Use Lemon instead of Lime. These are tasty and refreshing. We use only "Ginger People" ginger beer - -More ginger- y than sweet. Assertive and full of tasty ginger sediment. Lemon Lavender Cake. Yum. I love this recipe, but last night I had a dark and stormy at Silo, a restaurant in Nashville, and they used light rum, topped with ginger beer then topped with a splash of dark rum and a slice of lime. The light rum gives it a light refreshing twist. Yeah!! Beauty in Simplicity.
A Dark 'n' Stormy is a highball cocktail made with dark rum (the "dark") and ginger beer (the "stormy") served over ice and garnished with a slice of lime. The very best way to make a dark and stormy cocktail. Here's the recipe.
Thanks! A refreshing and easy cocktail. I liked that it didn't require a complicated bar to make this delightful drink. It will be even better on a hot, sticky summer evening. I am now a HUGE fan of this. I agree. with the general consensus that.
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I add a slice of. For summer I. like to use Captain. Rum. Lighter and. Vernor's ginger soda also works very well with this! I love a dark & stormy and have tons of requests for them at my house.
The kind of ginger beer you use is crucial to the outcome of this recipe - i recommend Natural Brew which they carry at Whole Foods, Stewarts - which has become harder and harder to find as this drink became popularized, and oddly the Archer Farms ginger beer at Target packs a good ginger bite. The Reeds ginger brews simply don't cut it! And don't even try with ginger ale - that's not even remotely close to a dark & stormy.
I was in Bermuda.