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How much simple syrup to add to 8 oz of pulsed ginger? 16 oz of simple syrup?
Paid for by… (insert rhum company name)
We all knew why they chose gosling's lol
Should have stirred it before takin that swig. All she stared was Gosling in that and the video ended awkwardly with her sheepish smile
I will prepare dark rum soon !!!!
Dark is the Black rum and stormy means ginger syrup with seltzer !!!! spicy and healthy .
Is this 8oz of ginger by weight or volume
Cringe when she forgot to mix it and got a mouth full of black rum
Beautiful hands you have,massage please.
Random observation, but the background music sounds almost like Los Lobos' version of "Colas".
That’s not a real dark and stormy
Curious to know, how many people actually made this drink.
I assume one is supposed to stir the rum down into the drink before sipping, when one is not in front of a video camera?
Another alternative is Gosslings Black Seal and Cranberry, with a splash of Lime.
Only thing the video leaves out is how much simple syrup is the ginger added to. Otherwise I would try to make it. ATK, could you answer this?
Is ginger beer the same thing as ginger ale ?
This takes way more planning that it should to make a cocktail. And causes way too many dishes to need washed. Let's try making it with ginger beer from the store.
"The rum that we liked the most"
The rum you liked the most to avoid legal issues, you mean…
True ginger beer is made using 'ginger beer plant' – a bacterial/yeast combo similar to kefir in which the yeast ferments the ginger and sugar but the bacteria feed off the alcohol, which stops the yeast from dying and limits the booziness of the finished product.
Also – yeah we all know why you 'chose to settle' on Goslings…
Why did they use lemon juice in the ginger syrup but a squeeze if lime juice at the end?
That is a great looking cocktail and I would have enjoyed drinking it when I was drinking and was devouring drinks like the Pina Colada and a few others which appealed to me.
great job, nicole!
Awesome vid, go Nicole!
Great video, the ginger syrup looks amazing!
How many senior editors do they have?? Does that title even mean anything now?
What is the shelf life of the finished ginger syrup?
I make a similar cocktail that I named "The LaFitte" ("lah-FEET") after the only red-haired ("ginger") pirate to prowl the Caribbean. It's made with your favorite gingerale (I avoid ginger beer just because the hot spicy snap mentioned in the video), about halfway up the same type of cocktail/juice glass as seen in the video with 3 ice cubes, a jigger (1.5oz) of Pusser's rum.
Pusser's Rum the reason Great Britain took and held the British Virgin Isles: For the sugar cane to make Pusser's exclusively for the Royal Navy for the daily "tot" of "grog", a pint of rum and water, a practice that held through the 18th Century until 1973 when the tot was discontinued and grown men openly wept. I was told the story by a colleague who is a former Royal Navy sailor who was serving in '73 while he introduced me to Pusser's. I spent 2 weeks sailing around BVI with my wife and was in Rumulan Nirvana in the home of my favorite rum. But I digress – back to the recipe…
So:
1 tall 12-ounce (355 ml) cocktail/juice glass with 3 ice cubes;
8 oz (237 ml) your favorite gingerale;
1 jigger (1.5oz or 44 ml) Pusser's Rum;
A healthy squeeze or about 1oz (30 ml) of fresh unsweetened lime juice;
Float about 0.5-1oz (15-30 ml) of your favorite blackstrap rum on top;
Serve with a slice of lime and pineapple on the rim for garnish.
Enjoy!
Fermenting a ginger syrup into an alcohol would maybe be a nice bump for this amazing drink.
Also I feel Dark and stormies are always better at a beach bar.
Goslings has trademarked the dark and stormy, and it requires their specific rum. FFT.
Natural ginger beer, looks and sounds delish!. Going to try this
Nice work. How about an episode on what in my mind is the pinnacle of cocktails, the Sazerac?
Terrible cocktail. Unnecessary work.
A little over hyped but not bad.
I dont drink but the recipie for the ginger syrip was worth the time.