# Zombie

Donn Beach's formidable 1934 rum rhapsody, layered with citrus, cinnamon, spice, anise, and enough overproof depth to justify its legendary two-drink limit.

Strength: 34% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 45 ml [Jamaican rum](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/jamaican-rum.md) — Use a gold or dark Jamaican rum.
- 45 ml [Aged rum](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/aged-rum.md) — Use a gold Puerto Rican-style rum.
- 30 ml [Overproof Demerara rum](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/overproof-demerara-rum.md)
- 22.5 ml [Fresh lime juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-lime-juice.md)
- 10 ml [Fresh grapefruit juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-grapefruit-juice.md)
- 5 ml [Cinnamon syrup](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cinnamon-syrup.md)
- 15 ml [Falernum](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/falernum.md)
- 1 teaspoon [Grenadine](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/grenadine.md)
- 6 drops [Anise spirit](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/anise-spirit.md)
- 1 dash [Angostura bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/angostura-bitters.md)

## Glassware

Highball glass

## Garnish

- Mint sprig

## Method

1. Add all the ingredients and 180 ml crushed ice to a blender.
2. Flash-blend at high speed for no more than five seconds.
3. Pour unstrained into a tall glass and add more crushed ice to fill.

## Related drinks

- [Jet Pilot](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/jet-pilot.md): Three rums, two citrus juices, cinnamon, falernum, anise, and bitters form a compact Luau-era tropical drink with uncommon power and precision.
- [Ancient Mariner](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/ancient-mariner.md): Beachbum Berry's dark, dry reply to Navy Grog sets Jamaican and Demerara rums against grapefruit, lime, allspice, and restrained sugar.
- [Shrunken Skull](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/shrunken-skull.md): Equal measures of two forceful rums, fresh lime, and real grenadine form a stark, deep-red mid-century tiki sour.
- [Nui Nui](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/nui-nui.md): Aged rum, orange, and lime carry cinnamon, vanilla, allspice, and bitters in one of Donn Beach's most aromatic and spice-led tropical drinks.
- [Cobra's Fang](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/cobras-fang.md): Overproof Demerara rum drives orange, lime, passion fruit, falernum, bitters, and anise through crushed ice in a direct and unusually severe Donn Beach punch.
- [Navy Grog](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/navy-grog.md): A bracing Don the Beachcomber punch in which three distinct rums meet grapefruit, lime, honey, and a small sparkling lift.
- [151 Swizzle](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/151-swizzle.md): Donn Beach's formidable swizzle, driving overproof Demerara rum through lime, sugar, aromatic bitters, and a cool thread of anise.
- [Queen’s Park Swizzle](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/queens-park-swizzle.md): A high-octane Trinidadian swizzle that drives dark Demerara rum through fragrant mint, lime, sugar, and aromatic bitters.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/zombie
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/zombie-dbfaa0f6.webp
- Recipe source: https://beachbumberry.com/recipe-zombie.html