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Zombie Punch in a hurricane glass

Zombie Punch

A simplified version of Don the Beachcomber's Zombie.

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Ingredients

  • Dark Rum1.5 oz (45 ml)
  • White Rum1 oz (30 ml)
  • Lime Juice0.75 oz (22.5 ml)
  • Passion Fruit Syrup0.5 oz (15 ml)
  • Grenadine0.25 oz (7.5 ml)
  • Angostura Bitters2 dashes
  • Overproof White Rum0.5 oz (15 ml)

How to make it

  1. Shake all ingredients except overproof with ice.
  2. Strain into a tiki mug.
  3. Float overproof rum.

Glass: Hurricane

History

The Zombie Punch is the original 1934 formula of Donn Beach's notorious Zombie, scaled and served in the multi-rum tiki style. Donn (Don the Beachcomber) guarded the recipe so jealously that he pre-batched the ingredients in coded bottles so even his own bartenders couldn't copy it.

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