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I’ll have a stormy

Yes please, and then yes please again.
An incorrect and illegal cocktail, if presented as a dark ‘n’ stormy. But yes please.

For the last, oh, let’s say five or six years, the dark ‘n’ stormy, which is its proper name, has been making something of a comeback. It has appeared on menus as far afield from its birthplace as this northern town, and in contexts as different from island time as New York city. Also, it is certainly giving the Cuba libre and the gin and tonic a run for their money as a no brainer mixer. There’s nothing derogatory in that last sentence, btw, on the contrary. Read more