Name: Original Zombie Recipe from 1934
Prep time: 9 min
Total time: 9 min
Ingredients: 45 ml golden rum (Puerto Rico); 45 ml golden rum (Jamaica); 30 ml Overproof Rum (Demarara); 15 ml falernum; 22.5 ml lime juice; 15 ml "Don's Mix" (10 ml grapefruit juice, 5 ml cinnamon syrup); 1 dash Angostura Bitters; 6 drops of Pernod; 1 bar spoon Grenadine; 1 handful crushed ice

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Although kept as a secret by its inventor Don the Beachcomber, the original Zombie cocktail recipe was finally put together by Beachbum Berry in 2005. Here is how this fruity, perfectly balanced sweet and sour rum drink was made.

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Original Zombie Recipe from 1934

Prep Time9 mins

Total Time9 mins

Cuisine: alcoholic cocktail

Servings: 1 person

Equipment

Mixer blender
Bar spoon
Lemon juicer

Ingredients

45 ml golden rum Puerto Rico
45 ml golden rum Jamaica
30 ml Overproof Rum Demarara
15 ml falernum
22.5 ml lime juice
15 ml “Don’s Mix” 10 ml grapefruit juice, 5 ml cinnamon syrup
1 dash Angostura Bitters
6 drops of Pernod
1 bar spoon Grenadine
1 handful crushed ice

Instructions

Put all ingredients in the blender
Blend for five seconds
Add ice cubes to a glass until it is full
Pour the mix into the glass
Garnish with sprigs of mint

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