Post #270159 by defaultet on Sat, Dec 2, 2006 10:56 PM

Just wondering if anyone has anything to say about Bacardi Zombie, the drink that's being marketed at 12.5% alcohol (apparently the alcohol part of the mix is 151). I'm not sure if this has a limited market but it hasn't reached Washington state yet. I saw it in Cali and Nevada. It's bright blue, so it kinda doesn't fit with the usual Zombie look. It definitely tastes alright, but I'm not sure what to with it. It seems like it'd be pretty weak straight, but in a bad Cisco kind of way. I mixed it with some Cave Rum and it tastes decent, I guess. I'll have to see if I can come up with a recipe for it after I'm a little better at mixing drinks.

BTW, the Zombie (real Zombie) has been my favorite drink for quite some time but I never had really tasted straight rum until recently. I went on a Caribbean cruise, and on the ship they had a good deal on Bacardi and Coke. I figured "what the hell, I'm in the Caribbean, I might as well drink rum" but I swear Bacardi tastes like pure rubbing alcohol straight. It doesn't taste particularly good with Coke, either. I bought a bunch of rum to take back during the cruise. The Cave Rum (Turks & Caicos Islands), which was extremely cheap, tastes a million times better than Bacardi straight. I'm no expert but it seems like if you can't drink any alcohol straight without gagging, then it's no good. The only other liquor that I can say was worse straight than Bacardi is the pint of Albertson's brand vodka that I bought in AZ on sale for $1.50 for a pint. After two shots, I had a terrible headache and went to sleep instead.