Ingredients
- 6 cl of Pollen Spiced Caribbean
- 12 cl of ginger beer
- 1 cl of fresh lime juice
- Ice
- 1 lime slice for garnish
Preparation
- Fill a highball glass with ice cubes.
- Pour the ginger beer first.
- Gently add Pollen Spiced Caribbean by pouring it over the back of a spoon to create a layered effect.
- Add a dash of lime juice to balance it out.
- Garnish with a lime slice and do not stir immediately to appreciate the visual effect before tasting.
The Dark & Stormy: A Powerful and Legendary Cocktail
The Dark & Stormy is one of the few trademarked cocktails, meaning it has an official recipe protected by the Gosling's rum brand. It's an intense, spicy, and refreshing drink, where the combination of dark rum and ginger beer evokes the storms of the Caribbean Sea.
A story of sailors and storms
The Dark & Stormy has its origins in the turquoise waters of Bermuda, where sailors of the British Royal Navy have sailed since the 19th century.
- Gosling's Black Seal dark rum, produced in Bermuda since 1806, was very popular with British sailors.
- Ginger beer, a fermented, spiced ginger drink, was commonly consumed on board for its digestive benefits and refreshing effect.
One day, a sailor mixed the two and declared the drink "the color of a storm cloud under which only a madman or a dead man would sail." Thus, Dark & Stormy was born.