Is the Zombie really that good? [1934 Zombie Recipe]

apricot brandy

🥗Healthier: peach schnapps

💰Cheaper: peach nectar

Peach schnapps offers a similar fruity flavor at a lower cost.

light rum

🥗Healthier: coconut rum

💰Cheaper: white rum

Coconut rum adds sweetness and flavor without significant calories.

dark rum

🥗Healthier: spiced rum

💰Cheaper: blackstrap rum

Spiced rum provides flavor complexity at a lower price.

grenadine

🥗Healthier: pomegranate syrup

💰Cheaper: cherry syrup

Cherry syrup can mimic the sweetness of grenadine.

Cut a lime in half and squeeze to get 3/4 ounce of lime juice.

Prepare Dawn's mix by combining two parts white grapefruit juice with one part cinnamon infused sugar syrup and measure out 1/2 ounce.

Measure out 1/2 ounce of a ginger lime and clove mixture.

Add 1 teaspoon of grenadine, using a good quality grenadine, not the bright red stuff from the grocery store.

Add 6 drops of perau (Anis flavored liqueur) to the mixture.

Add 1 big dash of Angostura bitters.

Pour in 1 ounce of Hamilton 151 Demerara rum (or Lemon Hart if Hamilton is unavailable).

Add 1 1/2 ounces of gold Jamaican rum (using Hamilton pot still gold).

Pour in 1 1/2 ounces of Bacardi 8 rum.

Fill a mixing tin with pebble ice and pour the mixture into it.

Blend the mixture using a Hamilton Beach mixer (model number 33 from the 1940s).

Pour the blended mixture into a zombie glass filled with more pebble ice.

Top off the cocktail with additional pebble ice.

Take a bunch of mint, smack it to awaken the aromas, and add it to the cocktail.

Skewer a maraschino cherry with a swizzle stick and place it in front of the cocktail.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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