Dark & Stormy with Dehydrated Lime Garnish

The Dark & Stormy is all about the layering. Fill a highball glass with ice — the more the better, as it helps maintain the visual separation between the ginger beer and rum. Add 15ml of fresh lime juice directly over the ice. Top with ginger beer (Gosling’s is the traditional choice, but any quality ginger beer with real ginger bite will work). Fill almost to the top. Now take 60ml of dark rum and slowly pour it over the back of a bar spoon so it floats on top of the ginger beer. The result is a dramatic two-tone drink — golden ginger beer on the bottom, dark rum on top. Drop a Citrus House dried lime slice onto the surface. It floats perfectly, creating a three-layer effect that’s incredibly photogenic. As you stir and drink, the dehydrated lime garnish rehydrates slightly, releasing natural lime oils that cut through the rum’s richness. For batch Dark & Stormys at a party, dried lime slices are a game-changer — garnish 20 drinks in seconds.