There’s a good reason I am not referring to the Drink of the Week as a “Dark ‘n Stormy®”—I’m using “and” in my drink name because because the “n” version is a registered trademark owned by Gosling’s Brothers Limited, makers of Gosling’s Black Seal Rum. Gosling’s is made in Bermuda where the this is their official drink, but it’s actually popular throughout the British Commonwealth.
It’s certainly not a complicated drink by any stretch. The official version requires that you add 1.5 ounces of Gosling’s Black Seal rum to a tall glass of ice and top with their brand of ginger beer. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with doing that. Nothing wrong at all. In fact, this official recipe is both simple and delicious. Even if you can’t get your hands on Gosling’s brand of ginger beer, Reed’s is always available at Trader Joe’s, and I expect others would
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Some of you who watch the reality cooking competition show called Top Chef may have been enjoying this season which takes place in Las Vegas. Yesterday’s Elimination Challenge pitted the men against the women to provide food parings with cocktail shots at a bachelor and bachelorette party. One of the shots was a Moscow Mule.
First of all, is the Moscow Mule a shot? I suppose it could be, if you served a small portion in a shot glass. By that logic, I suppose anything could be a shot. How about a Cosmopolitan shot, or a beer shot? Be that as it may, my question isn’t about the size of the drink but that it was made using grapefruit juice. It’s not that I don’t think it would taste good—on the contrary—I think it could be a good combination. I just don’t think it’s a Moscow Mule.
Recently attributed to Hollywood in 1941, the invention of the Moscow Mule is believed to have been concocted to sell more vodka at the time. The drink was a hit and quickly spread around town. Within a few years it was popular throughout the southwest and it is now recognized for starting the vodka craze of the 1950s. Sometimes served in a copper mug, the typical recipe for the drink is as follows:
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