now have a very lovely looking drink before you, however we suggest stirring it a bit before drinking as with all the rum on top a first pull can be rather painful. Once stirred, the cocktail will become a dusky reddish orange almost the color of a sunset.

 

Gosling’s Black Seal owns a copyright to the Dark and Stormy, thus if you make it with any other dark rum it cannot officially be called a D&S. We use Gosling’s Ginger Beer because it is not too powerful nor too weak and it adds just the right offset to the smooth tasting Black Seal. You can use any you like and some actually prefer Barritt’s but for us we’ll stick with what works.

I introduced our gaming group to these delectable drinks last summer and they have become the staple of our gatherings. I was not surprised that Tuna took to them like a pirate to booty, he likes dark rum after all, as well as booty and perhaps being a bit of pirate overall. However everyone, who has joined us on a game day including Big Mike, absolutely loves them. We actually ran out of rum one fun filled afternoon so now I double up on the supplies. You and your friends will love these too I guarantee it and a good drink with good friends goes a long way to building great times.

Cheers

AL