A Deep Dive Into The Zombie Halloween Special

It's Halloween! And as such it seems appropriate to deep dive the Zombie cocktail. Created by Don The Beachcomber in the early 1930's the Zombie really has stood the test of time. The early Tiki bar owners and bartenders were a bit like pirates. After Donn Beach kicked off the tiki craze, he went to great lengths to keep his recipes secret so that those original formulas wouldn't fall into the wrong hands. The Tiki bars of that era spied on each other in order to steal recipes, stole each other's bartenders and went to great lengths to get the edge on one another. The result of this was Donn Beach taking many of his recipes to the grave. Luckily, some of his employees (Bartenders and Waiters) wrote recipes down and with a little sleuthing Jeff "Beachbum" Berry was able to decode many of the original formulas, including the Zombie.

Like all good popular classics, the Zombie (despite being a rather unbalanced drink) gave birth to many many many riffs. Today we deep dive into the formulas and try the first three of seven. Hope you enjoy, have a safe Halloween and of course drink a few zombies to ring in the season!

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00:00 Teaser
00:10 Intro
00:25 A little History
02:38 Original Zombie Tutorial
03:58 How long is a second anyway?
04:50 Tasting Notes
05:34 Recipe
05:40 Hot Zombie
07:15 Tasting Notes
08:58 Recipe
09:02 Tonga Room Zombie
10:53 Tasting Notes
11:18 Recipe
11:25 Zombie Talk
12:18 Thank you Patreon and Members
12:50 It's getting spooky!

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Recipe
Original
1.5oz (45ml) Gold Jamaica Rum
1.5oz (45ml) Gold Puerto Rican Rum
1oz (30ml) Lemon Heart 151 Rum
.5oz (15ml) Velvet Falernum
.75oz (20ml) Lime Juice
.5oz (15ml) Don’s Mix
1tsp Grenadine
1 Dash Angostura Bitters
6 Drops Absinthe
Mint Sprig, Lime and Cherry Garnish

Hot Zombie
2oz (60ml) Puerto Rico Gold Rum
4oz (120ml) Hot Water
1oz (30ml) Pineapple Juice
.5oz (15ml) Lime Juice
.5oz (15ml) Passionfruit Syrup
1 Tsp Brown Sugar
Top with Butter
Optional Lemon Heart 151 Float

Zombie Tonga Room
1oz (30ml) White Rum
.5oz (15ml) Don Q 151 Rum
.5oz (15ml) Dark Jamaica Rum
1oz (30ml) Lime Juice
1oz (30ml) Passion Fruit Syrup
.5oz (15ml) Pineapple Juice
Mint Sprig and Lime Wheel Garnish