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No. 073 Cocktails · Rum

Zombie

Three rums, lime, falernum, Donn's Mix, grenadine, bitters and Pernod flash-blended. Very strong: one is plenty.

An amber Zombie in a tall glass with mint and fruit garnish
A Zombie Photo: Matthias Friedlein, CC BY-SA 4.0

Recipe card

ml oz

Makes 1 drink · about 8 min to make

Ingredients

Ounces are US fluid ounces (29.57 ml), rounded.

Method

  1. Add all the ingredients to an electric blender with 170 g of cracked ice.
  2. Blend on pulse for a few seconds.
  3. Serve in a tall tumbler and garnish with mint leaves.
Glass
Tall tumbler
Garnish
Mint leaves
Technique
Blended
Difficulty
Advanced

Printable recipe card Quantities as given in the IBA's official specification.

About the Zombie

A complex tiki drink with three rums (120 ml in total), so it is much stronger than most cocktails; one is plenty.

Donn's Mix is two parts fresh yellow grapefruit juice to one part cinnamon syrup (IBA).

Background

The Zombie first appeared in late 1934, invented by Donn Beach at his Hollywood restaurant, Don the Beachcomber.

Tags: tiki high strength rum

Sources

  1. IBA — Zombie (official specification)
  2. Wikipedia — Zombie (cocktail)

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