In 1806 an English clipper commandeered by James Gosling was bound for Virginia. Unfortunately the wind was too still so the ship headed towards Bermuda instead and this is where James Gosling decided to stay. There, coming from a family of spirit makers, he created Gosling’s Black Rum. That paired with ginger beer, also made on the island, made for a perfectly refreshing drink. Legend has it a sailor commented the drink looked like “the color of a cloud only a fool or a dead man would sail under” and so the name was set. Technically, it isn’t a Dark and Stormy if it is not made with Gosling’s Black Seal Rum.

The glass called Spring was designed by Jørn Utzon, the architect behind the Sydney Opera House, after a meeting with Frank Lloyd Wright.