The Zombie

About:

The Zombie is an especially potent cocktail made of fruit juices and rum. It’s fruity taste works to conceal it’s extremely high alcohol content. It was invented by Donn Beach in the late 1930s. He concocted it one afternoon 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.

Ingredients:

• 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

A standard shot of 80-proof liquor is about 1.5 ounces. measure accordingly.

Directions:

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

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