What are your preferred rums in a 1934 Zombie? - Tiki Drinks and Food

R rangda Member MA USA Joined: Mar 13, 2010 Posts: 56	R rangda Posted posted on Sun, Dec 2, 2018 8:46 PM Try: 1 1/2 Ron de Barrilito 3 Star (Puerto Rican) 1 1/4 Appleton Signature or Appleton V/X (Plantation Xaymaca would probably be good too but haven't tried it) 1/4 Smith & Cross (Collectively the Jamaican) I can't speak from experience on the overproof Demerara as I still use old tan label LH151 in Zombies, but I've heard that the Ed Hamilton is better than the current (new'ish) Lemon Hart, which is just so-so. You can also try cutting the Pernod/Herbsaint to 3 or 4 drops, that's probably contributing more to bitterness than the rums. [ Edited by: rangda 2018-12-02 20:47 ] [ Edited by: rangda 2018-12-02 20:48 ]

Try:

1 1/2 Ron de Barrilito 3 Star
(Puerto Rican)

1 1/4 Appleton Signature or Appleton V/X (Plantation Xaymaca would probably be good too but haven't tried it)
1/4 Smith & Cross
(Collectively the Jamaican)

I can't speak from experience on the overproof Demerara as I still use old tan label LH151 in Zombies, but I've heard that the Ed Hamilton is better than the current (new'ish) Lemon Hart, which is just so-so.

You can also try cutting the Pernod/Herbsaint to 3 or 4 drops, that's probably contributing more to bitterness than the rums.

[ Edited by: rangda 2018-12-02 20:47 ]

[ Edited by: rangda 2018-12-02 20:48 ]

Post #791559 by rangda on Sun, Dec 2, 2018 8:46 PM