How to make a dark and stormy cocktail! This rum and ginger beer cocktail is super simple with only three ingredients and tastes incredible!
If you’ve never had one, the dark and stormy comes from Bermuda and combines dark rum, Ginger beer, and fresh lime. Also called a dark ‘n’ stormy, it’s bubbly, a bit spicy, and super refreshing.
If you love ginger beer like me, check out our Moscow mule recipe, which calls for vodka instead of rum. Or, for another cocktail with dark rum, see our spiked mulled cider!
Key Ingredients
- Dark Rum: Dark rum is essential for this cocktail, and Gosling’s Black Seal Rum is the traditional (and trademarked) choice. However, if you’re feeling adventurous, Kraken Black Spiced Rum and Pusser’s Rum are excellent alternatives.
- Ginger Beer: Don’t mix up ginger beer and ginger ale! Ginger beer has a much stronger ginger flavor and spiciness. Gosling’s ginger beer is a popular choice, but feel free to use your favorite brand. Cock ‘n Bull, Fever-Tree, and D&G are all fantastic options.
- Lime: I always add a splash of fresh lime juice to the glass and garnish with a lime slice or wedge. Fresh lime is the way to go for the best flavor!
Dark and Stormy
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The dark and stormy cocktail comes from Bermuda and combines only three ingredients: dark rum, Ginger beer, and fresh lime. Dark rum is a must for this. See the article for suggestions.
You Will Need
2 ounces (4 tablespoons) dark rum
1/2 ounce (1 tablespoon) fresh lime juice
3 ounces (6 tablespoons) ginger beer
Lime slice or wedge for serving
Ice
Directions
1Add ice to a glass.
2Pour rum, lime juice, and ginger beer over ice.
3Serve with lime slice.
Adam and Joanne's Tips
- Ginger beer and ginger ale are very different. Ginger beer is has a stronger ginger flavor.
- The nutrition facts provided below are estimates.
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Ahh love this! May actually have to try some of this one out – it looks like it would be so good! I love love love trying out recipes like this – makes for such a good saturday night! To be honest I’m just a massive sucker for any kind of cocktail learning thing! Ooo cocktail classes are great if anyone has done one before? Honestly though if anyone hasn’t been to one and loves cocktails as much as me – then I’d definitely recommend it! Plus it helps with recipes like these – my cocktail repertoire is probably embarrassingly large now haha. I’ve done lots of them now but my favourite was probably the Rofuto one but to be fair it was at a sushi restaurant and I am slightly obsessed with sushi so it makes sense that was my favourite I guess haha. Honestly though they are really fun! Still – can’t wait to try this out on Saturday – looks like my boyfriend is going to have to sit through another taste test aha! Thanks for putting this up!
We used to live in the Carolinas and dealt with plenty of storms and I grew up in MN and Chicago and had -40F winters. Thankfully, San Diego just gets earthquakes 🙂
Great looking drink!
Stay safe… and drink up! This looks yummy! 🙂
Another one of my favorite combos- ginger and lime. I’m sure I’d love this one too, especially with something extra spicy like a Blenheim or Ginger People ginger beer 🙂