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Zombie

Tropical, fruity and rum-based, the Zombie is one of the original Tiki cocktails. It’s a delicious punch that comes from a man by the name of Don the Beachcomber, who created a new craze for carved mugs and hula fashion.

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Ingredients

Captain Morgan® Original Spiced Gold

Captain Morgan® Original Spiced Gold

Captain Morgan Original Spiced Gold is inspired by the Caribbean's beauty and abundant nature, with a delicious smooth-bodied and subtly spicy flavour.

How to make

Using a jigger, measure 50ml Captain Morgan Original Spiced Gold, 25ml Captain Morgan Original Rum, 15ml Orange Liqueur, 15ml apricot brandy, 50ml orange juice, 25ml pineapple juice, 25ml lime juice and 15ml grenadine into the shaker.

Shake the mixture vigorously in the cocktail shaker until the surface of the shaker feels chilled.

Strain using a strainer into a hurricane glass filled with ice cubes.

With a chopping board and sharp knife, cut a wedge of pineapple and place on the rim of the glass. Cut a slice of orange and place next to the pineapple, along with a mint sprig.

Water, Water

Don’t snub good old H20. Stay refreshed by drinking water between drinks.

How to Make a Zombie

You'll need four kinds of rum and a killer hangover cure.

The Zombie is the mother of all freak drinks. It hearkens back to the late '30s, when Hollywood restaurateur Don the Beachcomber supposedly cooked it up as liquid CPR for some poor SOB experiencing death by hangover. In any case, it caught on, especially at the Hurricane Bar at the 1939 New York World's Fair. By the time tiki culture hit its stride, the Zombie, with all its evil, no-more-than-two-to-a-customer charm, was ubiquitous. Unfortunately, that didn't mean it was any good. In fact, it's not. But no matter—sometimes the urge will strike anyway. We can respect that.

If you feel so inclined to make one at home, stock up on rum, fruit juice, and straws. A stretcher wouldn't hurt, either.

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The Zombie was invented by Donn Beach, of Hollywood’s Don the Beachcomber restaurants, in the late 1930s. This vintage cocktail is called Zombie because that’s what it can turn its drinker into.

It’s a high-octane cocktail full of delicious fruit juices that make you feel like you’re downing sophisticated candy. But that deliciousness hides quite a lot of liquor. There are several variations on this cocktail. This version is more or less the classic.

• 1 ounce white rum
• 1 ounce golden rum
• 1 ounce dark rum
• 1 ounce apricot brandy
• 1 ounce pineapple juice
• 1 ounce papaya juice
• ½ ounce 151-proof rum
• Dash of grenadine

Shake all the ingredients except for the 151-proof rum together in a shaker. Pour the mixture into a glass (this one just calls out for a funky-shaped glass). Pour the 151-proof rum on the top of the drink. You can definitely light your Zombie on fire at this point if you want. Garnish with a cherry, a slice of pineapple, an orange slice, all of the above, or pretty much whatever fruit you feel like.

Other recipes for the Zombie vary the ingredients ratios, but also include or replace ingredients others, such as:

You’re encouraged to tinker with your Zombie recipe and find precisely what you like.

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Zombie Cocktail

Directions

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1. Fill a tall cocktail glass with ice cubes. Pour in cherry brandy, dark rum, golden rum, and white rum. Add lime juice, pineapple juice, and papaya juice. Stir in sugar and a dash of grenadine to dissolve. Drizzle 151-proof rum over the top.

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Zombie drink recipes

Blend all ingredients with ice except Bacardi 151 proof rum. Pour into a collins glass. Float Bacardi 151 proof rum on top. Garnish with a fruit slice, sprig of mint and a cherry.

Shake all ingredients (except 151 proof rum) with ice and strain into a collins glass over ice cubes. Float the 151 proof rum on top, add a cherry (if desired), and serve.

Shake over ice in a shaker, and strain into a large highball glass over crushed ice.

Shake all ingredients (except the high-proof rum) over ice, the pineapple stick and the sugar. Strain and add ice. Garnish with pineapple and a cherry. Float the high-proof rum on top and sprinkle a little sugar over it.

Strain ingredients into collins glass filled with ice. Top with 151 Proof Rum.

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The Zombie is an exceptionally strong cocktail made of fruit juices and rum, so named for its perceived effects on the drinker. It first appeared in the mid-1930s, invented by Donn Beach (formerly Ernest Raymond Beaumont-Gannt) of Hollywood's Don the Beachcomber restaurant. He concocted it one afternoon in the mid-1930s for a friend who had dropped by his restaurant before flying to San Francisco. The friend left after having consumed three of them. He returned several days later to say that he had been turned into a zombie for his entire trip. Its smooth, fruity taste works to conceal its extremely high alcohol content. For many years the Don the Beachcomber restaurants limited their customers to 2 zombies apiece.

There are countless variations on the Zombie; every bar, chain restaurant, and individual seems to have their own take on it. The following are some of many possible zombies but is not as potent as the original recipe:

Ingredients Edit

• 1 oz light rum
• 1 oz golden rum
• 1 oz dark rum
• 1 oz apricot brandy
• 1 oz pineapple juice
• 1 oz papaya juice
• Dash of Grenadine or other syrup
• 1/2 oz 151-proof rum

Note: 1 oz equals 30 ml

Procedure Edit

1. Shake all ingredients except the 151-proof rum in a shaker with ice.
2. Strain into a collins or hurricane glass filled with ice cubes.
3. Float the 151-proof rum on top.
4. Garnish with pineapple and cherry.

Here is another recipe that is probably close to what the original version was. Don the Beachcomber originally used 5 or 6 kinds of Caribbean rum that are no longer easily available in the United States, so generic rums have been specified.

