Dark and Stormy

Recipe by Timo Wessels | Updated on 3. February 2023

The Dark and Stormy is made with homemade ginger beer and the original goslings Black seal rum. It is a lovely fresh, spicy, and slightly oaky cocktail loved by all our guests who have tried it so far. Making ginger beer is not easy, but it is worth the time and effort.

Two layers inside the glass, one is light brown, the other more white on top are two lime wedges.

Image Source: original

Ingredients

  • 40ml Gosling’s Black Seal Dark Rum (rum)
  • 120ml Ginger Beer Homemade (ginger beer)
Glassware:
Highball
Technique:
build in
Garnish:

2x lime wedge

Mixing Instructions

  1. Add ice cubes to the serving glass.
  2. Pour the carbonated filler into the serving glass. You can also measure it before with the jigger.
  3. Add your garnish.
  4. Top up with liqueur.

Detailed Recipe Instructions

  1. Prepare your Mise en Place.
  2. Prepare your bottle setup.
  3. Chill the serving glass with either crushed ice or ice cubes. Or place it in a fridge or freezer.
  4. Prepare your garnish.
  5. Take the chilled glass out of the fridge/freezer. If you used ice to chill the serving glass, remove everything from the glass.
  6. Add ice cubes to the serving glass.
  7. Add a cocktail stirrer to the serving glass.
  8. Pour the carbonated filler into the serving glass. You can also measure it before with the jigger.
  9. Add your garnish.
  10. Top up with liqueur.

how to garnish

  • 2x lime wedge, squeeze and drop into the glass.

Mixing Tips

Glassware

  • A chilled glass keeps your drink longer and more enjoyable. Your used ice will melt slower, and the taste will stay longer.

Non Alcoholic Ingredients

  • Make sure your carbonated filler is cold and fresh.

Technique

  • If you want to layer a liquid onto another. Pour very slowly, and you can use a spoon for help.Further, if you pour over the ice or over the garnish, it will keep the liquids more separate.
Categories:
Classic, Tropical, Summer
Ice:
ice cubes for the serving glass
Bar Equipment:
Jigger, Knife

Jigger
Knife

Editor Recipe Notes

Since the opening, we have been serving the Dark & Stormy cocktail with homemade Ginger Beer.
How do we do it? We combine fresh lemon juice, ginger juice, simple syrup, and water. After we fill it into PET bottles, put a unique cap on and carbonate it by hand. Later on, we pour it into the smaller bottles.

This process already takes some time, but what is really a pain is to squeeze the ginger.

You have to chop the ginger, use a high-quality juicer, and the entire process takes around 4-6 hours just to get 3 liters of ginger juice.
We seal, vacuum the liquid and store it in the freezer. On-demand, we are using it for ginger beer.

Flavour and Texture

Aroma:

ginger, oak

Flavour:

ginger, oak

Texture:

astrigent tannins, concentrated, delicate

Table Of Contents

  • 6 min
170 ml = 1 serving