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Dark 'N' Stormy (Difford's recipe)
A Daiquiri made with pungent dark rum, topped and made refreshing with spicy ginger beer. Part of the Mule family - but is distinctive due to the assertive...
Robert Spain
25th July at 21:19
I agree with other drinkers, this version is so much better than the otiginal one that it will be my recipe of choice for now on.
16th April at 20:54
Made it with Wood's old navy – technically not what the receipt asks for, but a match made in heaven nonetheless!
30th September 2024 at 04:07
Quite summer sunny on the first few sips, with a change in the weather as one ventures deeper into the glass. We love a good storm. But, like other commenters, we dialled back the ginger beer; in our case to 50ml to match the rum.
16th August 2024 at 23:03
Definitely the best version of the DnS for me, the lime and sugar make a huge difference here, an excellent drink for a summer evening. I prefer using Reed's ginger beer, as I find its stronger ginger kick works well against the lime.
2nd July 2024 at 03:32
Q (maybe others I'm not aware of) makes a tropical ginger beer that goes great with this drink. The black rum is very much "at home" with the mango and passion fruit essences in this particular ginger beer. They were made for each other.
24th May 2024 at 17:31
This is the best Dark 'N' Stormy. So much more interesting and fullfilling than Goslings' own recipe, which is the same as the simpler highball version linked to above. Lime, sugar syrup and Angostura do their Caribian magic vibe with Goslings Black seal.
1st May 2024 at 18:21
a very nice drink; a "dark" and "stormy" (I used worthy park 109) highball that is very nice but nothing more than you'd expect.
12th February 2024 at 10:47
Used home made ginger beer following Klaus St Rainer’s recipe, and this was truly a delight. One part fresh ginger juice, 1.5-2 parts sugar, 3 lemon, 10 sparkling mineral/soda water. Really 4.5 if not 5 stars.
22nd December 2023 at 13:25
Gosling's | Gosling's ging | Super Lemon Juice ... Good with SLJ at 75-80% called-for ratios. tried also with Myer's. more distinctive but gosling's is more balanced
20th November 2023 at 22:41
Had this tonight, using 2 rums, Havana club 7 year aged and a botanical infused golden rum, Anno lady Franklin, my ginger beer of choice is Palmers, a Dorset based brewery's ginger beer (I highly reccomend).
I did add a dash of paychauds bitters as well as the angostura, because I had a hankering for their flavour, but absolutely cracking!
I did add a dash of paychauds bitters as well as the angostura, because I had a hankering for their flavour, but absolutely cracking!
17th September 2023 at 23:05
Delicious. A definite improvement over the original highball, so worth the extra effort. I made mine with Fentimans Ginger Beer and the traditional Goslings Black Seal.
I chased it later with a Goslings Rum Old Fashioned (which I quite enjoyed) since dark rum has been a bit of a mystery ingredient until now - just go easy on the sugar.
I chased it later with a Goslings Rum Old Fashioned (which I quite enjoyed) since dark rum has been a bit of a mystery ingredient until now - just go easy on the sugar.
4th October 2022 at 21:36
90 ml ginger beer is for my taste too much , after reducing to 70 ml it is far better.
27th August 2022 at 15:57
Easily my favorite! I've also mixed this with Canada Dry, lacking ginger beer. Acceptable but much sweeter. Maybe without the syrup...
19th September 2022 at 15:20
If you have some ginger handy, you can crush some with lemon juice, add a bit of sugar and top up with soda water, and w-bam you have an ersatz of ginger beer to your taste.
I can't give you exact measurements, but I'd say a thick slice of ginger is enough for one serving of ginger ale-ish.
I can't give you exact measurements, but I'd say a thick slice of ginger is enough for one serving of ginger ale-ish.
9th April 2022 at 19:45
Great cocktail and worked perfect with a spicy lunch. All the flavours work outstanding together and was very refreshing. Would be a wonderful cocktail on a warm summer afternoon relaxing.
28th March 2022 at 16:57
Tried it with kraken for the rum and Bundaberg ginger brew. More on the sweet side. The warmer days can come now.
29th July 2022 at 18:14
Haha we tried it alsof with these 2. Best dark n Stormy to my Taste!
Anonymous
13th August 2021 at 15:18
I did the blasphemy and made this with Havana Club 7 years as that’s the only thing that I had (FBI would like to know my location, I know). Its flavour wasn’t however strong enough to stand in comparison with the ginger beer so definitely try this with a dark/er rum.
15th December 2020 at 22:44
Damn good
19th November 2020 at 08:50
Deliiicious
5th September 2020 at 18:21
Delicious. Ginger beer varies so wildly from one brand to another that I’d be interested to try them all, just for comparison, obviously. I used Bundaberg as that’s what I had in the fridge.
3rd February 2024 at 17:23
I have tied all the ginger beers I can find here (7). Fever Tree was the best by far. And the spicier (which I love).
Anonymous
8th August 2020 at 17:27
Much nicer to my taste than the original recipe