Dark 'N' Stormy

Dark 'N Stormy

IBA Official Cocktail
Type	Mixed drink
Primary alcohol by volume	Rum
Served	On the rocks; poured over ice
Standard garnish	Lime wedge
Standard drinkware	Highball glass
IBA specified ingredients*	6 cl dark rum 10 cl Ginger beer
Preparation	In a highball glass filled with ice add 6cl dark rum and top with ginger beer. Garnish with lime wedge.
Notes	Try using a couple dashes of bitters to add complexity.

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.^[1] In the US, the name "Dark 'N Stormy" is a trademark of Gosling Brothers Ltd of Bermuda.^[2][3][4][5] Gosling's claims there is only one recipe for a Dark n Stormy, but the NY Times reports that Gosling's has changed that recipe along with changing commercial relationships;^[6] Gosling's recipe does call for Gosling's Black Seal Rum.^[7]

References

1. IBA Dark ‘n Stormy
2. US PTO Dark n Stormy trademark registration
3. United States Trademark Law no mention of the word recipe
4. Legal Zoom no trademark for recipes
5. no patents on recipes
6. Jonathan Miles (5 July 2009). "The Right Stuff (by Law)". New York Times. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
7. "Dark 'N Stormy Recipe". Gosling's Brothers Ltd. 2009-12-17. Retrieved September 15, 2012.

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