153866 Fri Oct 07 09:39:14 -0700 2005 25 12 Boston Area 0 826184 I love dark and stormy's! Any ideas on where to find great ginger beer so i can save myself 7 bucks and make them at home? Fri Oct 07 09:39:14 -0700 2005 0 chris 1 826185 I think Trader Joe's carries ginger beer. I love a good Dark and Stormy at home. Wish I could have one now Fri Oct 07 09:42:09 -0700 2005 826184 0 Pina 1 826187 Gosling's is selling a Dark 'n Stormy kit that includes two Barritt's ginger beers and a bottle of Gosling's Black Seal Rum. I think a lot of local liquor stores are carrying it. Fri Oct 07 09:54:22 -0700 2005 826184 0 Chickpea 1 826190 What is a dark and stormy? Fri Oct 07 10:36:39 -0700 2005 826184 0 Two Forks 2 826194 It's a popular cocktail among the coastal crowd, especially the sailing community. Dark rum (usually Goslings or Myers) + ginger beer over ice. I've gotten Ginger Beer at most grocery and liquor stores in the area, it's not as tough as it once was to find it. Shaw's and Trader Joe's definitely carry some. Link: http://www.barrittsgingerbeer.com/darknstormy.html Fri Oct 07 11:35:19 -0700 2005 826190 0 icculus 2 826195 A dark and stormy is Glosing's Rum and ginger beer, on the rocks, served with a wedge of lime. It was the drink of our wedding! And to answer the original question - you can get decent ginger beer at Trader Joe's. They carry several brands. Fri Oct 07 11:36:23 -0700 2005 826190 0 kate@50 1 826191 Goya makes Ginger Beer and I just saw it appear at my local supermarket on sale, so maybe its new. It was very spicy and burns your mouth. Fri Oct 07 10:42:37 -0700 2005 826184 0 rl 1 826193 One of the least informative responses on Chowhound to follow: My mom found a recipe for Ginger Beer and she does a great job when she makes it. I don't think it's difficult but it does have to sit for a while. I don't really watch when she makes it but I'm sure recipes are online. When I eat Jamaica food, nothing works as well than a Ginger Beer. I love it. The supermarket brands don't seem to grab me like the bottles I buy in the small mom & pop Jamaican restaurants and bakeries. Fri Oct 07 11:16:22 -0700 2005 826184 0 Joshua B 1 826196 I've been getting a very good brand at Whole Foods (granted, it's a Whole Foods in NC, so brand selection might be different, i don't know). Can't remember the name, but it's got alot of bite. Fri Oct 07 11:36:57 -0700 2005 826184 0 Nab 2 826198 Trader Joe's carries Reed's Ginger Beer for 3 or 4 bucks a 4 pack. Most gourmet/specialty stores charge 5-6. Fri Oct 07 12:42:35 -0700 2005 826196 0 Doug Burgess 3 826199 Yup - just checked the price on my four-pack of Reed's from TJ's - 3.99. I have also bought a couple of other brands including Goya (as someone else said - very spicy - it has capsicum as an ingredient) at the supermarket. Hmmm. I'll be having some Dark 'n Stormy's this afternoon for sure... Fri Oct 07 12:53:16 -0700 2005 826198 0 Rubee 4 826212 You know, I never checked the ingredients, but I thought that kind of heat couldn't all be from ginger and wondered if there was some kind of pepper in there. Fri Oct 07 14:35:29 -0700 2005 826199 0 rl 1 826200 I used to get really good ginger beer from that gourmet grocery near the corner of Charles St. and Beacon St. They almost always had it, it was nice and spicy. Can't remember the name though. Came in a red and brown bottle. Fri Oct 07 12:58:23 -0700 2005 826184 0 johnnym 2 826201 Deluca's? Fri Oct 07 13:06:24 -0700 2005 826200 0 icculus 2 826204 DG brand? Fri Oct 07 13:15:05 -0700 2005 826200 0 Two Forks 1 826205 Whole Foods carries ginger beer by the Ginger People. I find it to be much more ginger-y than Reed's. It's $4.99/4 pk. I've never seen it in Metro Boston, but Blenheim's from SC is my gold standard for ginger beer. Fri Oct 07 13:35:35 -0700 2005 826184 0 oddviolet 1 826221 Nice to see so much interest in this topic from the Chowhounds. More restaurants should probably add Ginger Beer to their drink menus. Fri Oct 07 16:18:56 -0700 2005 826184 0 Joshua B 2 826224 Does anyone know of a bar in boston that serves an true dark and stormy? Fri Oct 07 17:09:24 -0700 2005 826221 0 Pina 3 826225 I've had good ones at Intrigue at the Boston Harbor Hotel, and at Blu. Fri Oct 07 17:16:44 -0700 2005 826224 0 Rubee 3 826226 A dark and stormy is the only use I have for Grendel's but the ones at River Gods is better (or maybe just stronger?). Fri Oct 07 17:28:30 -0700 2005 826224 0 Dax 3 826241 Chez Henri will usually make a pretty good rendition. I've seen Cock 'n Bull brand around (wine cellar of silene possibly?) but I don't remember exactly where. It's worth noting that reeds has two strengths of ginger beer, premium v. extra I think. Both are pretty good, but only the extra has a bite to it. -g Fri Oct 07 22:13:25 -0700 2005 826224 0 g 1 826288 thanks everyone, will head to whole foods Sun Oct 09 11:58:06 -0700 2005 826184 0 chris 1 826608 So far I've had Baritts and Goya. Goya was way too spicy hurts your throat after awhile, baritts very good but a little too sweet. Have also found ginger beer by shipyard called captain eli's but haven't tried it yet. I've gotten great dark and stormys in the North end at Lucca and can't recreate them. I will have to ask what they use. Wed Oct 12 21:06:30 -0700 2005 826184 0 chris 2 826649 I was at Stop and Shop in Watertown the other day and picked up two different Ginger Beers by DB. One, I think called Original Jamaican Style, is in a brown bottle, and if you look at the cap it is bottled in NY. It contains corn syrup, and while the flavor is OK, it didn't wow me. It was also pretty flat, maybe it was old. The other DG was in a green bottle, and was bottled in Canada. It used sugar as opposed to corn syrup, and was a little smoother and fresher tasting, but also somewhat flat. I think both batches may have suffered from age. I used to buy Old Tyme Jamaican Ginger Beer, but haven't seen it in a while. I was not impressed by the brand TJs sells. Thu Oct 13 10:43:45 -0700 2005 826608 0 Two Forks 3 826739 what is db's? Having a dark and stormy right know with shipyards captain elis and its dam good! Thu Oct 13 21:54:13 -0700 2005 826649 0 chris 4 826780 Oops, did I say DB? I meant DG, must have been a typo. They are a huge bottler in the Carribean, mainly known for Red Stripe Beer. They are also the bottler of Heineken in Jamaica, and a decent Ginger Beer, although the ones I have had locally have been flat lately. Fri Oct 14 10:47:02 -0700 2005 826739 0 Two Forks