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Zombie

A potent and complex tiki drink with multiple rums and tropical fruit flavors

rumHard~28% ABV
MethodShakeGlassTiki MugIcecrushed iceGarnishmint sprig and edible flower
⚠ Contains: 🌾 Gluten, 🍷 Sulfites, tree nuts
Recipe
Serves1
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 flowergarnish
Instructions
  1. 1Add all ingredients except 151 rum to a shaker with ice.
  2. 2Shake well until chilled.
  3. 3Strain into a tiki mug filled with crushed ice.
  4. 4Float 151 rum on top carefully.
  5. 5Garnish with mint and an edible flower.
#1970s#boozy#classic#tiki#tropical
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History & Origin

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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