Bar Outrigger's Storm in a Glas
History On The Rocks is Goya’s summer cocktail series in partnership with Smitha Menon. Here, we explore the often-unknown origin story behind our favourite classic cocktails. We will also be bringing you a modern take on the classic, from some of our favourite bars in the country. This week, dark ‘n stormy.
What does a sailor, rough winds, and ginger ale have in common? A cocktail, of course!
The story of the origin of Dark ‘N Stormy has its roots in Bermuda. Not the triangle, but the island.
In 1806, James Gosling, the the eldest son of the Gosling family (merchants from Kent) set sail for Amercia. They were unable to find their way and exhausted, docked at the nearest port which was Bermuda. Gosling decided to make hay, or rather rum, where the sun shines and set up shop launching a branded aged rum, sold from the barrel, and called Black Seal.
Now, at the time, ginger beer was used to cure seasickness in the Caribbean; there was even a ginger beer factory set up at the dockyard. At some point, the meet cute between Black Seal rum and ginger beer took place, and the Dark ‘N Stormy was born.
The cocktail is one of the rare ones that are trademarked — in 1991, the family filed and won a trademark on the name.
In Goa, Bar Outrigger has made a name for itself for its maritime theme, its rum collection and stellar drinks. Their version of this rum-based drink isn’t anything simple, it is a cross between a classic Pornstar Martini and a typical Dark ‘N Stormy .
BAR OUTRIGGER RECIPE FOR STORMY DANIELS
Ingredients
60ml Outrigger rum blend
20 ml homemade passion fruit and vanilla syrup
20 ml fresh lime juice
120 ml Gunsberg Ginger ale/ to top
4 dashes saline
An orange wedge, orchid, and coconut leaf straw
Column ice
Method
To make the passion fruit and vanilla syrup, use pulp of he fruit and castor sugar and let it rest for three hours at room temperature. Add in one vanilla pod and three drops vanilla essence dissolved in luke warm water. Mix, stir and strain, and store in the fridge.
Add ice to your glass. Mix in the rum blend, syrup, lime juice, saline together gently.
Top with ginger ale .
History on the Rocks is a series in partnership with Smitha Menon. Join us as we explore the stories behind our favourite cocktails and how they traveled to us. Each history lesson is followed by a cocktail recipe from some of the country’s top bartenders.
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