Zombie (cocktail)

Zombie
IBA official cocktail
TypeCocktail
Base spirit
ServedOn the rocks: poured over ice
Standard garnishmint sprig
Standard drinkware
Zombie glass
IBA specified
ingredients†
  • 45 ml Jamaican dark rum
  • 45 ml Puerto Rican gold rum
  • 30 ml Demerara rum
  • 20 ml fresh lime juice
  • 15 ml falernum
  • 15 ml Donn’s Mix (2 parts fresh yellow grapefruit juice and 1 part cinnamon syrup)
  • 1 tsp Grenadine syrup
  • 1 dash Angostura bitters
  • 6 drops Pernod
PreparationMix ingredients in a shaker with crushed ice and shake. Pour into a tall tumbler glass. Garnish with mint leaves.
Reference [1]

The Zombie is a Tiki cocktail made of fruit juices, liqueurs, and various rums. It first appeared in late 1934, invented by Donn Beach at his Hollywood Don the Beachcomber restaurant.[1][2] It was popularized on the East coast soon afterwards at the 1939 New York World's Fair.

  1. ^ "A Zombie Cocktail Recipe - Great Cocktails (UK)". Retrieved 2009-06-19.
  2. ^ "Zombie Recipe". beachbumberry.com. Retrieved 13 February 2019.