As is the case with most classic cocktails, the Dark and Stormy recipe only requires a handful of ingredients:
Ingredient quantities are detailed in the printable recipe card below.

While you likely have a lime and ginger beer at home, you may need to make a special trip to the liquor store before you craft your first Dark and Stormy cocktail. Goslings Black Seal rum isn’t exactly a liquor cabinet staple.
Distilled with a secret recipe passed through the generations, Goslings Black Seal rum has been a Bermuda favorite since it debuted in the 19th century. Originally called Old Rum and served on draught to locals, this Bermudan 80 proof rum ages in oak barrels.
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The Goslings started bottling their rum in champagne bottles after World War One and sealed those bottles with black sealing wax. It was only a matter of time before the rum’s name changed from Old Rum to Black Seal. Today, Goslings dark rums are sold all over the world including the US.
The original Dark ‘N Stormy recipe included a specific ginger beer – Barritt’s Ginger Beer. However, Gosling now makes is own ginger beer. Since we couldn’t find either of these ginger beers where we live, we bought Fever Tree ginger beer instead.
Pro Tip
Use your favorite ginger beer in this recipe.

Our recipe calls for a squirt of lime juice. We tried adding two full ounces as some recipes require and the resulting flavor was, for lack of a better word, too limey. Adding a squirt provides the necessary tang without taking over the flavor.
Fun Fact
The original Dark ‘N Stormy recipe didn’t include lime juice.