Welcome to Zombie Tube where we're going to be making beautiful drinks Zombie style!
and to do that i'm gonna bring in my best mate who's a zombie, Mr. Zombie Drinks Man, say hello Zombie Drinks Man
Hey guys how you doing?
we have a really classic cocktail, that's got integrity and is delicious and is wicked to batch
and it's fantastic for parties and it's actually called... -A Zombie!
this is one of the staples of my favorite part of drinks making, tiki culture, we've simplified it into sort of three
different parts, it's a lovely blend of rums creating like a full rum flavor
some lovely tropical fruits with a little bit of zesty lime and then some spices
so the first rum we're gonna use is a lovely eight-year-old rum, we're gonna use a tablespoon or 15 millilitres of that
and then we're gonna to blend that with the same amount, so we're gonna use the same proportions
for all of these rums, a tablespoon, the gold rum's gonna bring a bit more of a fruity
dry characteristic to our rum blend and then we've got 15 mils of dark rum
that's gonna add these lovely toffee kinda banana-ry sort of spices -Can I sniff? A zombie sniff.
and then we're gonna balance all of that out with a bit of fresh white rum, it's important to get a diverse rum flavor here but it doesn't
matter how many rums you use -so what next then big boy? -so next we should probably put some
citrus in there as well we need to lift all this up
do you wanna give it a roll? -I'd love to -and we're just gonna squeeze that straight in
so it's like the juice of 1 lime, 25 millilitres, so to balance it all out, to bring
out some of those flavours we're gonna add a little splash of Maraschino Liqueuer
so it's the same measurement of that so we're gonna provide a little bit of kind of aromatic tropical
zesty flavor is gonna come from the grapefruit -so pink grapefruit will probably do
-pink grapefruit is perfect
so that is 30 mils of pink grapefruit juice in there
beginning to build this drink, it's gonna taste great
so pomegranate juice, you're really good a this aren't you? -Yes I am yeah -Great do you wanna do it?
-How much do you want dude? -That's perfect. -The blood!
so the pomegranate juice is gonna bring a nice sort of fruity edge to it, but it's not gonna change the flavour too much, it's not a massively sour or sweet particular flavor it's going to give it a
lovely colour and it's gonna bring a lot of freshness to it -I love pomegranate
it's gonna taste great but what we want to do is just add that next level of flavour to it
cinnamon stick, we're just gonna drop half of one in
so we're going to chuck in a vanilla pod, we're gonna scrape off the vanilla beans in there
go on this is a chef-y thing to do -so half? -yeah that's amazing
one clove, remember clove's a huge flavor, so our final flourish that little dash of absinthe
just about a quarter of a bar spoon that's all you really need and that's just gonna add
that little bit of a funky edge to the drink it is a zombie after all
so if you don't have absinthe at home, a star anise would work, so that's it just needs to be shaken up and made nice and cold and bubbly and frothy
-Would you like me to shake it for you? -Yes please!
perfect, remember as much ice as possible
-I love the way you just do that at the end -Clonk
-how long?
Keep going, keep going, until you feel like a zombie
That should be plenty right?
You've got a nice chill, look at the colour of that as well
and we're gonna fine strain that, lovely colour look at that colour isn't that great? Lovely blood red
Just gonna pack it full of some cubed ice -And then would you like some garnish? -Yes please!
Pineapple leaf, an orange slice, bit of pineapple and a cherry just on the side, lovely
Just a little bit of mint sprig which we're gonna spank
- Can I try some? -Please go ahead
-Delicious
That is really delicious
I've gotta be honest, halfway through that I thought, you've blended too much but that is worth it mate
I'm very glad
-That is worth it because like
It's kinda like the rum kinda like just a really good dance track, it's like bass, mid, treble just thumping away
and then every now and again you've got these flippin' spanks of flavour, I love that
If you wanna know more about tiki drinks check out the pina colada I made, ages ago, up here
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