Post #690767 by Brandomoai on Tue, Aug 20, 2013 2:59 PM

Found some additions to the list.

Old Mr. Boston De Luxe Official Bartender's Guide 1968 Edition:

1 oz Unsweetened Pineapple Juice
Juice 1 Lime
Juice 1 Small Orange
1 Teaspoon Powdered Sugar
1/2 oz Old Mr. Boston Apricot Flavored Brandy
2 1/2 oz Old Mr. Boston Imported Rum
1 oz Jamaica Rum
1 oz Passion Fruit Juice may be added
Add cracked ice and agitate for full minute in electric mixing machine (if none available, shake very well in cocktail shaker), and strain into 14oz frosted zombie glass. Decorate with square of pineapple and 1 green and 1 red cherry. Carefully float 1/2 oz 151 proof Demerara Rum and then top with sprig of fresh Mint dipped in powdered sugar. Serve with straws.

Wonder which edition this recipe appeared in first...

From 1974's 1001 Cocktails in a Shake (by Coles Books), a slight twist on the above recipe:

1 oz Passion Fruit Juice
1 oz Plum or Apricot Juice
Juice 1 small lime - drop in skin
1 Teaspoon Powdered Sugar
1 Dash bitters
1/2 oz Anisette
2 1/2 oz Rum
1/2 oz Apricot Flavored Brandy
2/3 oz Demerara Rum, 151 proof
1 oz Jamaica rum
1 oz Porto Rican Gold Label Rum
(Exact same instructions as above, word for word)

From Drinks of Hawaii (a colorful, illustrated manual with various 1970s printings), a new spin:

1 oz Dark Jamaican Rum
1/2 oz Light Rum
1/2 oz Orange Curacao
1/2 oz Sweet Vermouth
1/2 oz Lemon Juice
1 oz Pineapple Juice
1 oz Orange Juice
FLoat 1 oz Dark 151° Rum
Pour all ingredients into a tall chimney glass, saving 151° for the kill. Fill with crushed ice and float. Garnish with a first aid kit.

I have an 1980 edition of David A. Embury's Mixing Drinks (originally The Art of Mixing Drinks) but I'm not sure if the Zombie appeared in either the 1948 or 1953 editions. He actually has an interesting, if a little controversial, write up on the Zombie:

This is undoubtedly the most overadvertised, overemphasized, overexalted, and foolishly feared drink whose claims to glory ever assaulted the eyes and ears of the gullible American public.
Actually, as a drink, it is not bad at all; but the claims made for it and the advertising by which it has been touted, as well as one feature of the formula, offend my sensibilities in three respects.
First of all, I am allergic to secret formulas for mixing drinks at a bar or in the home. The Zombie formula is supposed to be the jealously guarded secret of Don the Beachcomber, of Hollywood. One of the rum distilleries, however, states that they devised the original formula. Charles Baker, Jr., states that he invented a quite different formula some two years ahead of Don the Beachcomber. All of this mystery, of course, is calculated to inspire curiosity and thus advertise the drink.
Second, I am also allergic to any fear-inspiring slogans such as "Only two to a customer." Everyone except Caspar Milquetoast, of course, comes back for a third just to pit his personal prowess against the allegedly devastating power of the drink. This not only is the cheapest type of advertising; it is also a steal and a perversion of the old claim of Southern Comfort of a "self-imposed limit of two to a person."
Third, the multiplicity of various rums and other ingredients is an offense against the first principles of drink mixing and adds nothing to the flavor of other value of the drink. Two rums - white Cuban for the base and a dash of Jamaica for flavor - would do as well as four or five. The 151-proof Demerara adds nothing to the flavor of the drink, and the quantitiy used is too microscopic to add appreciably to the alcoholic strength. The mere mention of 151-proof liquor, however, is sufficient to add to the mental hazard of the unsophisticated consumer of the drink.
Twenty different bars serving this drink will probably put out eighteen to twenty different versions of it. In the main, however, each drink will be concocted approximately as follows:
1 teaspoonful Sugar Syrup*
1/2 to 3/4 ounce Lime Juice
3/4 ounce fresh Pineapple Juice**
1 ounce White Label Rum
2 ounces Gold Lable Rum***
1 ounce Jamaica Rum
2 teaspoonfuls Apricot Liqueur****
1/2 to 3/4 ounce mysterious ingredient*****
*Falernum or orgeat my be used in place of the sugar syrup
**The less conscientious bars, of course, may use canned, unsweetened pineapple juice.
***Just for the sake of making it more complicated this may be changed to 1 ounce gold label rum and 1 ounce Barbados or Haitian rum.
****For the same reason this may be changed to 1 teaspoonful apricot and 1 teaspoonful cherry. Sometimes the liqueurs are used and sometimes brandies.
*****This is usually papaya juice. Sometimes it is coconut juice. Sometimes - and preferably - this ingredient is omitted altogether.
The above ingredients are shaken with crushed ice and poured, with the ice, into a Zombie glass (a 14- to 16-ounce Collins glass will do just as well). From 1/2 to 1 teaspoonful of 151-proof Demerara rum is then floated on top and the drink is decorated with slices of orange and lemon, pink and green cherries, a pineapple stick, and several sprigs of mint. Finally, powdered sugar is sprinkled over all. And there, brother, is your Zombie, grandfather of all pixies, and great-uncle to the gremlins.

Quite a wordy and possibly offensive write-up! Anyone know if this tirade appears in either of the earlier editions?

[ Edited by: Brandomoai 2013-08-20 15:06 ]