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Zombie（ゾンビ）

Zombie served in a zombie / tall glass glass
ゾンビ · 1934Zombie / tall glass · Shaken

Three rums, cinnamon, grenadine, absinthe — the drink Donn Beach rationed to two per customer.

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01Recipe

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House spec — an editorial spec drawing on the sourced versions below.

Ingredients and measures
IngredientMeasure
White rum45 ml
Gold rum45 ml
Overproof rum15 ml
Fresh lime juice20 ml
Grenadine15 ml
Cinnamon syrup10 ml
Angostura bitters1 dash
Absinthe2 dash

Total volume (pre-dilution)

  1. 01

    Shake everything with crushed ice, briefly — you want dilution, not death.

  2. 02

    Pour unstrained into a tall glass; mound more crushed ice.

  3. 03

    Garnish like a tropical wake.

Garnish — Mint · Cherry · Pineapple fronds

02Taste profile

Sweetness
65Strong
Sourness*
89Intense
Bitterness
25Light
Fruitiness
60Strong
Herbal*
42Moderate
Alcohol
85Intense
Crisp
55Moderate

Independent editorial scores, 0–100. *Estimated from the ingredient list — a profile sketch, not a verdict.

03History

1934 — Don the Beachcomber, Hollywood. Built for a hungover customer headed to a business meeting; the legend says he returned days later complaining he'd been turned into one.

The recipe stayed secret-coded for decades; Jeff 'Beachbum' Berry finally decoded it from staff notebooks in the 2000s.

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Sources — Jeff Berry, Beachbum Berry's Sippin' Safari

04Recipe versions

Each version is shown exactly as recorded in its source — unverified claims are flagged.

Total volume (pre-dilution)
  • Don the Beachcomber, Hollywood

    Don the Beachcomber, Hollywood

    Donn Beach (via Beachbum Berry) · 1934 · Bar · unverified

    • Demerara 1511 oz
    • lime0.75 oz
    • Donn's Mix0.5 oz
    • Falernum0.5 oz
    • each grenadine, absinthe, bitters2 dashe

    Blend 5 seconds; mint garnish.

    Berry's reconstruction of the 1934 spec.

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05Variations

06The map

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