Ingredients

  • 1 ozdemerara rum(such as El Dorado)
  • 1 ozdark jamaican rum(such as Appleton)
  • 1 ozgold puerto rican rum(such as Bacardi Gold)
  • ½ oz151 rum(floated on top)
  • ¾ ozfresh lime juice
  • ½ ozfalernum
  • ½ ozdonns mix(2 parts grapefruit juice, 1 part cinnamon syrup)
  • 1 tspgrenadine
  • 1 dashangostura bitters
  • 6 dropspernod(or absinthe)
  • 🍋mint sprig and edible flower(garnish)

🔧 Tools

jiggershakerstrainer

Instructions

  1. Add all ingredients except 151 rum to a shaker with ice.
  2. Shake well until chilled.
  3. Strain into a tiki mug filled with crushed ice.
  4. Float 151 rum on top carefully.
  5. Garnish with mint and an edible flower.

📜 History

Created by Donn Beach at his Hollywood bar Don the Beachcomber in 1934. Famously limited to two per customer due to its potency, the Zombie helped define tiki culture and was popularized at the 1939 New York World's Fair.

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