Is This The Best Zombie Cocktail 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.

Start by measuring and squeezing 3/4 oz (22.5 ml) of lime juice into a glass.

Add 1/2 oz (15 ml) of homemade grenadine to the glass.

Pour in 1/2 oz (15 ml) of Don's mix, which is made of 2 parts cinnamon syrup to 1 part grapefruit juice.

Add 1/2 oz (15 ml) of florum to the mixture.

Using a Japanese Dasher, add 2 dashes (equivalent to 4 dashes from a regular bottle) of absinthe.

Add 2 dashes of Angostura bitters.

Next, pour in 1 1/2 oz (45 ml) of Puerto Rican rum (Bacardi 10-year-old).

Add 1 1/2 oz (45 ml) of Jamaican rum (Appleton Reserve 8-year-old).

Finally, add 1 oz (30 ml) of overproof rum (Lemon Hart 151).

Fill the shaker with crushed ice and seal it tightly.

Shake the mixture until a frost forms on the shaker, indicating it's well chilled.

Grab a 16 oz pint glass and fill it with crushed ice.

Strain the cocktail mixture into the pint glass, using a strainer to keep out ice chunks.

Garnish with a lime wedge and add a straw for serving.

Cooking Techniques

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