Talk:Dark 'n' stormy

Adding lime?
I've seen this drink made by first adding ginger beer & lime (or lemon) juice, then pouring the dark rum slowly on top. This way it's a layered drink with the dark rum floating on top, creating a "stormy" looking cloud of booze on top of the ginger beer and lime. This is purely aesthetic, in my opinion, since you might as well take a shot of rum if you drink this without stirring. However, it makes sense to serve it this way, considering the name of the drink.

JMc Thesfid (talk) 00:55, 1 June 2011 (UTC)


 * I thought a Dark and stormy (should be a redirect from that, not just 'N') contained lime juice as well - ie like a moscow mule, only with dark rum. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.147.171.27 (talk) 03:19, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The official recipes (Gosling's and IBA's) do not use lime. If someone can come up with a cite that says it commonly has lime added, I'd happily add it to the article - that is definitely the tastiest way to drink it!—Luis (talk) 18:30, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

Name dropping much?
Seems like there is an unnecessarily large amount of brand name mentions in the article. Not sure why it should be "ingredients as listed at DrinkBoy" since apparently the ingredients are well and generally understood. Similarly, the Light n Stormy sounds like a Dark n Stormy using light rum rather than dark. Doesn't seem necessary to describe the recipe using a particular brand of rum and a particular brand of ginger ale. The description of Barrits sounds particularly slogany - "the bite without the burn". Still, since I am not personally knowledgeable of these things, I'm not going to edit the article myself, only say my piece. 71.48.136.223 (talk) 00:13, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

For me there is only one rum to have in a Dark 'n' Stormy and that's Goslings Black Seal. I have tried many rums throughout the years and all others fall short. As for the brand of ginger beer, it makes a huge difference. I will only drink mine with Old Jamaican (as it's the best I can get where I live). It's more firey than regular ginger beers. But now that I have heard of Barrits, I'm interested to give it a try. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.41.196.43 (talk) 06:51, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Ingredient
The IBA is about as close as a world authority as you get on drinks(not that that necessarily says much), and they don't specify the rum further than 'dark'. So, the specific brand is about as much nonsense as you can get, really. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.229.60.8 (talk) 14:42, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

Gosling's has a trademark on " Dark 'N' Stormy", at least as of a few years ago, so that would help explain the brand-name-dropping. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doughorn (talk • contribs) 04:12, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

'N' vs 'N
There seems to be some disagreement over whether to use the ending apostrophe or not. From what I can tell, most sources use 'N'. Any thoughts? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doughorn (talk • contribs) 04:10, 17 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Gosling's spells it with one apostrophe, IBA with two. Kendall-K1 (talk) 23:04, 22 May 2016 (UTC)