Toasting the end of the world with Dark and Stormies!
As you may or may not have heard, tomorrow is claiming to be our last days on earth. I for one am kind of giddy with excitement, as there’s nothing better than a bunch of easily obtained cadavers just laying about for the taking. So—as I sit and wait for the world to burn, explode, implode, be swallowed by a huge wave of water, be destroyed by radioactive stay puff marshmallow men or my horde of hungry zombies, I raise my glass and toast ya’ll with one hell of an easy to make and delicious to drink end-of-time cocktails. Dark and Stormy anyone?
This classic highball is a brand-specific mixed drink that is completely—and some would say wrong tasting— if anything other than Gosling’s Black Seal rum and Gosling’s ginger beer were to be used. Some bartenders will add lime juice to the drink, but the addition of this is totally unnecessary and my preference is to leave it out all together. The Dark and Stormy gained popularity through sailing folks up and down the East coast of the US, having been brought home by various sailors who frequented places such as Bermuda and other tropical islands.
So while you’re running around grabbing gallons of water, a thousand canned goods and other provisions here’s the list of ingredients you’ll be needing to celebrate your demise along with me:
Dark and Stormy:
2 oz Gosling’s Black Seal rum
8 oz Gosling’s ginger beer
lime slice for garnish
Highball glass
ice
Here’s how we do it up in the Crypt-
In a highball glass filled with ice pour in the 2 oz of rum, then top with the ginger beer. Garnish with a lime slice and enjoy while the world burns! So while we’re drinking it’s an opportune time to let you know that you’ve been duped. This is a ploy on my part to get you totally drunk. It’s easier to pluck you delicious humans off while you’re intoxicated after all! As always Bottoms Up and Viva la Faux Rapture!
