Dark & Stormy Recipe
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Ingredients
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Cocktail
Method
Cocktail
Add lime juice
Squeeze 1/2 oz (about the juice of 1/2 small lime) of fresh lime juice into the glass over the ice. Leaving a small amount of juice in the glass helps balance sweetness and brightens the cocktail.
Top with ginger beer
Pour 4 oz chilled ginger beer gently into the glass over the ice and lime juice. Stir once lightly with a bar spoon (3–4 rotations) to combine the lime and ginger beer without flattening the carbonation.
Float the rum
Slowly pour 2 oz dark rum over the back of a bar spoon held just above the surface of the drink so the rum floats on top, creating the characteristic 'dark' layer. If you prefer, you can simply pour the rum over the top — it will mix more but keep the same flavor.
Finish and garnish
Optionally add 2 dashes of Angostura bitters across the top for aromatic complexity. Garnish with a lime wedge or wheel on the rim or floated on top. Serve with a straw and instruct the drinker to gently stir before sipping to integrate the rum with the ginger beer.