Zombie
Legendary tiki, tropical might.
Three different rums, lime, falernum, grapefruit and cinnamon, briefly blended with ice. It is the emblematic tiki drink: fruity and spiced, but with a strength that lives up to its name.
- IBA · Contemporary Classics
- Long drink
- Blended
- Glass
- Collins glass
- Method
- Blended
- Strength
- Very strong
- Time
- 6 min
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Ice
- No ice
Ingredients
Measures for 1 serving
-
Jamaican rum
45 ml
-
Aged rum
45 ml
-
Demerara rum
30 ml
-
Lime juice
20 ml
-
Falernum
15 ml
-
Donn's Mix
15 ml
-
Grenadine
1 tsp
-
Angostura bitters
1 dash
-
Anise liqueur (pastis)
6 drops
Garnish
- Mint leaf
Proportions
How to make
- Pour the Jamaican dark rum into the blender.
- Add the gold Puerto Rican rum.
- Add the Demerara rum.
- Add the lime juice.
- Add the falernum.
- Add the Donn's Mix.
- Add a teaspoon of grenadine.
- Add a dash of Angostura.
- Add six drops of Pernod.
- Add 170 g of cracked ice.
- Pulse-blend for a few seconds.
- Pour into a tall glass.
- Garnish with mint leaves.
The story
Origins
ProbableA plausible account, without definitive proof.
The Zombie is credited to Donn Beach, born Ernest Raymond Beaumont-Gantt, who is said to have created it in 1934 at his Don the Beachcomber bar in Hollywood. The recipe was a trade secret, and the drink was so strong that, according to tradition, no more than two were served per customer. It became a huge hit and dozens of imitations circulated under the same name, including one by New York impresario Monte Proser in the early 1940s. The original formula was lost until tiki historian Jeff Berry reconstructed it from the notebook of a former Beachcomber headwaiter, publishing it in his 2007 book Sippin' Safari.
Taste profile
- Strong
- 5 out of 5
- Sweet
- 3 out of 5
- Citrus
- 3 out of 5
- Spicy
- 3 out of 5
- Fruity
- 3 out of 5
