Dark 'n' Stormy
IBA official cocktail
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TypeMixed drink
Primary alcohol by volume
  • Rum
ServedOn the rocks; poured over ice
Standard garnishLime wedge
Standard drinkware
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Highball glass
IBA specified
ingredientsdagger
  • 6 cl dark rum
  • 10 cl ginger beer
PreparationFill glass with ice, add rum and top with ginger beer. Garnish with lime wedge.
dagger Dark 'n' Stormy recipe at International Bartenders Association

A Dark 'n' Stormy is a highball cocktail made with dark rum (the "dark") and ginger beer (the "stormy") served over ice and garnished with a slice of lime. Lime juice is also frequently added. This drink is very similar to the Moscow mule except that it has dark rum instead of vodka.

Gosling Brothers claims that the drink was invented in Bermuda just after World War I.

Trademark and litigation

Gosling Brothers building in Bermuda.

In the United States, "Dark 'n' Stormy" has been a registered trademark of Gosling Brothers Ltd of Bermuda since 1991. Gosling's markets the drink through tie-ins to the sailing and sail racing community.

Gosling Brothers uses this registration to prohibit US marketing of a drink under the name "Dark 'N Stormy", or a related, confusing name, unless it is made with Gosling Black Seal rum. Gosling's has litigated or threatened litigation over the mark against Pernod Ricard, Proximo Spirits, Picaroons Traditional Ales, Infinium Spirits' Zaya, and a cocktail blog.

Naming

Gosling Brothers has registered a version of the name that uses one apostrophe ('N), while the International Bartender's Association uses two apostrophes ('N').

Because of Gosling Brothers' threats of litigation, some sources use other variations on the name to describe similar drinks, such as a "Safe Harbor".


This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Dark 'n' Stormy, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.