Dark and Stormy

This might be my favorite summer drink - barely edging out the gin & tonic.

A dark and stormy is very simple - dark rum, ginger beer, and lime. But if you look around you'll find that the proportions vary a lot. Another variable is the ginger beer - some are mild, and others are very strong.

This particular Dark & Stormy recipe calls for 2 oz rum and 5 oz ginger beer. The lime is merely a wedge. To my taste, I like a good amount of lime - it seems to balance the ginger - and this is too little. I tried it, and then squeezed in another 1/4 lime.

I used Ginger People ginger beer - its the first time I tried it and it is pretty intense. I might prefer a drink with a slightly milder ginger beer and more lime. Of course, I probably need to experiment more ;-)

We have tried this drink with two dark rums - Cruzan blackstrap rum and Gosling's Black Seal. We cannot buy the blackstrap rum in Utah, and I've been pleasantly surprised at how much I like the Gosling's.