National Rum Day (August 16) is nearly upon us, and the folks at Infinium Spirits have the perfect way to celebrate: Zaya, a 12-year-old rum from Trinidad featuring notes of Tahitian vanilla, butterscotch, brown sugar, and maple. My favorite way to enjoy rum is in a Dark and Stormy--rum, ginger beer, and lime juice--yum! National Rum Day supposedly marks the end of the sugarcane harvest (from which rum is derived), which the harvesters celebrate with a huge party. If you can't make the trip to a tropical climate to celebrate in person, pick up Zaya at your local liquor store and try the recipe below--served best in a highball glass or glass tumbler, over lots of ice.
Zaya Dark and Stormy
Ingredients
2 oz Zaya rum
Ginger beer
Fresh lime juice
Ice
Directions
1. Pack a highball glass with ice, and fill the glass halfway with the rum.
2. Top off with ginger beer, and add fresh lime juice to taste.
3. Stir and enjoy!
--AndreaLeigh
Jack is Back on August 08, 2010 at 06:08 AM
Sorry, but the only rum used in a 'Dark & Stormy' is Goslings. You can use any rum and call it a 'Dark & Stormy' but it isn't.
DirtCrashr on August 08, 2010 at 09:01 AM
Goslings with Barritt's ginger beer is the definitive original, Zaya is almost too nice for a D&S and it's not really a "black rum" like Bardinet Negrita or Cruzan Black Strap. Bunderberg makes a very popular Dark & Stormy Down Under but it comes pre-mixed in a bottle.
Joey on August 09, 2010 at 05:45 AM
I agree with the above comments - it isn't a Dark and Stormy without Gosling's Black Seal rum.
Tda325 on August 09, 2010 at 09:16 AM
On the recommendation of this blog, a month or two back I tried a Dark and Stormy with Goslings and with AJ Stephens Jamaican Ginger Beer from BevMo (the only Ginger Beer I could find). It was like drinking dirt with tabasco sauce. Maybe it was the particular brand of ginger beer, but it seemed like a waste of a nice rum.
Chris on August 09, 2010 at 12:40 PM
Call it whatever the hell you want, I've made these and they are delicious.
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