This is a classic tiki cocktail. With its roots in Haitian culture, this cocktail will truly knock you off your feet and turn you into a zombie, figuratively. Originally by Donn Beach, like a few other cocktails, I have made recently. This is a cocktail you must know if you are into tiki. I know there are a few different versions, though all are relatively boozy cocktails. It uses several different types of rum, and the outcome is probably one of the few cocktails you will have that would normally count as three or four cocktails.

When I had this cocktail, it really is boozy and strong. This was a huge disappointment for me as I feel these cocktails generally are good, and moreover, the ones by Donn Beach have been good. For me this cocktail is unbalanced. I feel like the alcoholic ingredients is not balanced by the non-alcoholic ingredients. For me, who also like whiskey and rum neat, the rum was very present but due to the other ingredients, it was just not right for me. As a teaser, next week I will make the cocktail Martin Cate of smugglers cove made based on the Zombie. The main question now is would I recommend this cocktail? For this the answer is that I would only recommend this to someone who is interested in tiki and the history of tiki, there are better cocktails out there.

My Recipe:

• 0.75 oz (2.25 cl) Lime Juice
• 0.25 oz (0.75 cl) Grapefruit Juice
• 0.25 oz (0.75 cl) Cinnamon Syrup
• 0.25 oz (0.75 cl) Grenadine
• 0.5 oz (1.5 cl) Velvet Falernum
• 1.5 oz (4.5 cl) Spanish Style Aged Rum
• 1.5 oz (4.5 cl) English Style Aged Rum
• 1 oz (3 cl) Overproof Rum (such as Plantation OFTD)
• 1 dash of Angostura Bitters
• 1 barspoon Absinthe

Add the ingredients to a shaker along with crushed ice. Shake to chill and dilute. Pour unstrained into a Zombie glass and garnish with a mint sprig.