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Sugar Free Dark and Stormy Cocktail

Drinks, Recipes Published: December 2, 2016 Last Modified: February 22, 2021
Author: A Full Living

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This Sugar Free Dark and Stormy Cocktail is a low carb twist on the classic drink. This drink will delight rum lovers. A strong base of spiced rum, lightened up with fresh lime juice, sugar free ginger beer, and a dash of angostura bitters. Only 2 net carbs per cocktail! The perfect pick me up for cool autumn evenings that won’t sacrifice your sugar free lifestyle.


overhead sugar free dark and stormy cocktail with lime wedges in the drink and on the dark brown chopping block.

Here’s What You Need For This Sugar Free Dark and Stormy Cocktail:

  • Ice
  • Lime juice (fresh)
  • Spiced rum or dark rum of choice (we opted for Captain Morgan spiced rum)
  • Dark rum of choice (we option for Bacardi 8 year reserve)
  • Angostura bitters (optional)
  • Ginger beer of choice (we used Diet Goslings)
flat lay sugar free dark and stormy cocktail, lime wedges, grey linen napkin, whole limes, white bowl, two cocktails, dark brown chopping block.

Recipe Notes:

The recipe provided for this Sugar Free Dark and Stormy Cocktail is for 2 servings, and is made in a cocktail shaker. In the original making of this recipe, the cocktail is not shaken in a cocktail shaker. You can simply pour it into your glass and stir if you want, but we love to mingle all the ingredients together. Again, optional. In addition, angostura bitters are not traditionally used. Feel free to leave them out if you want, but again, we like them! Dark and Stormy purists would probably crucify us for the way we make these.

Mixers: For this drink you want to use ginger beer, not ginger ale. If you aren’t concerned with carbs, feel free to use any ginger beer you want. To make this low carb, simply swap regular ginger beer for a low carb version like Diet Goslings. We think it tastes delicious!

Liquor: For this drink you want to use a spiced rum of your choice if you can get your hands on it. We don’t like using all spiced rum, so we mix spiced rum with dark rum. If you don’t have spiced rum, dark rum will do.

Tools:

  • Cocktail Shaker (optional) or Bar Spoon
  • Jigger (for measuring alcohol)
  • Zulay Kitchen Heavy Duty Citrus Squeezer
  • Low ball/rocks glasses

Bacardi 8 year reserve, Captain Morgan Spiced rum, lime wedges, jigger, grey linen napkin, angostura bitters, dark brown chopping block, goslings diet ginger beer, citrus squeezer, rocks glasses with ice.

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Here’s More Low Sugar and Low Carb Cocktail Recipes You Will Love:

  • Keto Hot Buttered Rum
  • Low Carb Cranberry Coconut Christmas Mojitos
  • Low Carb Mango Mojito

Let’s Make It!


The recipe provided makes 2 servings, so we found it easier to make this drink in a cocktail shaker. You could certainly make them by the glass too, like the classic dark and stormy cocktails are made. Add in your rum to an ice filled cocktail shaker.

  • hand pouring Captain Morgan Spiced rum into a jigger for a cocktail
  • hand pouring jigger filled with rum into a cocktail shaker
  • hand pouring Bacardi 8 year reserve into a jigger to make a cocktail.

Using a heavy duty citrus squeezer, squeeze in the juice of a whole lime. Add in a dash of bitters.

  • Citrus Squeezer squeezing lime into a cocktail shaker. Hands in the background, rocks glass with ice.
  • hand pouring angostura bitters into a cocktail shaker, with a rocks glass filled with ice in the background.

Shake well, and strain into ice filled rocks or low ball glasses.

  • Two rocks glasses filled with ice, hand holding a cocktail shaker, lime wedges, citrus squeezer.
  • lime wedges, two rocks glasses filled with ice. cocktail shaker straining a drink into the glass.

Fill glasses with ginger beer.

  • Two rocks glasses filled with ice, lime wedges in the background, pouring ginger beer into a glass.
  • pouring ginger beer into a rocks glass filled with ice. lime wedge in the background

Garnish with lime wedges, and enjoy responsibly!

45 degree angle of sugar free dark and stormy cocktail, lime wedges, grey linen napkin, white bowl, two cocktails, dark brown chopping block.

Please let us know if you guys give this recipe a try, and be sure to share with us on Instagram @afullliving! 

If you love this recipe, please consider sharing it with a friend and also leaving a rating and comment so others can find this recipe. Thank you for your support!

Until next time,
Briana & Chamere

45 degree angle of sugar free dark and stormy cocktail, lime wedges, grey linen napkin, white bowl, two cocktails, dark brown chopping block.

Sugar Free Dark and Stormy Cocktail

This Sugar Free Dark and Stormy Cocktail is a low carb twist on the classic drink. This drink will delight rum lovers. A strong base of spiced rum, lightened up with fresh lime juice, sugar free ginger beer, and a dash of angostura bitters. Only 2 net carbs per cocktail! The perfect pick me up for cool autumn evenings that won’t sacrifice your sugar free lifestyle.
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 2 people
Author: Briana

Ingredients

  • 2 ounces spiced rum of choice (you can sub for all dark rum – we used Captain Morgan spiced rum)
  • 2 ounces dark rum of choice (we used Bacardi 8 year reserve)
  • dash Angostura bitters (optional – but delicious!)
  • 1 whole lime (juice of) + more lime wedges for garnish
  • Ice
  • 1 can Diet Ginger Beer of choice (we used Diet Goslings)

Instructions

  • The recipe provided makes 2 servings, so we found it easier to make this drink in a cocktail shaker. You could certainly make them by the glass too, like the classic dark and stormy cocktails are made. Add in your rum to an ice filled cocktail shaker.
  • Using a heavy duty citrus squeezer, squeeze in the juice of a whole lime. Add in a dash of bitters.
  • Shake well, and strain into ice filled rocks or low ball glasses.Shake well, and strain into ice filled rocks or low ball glasses.
  • Fill glasses with ginger beer. Fill glasses with ginger beer.
  • Garnish with lime wedges, and enjoy responsibly!Garnish with lime wedges, and enjoy responsibly!

Notes

The recipe provided is for 2 servings, and is made in a cocktail shaker. In the original making of this recipe, the cocktail is not shaken in a cocktail shaker. You can simply pour it into your glass and stir if you want, but we love to mingle all the ingredients together. Again, optional. In addition, angostura bitters are not traditionally used. Feel free to leave them out if you want, but again, we like them! Dark and Stormy purists would probably crucify us for the way we make these.

Nutrition

Calories: 131kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 2mg | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 1IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 1mg

These nutrition facts are provided as a courtesy and are only estimates. We cannot guarantee the accuracy.

Did you love it?If you made this recipe, make sure to show us on Instagram at @AFullLiving or tag #AFullLiving! We love to see what you guys are making!
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Cocktails, keto, low carb, rum, sugar free

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