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Dark and Stormy Cocktail
The classic Dark and Stormy cocktail only needs three ingredients: Gosling's rum, ginger beer, and fresh lime juice.
Dark and Stormy Julep Cocktail (With Ginger and Rum)
Ginger beer, fresh ginger, aged rum, and maple syrup give this julep variation the rich, sweet, and spicy flavors of a Dark and Stormy.
Light and Drizzly
A tasty, low-alcohol take on a Dark and Stormy.
Partly Cloudy
A riff on a Dark and Stormy; the resemblance comes in the pairing of ginger and rum (and, well, the name). At the Spotted Pig, bar manager Ryan Gannon makes his own falernum: a sweet syrup that uses allspice and ginger and clove and lime zest steeped in over-proof rum "until it gets nice and happy," when it's combined with simple syrup with almond extract; in the drink, it commingles with lime and grapefruit juice along with Mount Gay rum, Aperol, and ginger beer.
Southern Baptist
Sother Teague of Amor y Amargo in NYC shared this rye cocktail with us, and it's a winner, spicy with lots of fresh ginger and bright from a bunch of fresh lime.
Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail
The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail has a few of the tropical essentials: first, it's based on rum; second, its flavor is fleshed out with fresh lime juice and the little-known syrup called falernum; and third, the name has both Caribbean and nautical overtones.
Ginger Beer, Rum, and Coconut Sorbet
Only after I served this was I told it was basically a scoopable Dark and Stormy. But that's no problem for me—the combination of ginger beer and dark rum is pretty awesome.
Late Spring Dark and Stormy
This variation on the Dark and Stormy features easy-to-make rhubarb syrup. It's tart, sweet, and fruity.
Weather Up's Suffering Bastard
Beat the heat with this gin and bourbon cocktail that bursts with lime and ginger.
The 151 Swizzle
Following Wednesday's post on the appeal of higher-proof spirits in cocktails, here's a drink that may appear formidable at first glance, but if treated with due respect is as gentle as can be: the 151 Swizzle.

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The Wayland's Bermuda Black

If you drink a Dark 'n Stormy and think, "I'd like to turn this up a notch," this is the cocktail for you, courtesy of The Wayland in NYC. Fresh ginger juice adds heat, rum adds richness, and lime juice keeps it bright.

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