Cocktails & Clothes: After the Storm

It’s been pretty dark and stormy here for the last couple of days, I guess that’s what you get when you live next to the Ocean. Honestly, I love a good storm, and after living in the monotony of perfect blue skies every day for years, I was desperate for a bit of weather. I always appreciate the sunset after the skies have cleared, and being able to throw on this light wool dress from Polo Ralph Lauren and ramble around in nature felt great after a few days of rain and wind. You know what they say; Feet in sand, hats on heads, drinks in hand, can’t loose.

Technically, a Dark ’N’ Stormy is proprietary to Gosling’s Rum, they managed to have it trade marked in the early 1990’s, so just to clarify this is not that cocktail. I think it's safe to say that sailors have been drinking combinations of rum, lime and ginger beer for as long as those three ingredients have existed to be put together. This is similar to a Moscow Mule, but better because it has rum in it. I like a spiced rum, and if you can’t put it in a drink like this, then when can you use it? Don't say never, that’s mean.

Dark and Stormy
2 oz. Kraken black spiced rum
1/2 oz. lime juice
Top with Bundaberg Ginger beer
Garnish with lime wedge

Fill a glass with ice, add rum and lime juice and top with ginger beer. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Cheers!