Name: Dark 'n' Stormy Highball
Total time: 1 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 75 ml Ginger beer; 45 ml Dark/black rum

Ingredients

2 1/2 fl oz

Thomas Henry Ginger Beer

1 1/2 fl oz

Dark/black/blackstrap rum

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a HIGHBALL (MAX 10OZ/300ML) GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

Method

POUR ingredients into ice-filled glass and briefly stir.

OR, layer by pouring ginger beer into ice-filled glass first, then floating rum.

Garnish

Squeeze lime wedge into drink and drop in as a garnish.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Dark 'n' Stormy Highball contains 148 calories

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
11.81% alc./vol. (23.62° proof)
14.2 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Morten Carlsbaek Premium Member 2y

So much better with lime, sugar syrup and Angostura (Difford's recipe). I am no fan of this highball version, which is equivalent to Goslings' own (and I did used Goslings Black Seal.

Hunter Newsome 2y

I usually serve this with a stirring rod so that you may stir to the desired level of integration before drinking (same is nice to do for a Garibaldi or Tequila Sunrise). Personally I like stirring a bit so there’s a gradient and the drink starts out with a punch but gets softer with each sip.

Patrick Brady 2y

Quite tasty and refreshing. The "official" ingredients really de-emphasise that wedge of lime as a mere garnish. If you are going ungarnished (I won't tell if you don't), do add the requisite equivalent of lime juice to the glass.

Jimmy Fonseca 4y

When was Dark 'n' Stormy first published? Thanks ?

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 4y

I don't know when first published but I suspect after late 1960s.

John Hinojos Premium Member 4y

Great cocktail. Easy and few ingredients. We used an organic ginger beer available here in Southern California. Also used a Rhum Barbancourt 5 Star 8 Year old rhum. The rhum is perfect on its own, but was spectacular in this cocktail.

Brian Herring Premium Member 4y

Fill glass with ice to the top
Add the Goslings Ginger beer (you can also use Barritts but i couldn't get hold of any) leaving enough room for the Rum
add the Goslings Black Seal rum, i go for 60ml usually.
Squeeze a wedge of lime over the top and drop in glass
this needs a straw ideally but i don't like straws usually so i make this drink an exception
there are other ways to make it but this way you have the Dark 'N Stormy effect with the different hues of the rum and ginger beer..Enjoy

Brian Herring Premium Member 4y

Been looking at loads of vids and posts on the most authentic way yo make a DNS and there is a world of confusion (to quote a genesis song).I have just bought a case of 24 cans of goslings Ginger Beer and a bottle of Goslings Black Seal Rum as the name Dark 'N Stormy (one apostrophe) to ensure i dont get my door broken down by the trademark police
As far as i understand or the most authentic way to make a DNS is to use a Highball (or Collins apparently) glass.
see next post.........