Cocktail Drinks: Zombie

The History of the Coctail

The word "cocktail" conjures up all sorts of images, mainly associated with decadence, indulgence and celebration. A cocktail is enjoyed at a slower pace than the other drinks,created with such care and attention to detail that it is often saved for special occasions. A cocktail is essentially a spirit base (usually gin, vodka, whiskey, rum or tequila) combined with a mixer, which could be a fruit juice, tonic, or another non spirit alcohol. A third ingredient, the flavoring is sometimes added to compliment the base spirit and to add a more distinctive taste to the cocktail. This can be anything from Angostura bitters to a sugar cube. Although there are now many thousands of cocktails in existence, the "classic" drinks will generally only include a combination of these three components. (the cocktail bible by Sarah Ford)

The zombie is a potent draft probably invented by Don Beach of Hollywood's Don Beachcomber restaurant, to revive the spirits of regular who often described himself as feeling like the living dead.

Ingredients:

   ice cubes
1 oz dark rum
    1 oz white rum
    1/2 oz golden rum
1/2 oz apricot brandy
    juice of a 1/2 lime slice
1 teaspoon grenadine
    2 oz pineapple juice
    1/2 oz of sugar syrup
    2 teaspoons 151 - proof rum
    pineapple wedge and leaf and sugar

How to do:

Put some ice cubes with the first 3 rums, apricot brandy, lime juice, grenadine, pineapple juice and syrup into a cocktail shaker and shake it well
Pour into a chilled glass without straining
Float the 151 - proof rum on top
Decorate with the pineapple wedge and leaf, and sprinkle a pinch of sugar over the top.