Ratings
5
out of 5
151
user ratings
Your rating
or to rate this recipe.
Have you cooked this?
or to mark this recipe as cooked.
Private Notes
Leave a Private Note on this recipe and see it here.
Cooking Notes
Jonathan
I am Bermudian, raised in the States. There are all kinds of dark messes and storms so float or mix or mix then add float, as you prefer. Black Rum and ginger beer are essential. Lime, bitters, and other flourishes are not. It doesn't need to be fancy to be good.
If you can't get Goslings Black Seal Rum, other black rums might do in a pinch. But if all you have is Myers, I would skip the D&S.
Of ginger beers, some are excellent, some are not, and you can make your own.
Bermuda Onion
Actually, a Dark & Stormy tastes much better using Barritt's Ginger Beer with Gosling's Black Seal! That is the original & the go to recipe for Bermudians world wide! Yes, it is a refreshing co*cktail too!
Kathleen
Well, I haven't COOKED it, but I have made it, and it is wonderful any time of year.
Brigham
This isn't a recipe. It's booze and a mixer over ice. Distinctiveness is derived entirely from quality of ingredients.
Bermuda Onion
Yes, & I've been "cooked" or "full hot" by them in the past!
zacko
I put the goslings on top, as a float. That better recreates the appearance of a stormy sky.
ivan Green
Start with ice, then ginger beer, maybe a squirt of lime, Then pour dark rum over a SPOON back to float the rum over the ginger beer like storm clouds. Storm's a brewing!
Kara
I'm so happy that this recipe doesn't add extra ingredients that would ruin this drink. Too many bars add lime juice to it and it completely changes the flavor. Just the rum and ginger beer please!
Saul
Hello from Seattle - in a stormy night a dark and stormy always hits the spot. there's a ginger beer place call RGB for Rachel's Ginger Beer which freshly made and it is sold in growlers, turned out to be the best for this drink
Jason
If you can find it, Blenheim's spicy ginger ale ("pink cap") makes an amazing D&S.
Kevin
Goslings ginger beer is not from Bermuda. It's made by Polar beverages...in Worcester, MA.For a REALLY spicy d & s, try a Goya ginger beer.
Peter Saulnier
It’s nice to pour the dark rum in last so it floats on top while you take the first few sips. Then it mixes and becomes a refreshing chaser.
Gardiner
I rediscovered the D&S this summer when I found some Goslings at my local super market in Maine. I added Maine Root Spicy Ginger Beer. It was fantastic. I tried other ginger beers and was disappointed. Maine Root is now my go to for a D&S. Give it a try!
India
I'm not much of a drinker, but it would't be summer when I'm on Martha's Vineyard, if I didn't have a Dark and Stormy at the Edgartown Yacht Club. They charge a fortune for it as it's a "specialty drink", but hey, it's only one or two while I'm there. I ADORE anything with ginger in it, and ginger beer is just the best. This is the consummate summer drink when one is near the ocean and boats.
Elaine in Baltimlore
I use Barritt's Diet Ginger Beer. I like to cheat the calorie intake whenever and where ever I can!
BahamasMan
It's Barritt's and Myers or Goslings or Mount Gay and the lime (wedge or a squeeze of same) is essential. Maybe that's the Bahamian way, not the ever-so-uptight Bermudian mix! Either way, it's a cracking sundowner.
Bermuda Onion
Actually, a Dark & Stormy tastes much better using Barritt's Ginger Beer with Gosling's Black Seal! That is the original & the go to recipe for Bermudians world wide! Yes, it is a refreshing co*cktail too!
Brigham
This isn't a recipe. It's booze and a mixer over ice. Distinctiveness is derived entirely from quality of ingredients.
ChrisW
Aren't you supposed to float the dark rum on top?
Bill in S.Jersey
No. In Bermuda, where the D & S originated, they don't even use lime. Essentially, it's a Dark rum highball.
Jonathan
I am Bermudian, raised in the States. There are all kinds of dark messes and storms so float or mix or mix then add float, as you prefer. Black Rum and ginger beer are essential. Lime, bitters, and other flourishes are not. It doesn't need to be fancy to be good.
If you can't get Goslings Black Seal Rum, other black rums might do in a pinch. But if all you have is Myers, I would skip the D&S.
Of ginger beers, some are excellent, some are not, and you can make your own.
Kathleen
Well, I haven't COOKED it, but I have made it, and it is wonderful any time of year.
Bermuda Onion
Yes, & I've been "cooked" or "full hot" by them in the past!
Private notes are only visible to you.
