"Should cocktail recipes be legally limited to a particular product or brand?" Photograph from nate_marsh on Flickr In case you thought bibulous brand-battles were limited to Coke vs. Pepsi, take a look at the storm that's brewing regarding the venerable rum drink, the Dark 'n' Stormy. As Jonathan Miles noted in his New York Times Shaken & Stirred column last month, the Dark 'n' Stormy is made with Gosling’s Black Seal rum and ginger beer—that's it. But this level of specificity isn't a case of brand placement. Gosling’s filed two trademark certificates that dictate the precise ingredients in a Dark 'n' Stormy, and needless to say, one of those ingredients is the company’s signature brand of Bermuda rum. During an...
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