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Dark 'n' Stormy

A layer of dark rum floats on ginger beer, like low clouds before a storm.

Home-bar collection version

For one serving

Ingredients

  • Ginger Beer
    100 ml / 3.38 US fl oz
  • Dark Rum

    The IBA specifies Gosling's dark rum from Bermuda

    60 ml / 2.03 US fl oz

US fl oz amounts are rounded; use ml for exact measures.

To garnishLime wedge

Make it

  1. Fill a highball glass with ice and pour in ginger beer.
  2. Slowly pour dark rum over the back of a bar spoon so it floats as a layer on top.
  3. Add a lime wedge and stir before drinking.

Behind the drink

A signature drink of Bermuda; the name is a registered trademark of local rum producer Gosling's.

Recipe reference

Adapted from the IBA recipe; see the ingredient notes for home-bar adjustments.

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