Dark N' Stormy

I'm a fan of a nice Dark N' Stormy. These were some of the first cocktails I started making for myself back in university, and it's probably because they're dead simple to make. Nice and tropical, good for what ails you.

Effort Rating: 1/5

Booziness Rating: 3/5

Sweetness Rating: 4/5

Bitterness Rating: 0/5

Acidity Rating: 3/5

Ingredients:

• 2 fl oz. of your favourite dark rum. I used to use Kraken a lot, but now I use Appleton Reserve. It's a bit more mellow I think?
• 1 Small Lime
• ~5 Fl oz. of Ginger Ale/Ginger Beer, depending how "spicy" you want it. Ginger Beer's spicier/more powerfully ginger.

Instructions

1. Fill a rocks glass (or any glass really, but I like rocks glasses) with your Ginger Ale/Beer of choice. I use Fever Tree, but your local preferred brand might vary.

2. Juice your lime into the glass. Use half the lime if you want it less limey.

3. Add the rum to the glass.

4. Add ice to the glass and stir till chilled.

5. Enjoy responsibly!

Tweaks

This is pretty easy to tweak to your preferences. You can mess with relative ratios of lime/booze/ginger drink to get your preferred mixture. Want it to taste boozier without more booze? Less soda. Want it less limey? Just do half a lime. Go nuts and experiment. I eyeball a lot of these. This is a pretty easy/lazy drink to prepare as far as cocktails go. You even make it in the glass, no fancy shaker needed!