Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Zombie Cocktail

Day 27



Zombie Cocktail
3.5 out of 5



Did you know that May is "Zombie Awareness Month"?

Yea, neither did I......I think I somehow stumbled upon it.....somehow?  Not even sure how to be honest, lol.  But here we are, so.........Happy Zombie Awareness Month?!


****updated to celebrate ZAM in May****



I'm going to take a night off of my blended cocktails tonight to honor one of my good friends Marisa!  

Today is her birthday and she has requested that I try a Zombie for her birthday.  


Marisa and I were sitting down looking through my 3 cocktail books and she found tonight's cocktail and thought it looked good enough to try.  


Now I must say that the book we were looking through made it look a bit how do I say this....tropical-ey-er then what I created.  


It had that bright orange delicious look to it that made you want to pull it right out of the book and devour it.  (If you haven't noticed I do create my own words which are usually regular words where I add an "er" or "ey" or "ish" to the end or sometimes a couple of them, just thought I'd throw that out there so you don't think that I can't spell or something).



I am giving tonight's cocktail 3.5 shots out of 5 because although it's not my favorite drink ever, it does have potential.  


By potential I mean the first few sips are okish, but as you take more you get used to the taste of it and begin to like it a bit more.


This is my first ever cocktail that I used apricot brandy or powdered sugar, it was kind of exciting.  


I could see myself ordering this cocktail at a bar more or less to see what someone else's Zombie tastes like.  All in all (the more sips I'm taking), I like tonight's cocktail!  


Good choice Marisa and Happy Birthday To You!! 





Here is a photo of the end result:



Here is a photo of the ingredients:




Here is the recipe for the Zombie:


  • 4 crushed ice cubes (there I go telling you exactly how many to use again)
  • 1 shot amber rum
  • 1 shot light rum
  • 1/2 shot apricot brandy
  • 2 shots pineapple juice
  • 1 Tbsp lime juice
  • 2 tsp powdered sugar


In a shaker add your crushed ice, both rums, apricot brandy, pineapple juice, lime juice and powdered sugar.  Shake it up until you have a good foam.  Pour it un-strained into your chilled hurricane glass and enjoy!




Cheers to my good friend Marisa on her birthday!

The Cocktail Lady

9 comments:

  1. Definitely trying it on Saturday. How is the lime juice? I remember it completely over powered the cosmo we had a couple of weeks ago.

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  2. The lime juice was fine, nothing like that cosmo at all, yuck!

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  3. This sounds yummy and looks creepy! Rum and pineapple are my husband's two favorite things. I think I will treat him to one of these soon.

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  4. What a fun cocktail! I'll need to try this for TWD marathons!

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  5. Who knew zombies needed more awareness? Lol that cracks me up. This cocktail actually looks so yummy- love rum and pineapple together. Perfect for summer!

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  6. Apricot brandy sounds like fun! I love this month and could totally drink this while I watch horror movies!

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  7. A Zombie Cocktail! How completely fun and unique! I'd love to try out this drink when my family comes over for a BBQ this weekend.

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  8. Hahaha, I had no idea there was a zombie awareness month! Oooo... apricot and pineapple sounds like a delicious combo and I love how spooky the drink looks to match the month.

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  9. Those look so good! Making me thirsty

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