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