The following ingredients are supposedly for 1 drink but, with sufficient ice in 2 or 3 glasses, can actually make 2 or 3 very potent drinks.

Ingredients Edit

• 4 oz. (½ cup) water
• 3/4 oz. (1½ tbs.) fresh lime juice
• 1 oz. (2 tbs.) fresh grapefruit juice
• 1/2 oz. (1 tbs.) sugar syrup
• 1 oz. (2 tbs.) dark rum
• 1 oz. (2 tbs.) golden rum
• 1 oz. (2 tbs) white rum
• 1 oz. (2 tbs) 151-proof rum
• 1-1/4 oz. (2½ tbs) spiced golden rum
• 3/4 oz. (1½ tbs.) Cherry Heering
• 1/2 oz. (1 tbs.) Falernum syrup
• 2 dashes (½ tsp.) Pernod or other anisette-flavored pastis
• 3 dashes (¾ tsp) Grenadine

Procedure Edit

Shake with 4 ice cubes, then pour into 1, 2, or 3 highball glasses that have been filled with crushed ice.

Ingredients Edit

• 1 oz. dark Jamaica rum
• 2 oz. gold label rum
• 1 oz. light rum
• 1/2 oz. apricot brandy
• 2 oz. papaya nectar
• 1 1/2 oz. pineapple juice
• 1/2 oz. lime juice
• 1/2 oz. simple syrup
• 1 or 2 tsp. 151-proof rum
• green cherry (for garnish)
• pineapple stick (for garnish)
• red cherry (for garnish)
• mint sprig (for garnish)
• powdered sugar (for garnish)

Procedure Edit

Pour all ingredients, except the garnishes and 151-proof rum, into a cocktail shaker two-thirds filled with ice. Shake well; pour into a zombie glass (or hurricane glass), along with the ice from the shaker. Float a few teaspoons of 151-proof rum on the top of the drink. (You may wish to pour it over the back of a spoon, so it floats.) Put the green cherry, pineapple stick, and red cherry (in that order) on a toothpick, and set on the edge of the glass. Add the mint sprig. Sprinkle powdered sugar over everything. Add a straw and, if desired, a cocktail umbrella.

Be sure not to sip the Zombie through the straw at first. Otherwise, you will miss the pleasure of drinking the extra high-proof rum floating on the top!

As described in "Sippin' Safari" by Jeff "Beachbum" Berry.

Ingredients Edit

• 3/4 oz. fresh lime juice
• 1/2 oz Don's Mix (see below)
• 1/2 oz falernum
• 1 1/2 oz Lowndes Jamaican rum (sub Appleton V/X)
• 1 1/2 oz gold Puerto Rican rum
• 1 oz 151-proof Demerara rum
• Dash Angostura bitters
• Dash Grenadine
• Dash Absinthe (sub Herbsaint or Pernod)
• 6 oz crushed ice

Procedure Edit

Put everything into a blender, saving ice for last. Blend at high speed for no more than 5 seconds. Pour into a chimney glass. Add ice to fill. Garnish with a mint sprig.

Don's Mix: 2 parts grapefruit juice, 1 part cinnamon-infused sugar syrup

Zombie

A rum classic for over fifty years, this cocktail pairs smooth orange juice with bright lime and grenadine for an all-time winner.

INGREDIENT:

2 oz BACARDÍ SUPERIOR

1.75 oz BACARDÍ GOLD Rum

1 oz Triple Sec

2 parts Orange Juice

1 oz Lime Juice

1 oz Simple Syrup

.25 oz Grenadine

Pour all ingredients into a shaker full of ice and give it a go. Then strain and pour into a highball glass filled with ice. Give it a stir with a bar spoon and garnish with a cherry and orange slice.

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• 1.25 cl Lime Juice 1.25 cl Lime Juice 1.25 cl Lime Juice 12.5 ml Lime Juice 1.25 cl Lime Juice 0.42 oz Lime Juice
• 1.25 cl Pineapple Juice 1.25 cl Pineapple Juice 1.25 cl Pineapple Juice 12.5 ml Pineapple Juice 1.25 cl Pineapple Juice 0.42 oz Pineapple Juice
• 1.25 cl White Rum 1.25 cl White Rum 1.25 cl White Rum 12.5 ml White Rum 1.25 cl White Rum 0.42 oz White Rum
• 1.25 cl Dark Rum 1.25 cl Dark Rum 1.25 cl Dark Rum 12.5 ml Dark Rum 1.25 cl Dark Rum 0.42 oz Dark Rum
• Dash Grenadine Dash Grenadine Dash Grenadine Dash Grenadine Dash Grenadine Dash Grenadine
• 1.25 cl Apricot Brandy 1.25 cl Apricot Brandy 1.25 cl Apricot Brandy 12.5 ml Apricot Brandy 1.25 cl Apricot Brandy 0.42 oz Apricot Brandy
• 1.25 cl Gold Rum 1.25 cl Gold Rum 1.25 cl Gold Rum 12.5 ml Gold Rum 1.25 cl Gold Rum 0.42 oz Gold Rum
• 1.25 cl Papaya juice 1.25 cl Papaya juice 1.25 cl Papaya juice 12.5 ml Papaya juice 1.25 cl Papaya juice 0.42 oz Papaya juice

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  Zombie Cocktail

  Ingredients

  • 1 oz. apricot brandy
  • 1 oz. light rum
  • 1 oz. dark or Jamaican rum
  • 1 oz. lime juice
  • 2 dashes grenadine
  • Orange juice
  • 1 oz. Bacardi 151 rum

  Directions

  Mix light and dark rum and brandy in a cocktail shaker, add lime juice and grenadine. Shake well and strain into a higball glass filled with cracked ice. Fill glass with orange juice but leave enough room to float the 151 on top. Garnish with a cherry and orange slice.

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