Dark and Stormy
This is one of our biggest sellers at Bomba, and made properly it’s a great spicy thirst quencher. Unsurprisingly for a rum cocktail, this drink was apparently a naval invention. Some versions are basically ginger beer with a rum float, but to create a more balanced, more delicious cocktail version we add lime juice, mix it up and use bitters to create the dark and stormy look.
Ingredients
60ml (2oz) dark rum
30ml (1oz) fresh lime juice
About 120ml (4oz) ginger beer
3 dashes Angostura bitters
Lime wheels to garnish
Equipment
A jigger
A barspoon
A highball glass
Method
Add your rum and lime juice, and ginger beer to the glass (should be just under halfway) Add as much ice as you can fit, stir, add more ice and top with more ginger beer if necessary. Float 3 dashes of bitters on top, garnish with lime wheels and enjoy!
Suggested Spirits
Gosling’s Black Seal Rum is definitely the go to here. It is a very heavy, almost chewy rum so the richer the better- Appleton’s or Plantation Dark also work quite well.
Your ginger beer needs to be good quality, quite dry and spicy. We’ve used Fever Tree, or Fentimans is another good option.
