Science Of Drink

This version of Zombie cocktail I was found in one book by Salvatore Calabrese. Calabrese say that this is original version of Zombie. I don`t think so, but I can say that this cocktail is very good! :)

Zombie

30 ml light rum
30 ml gold rum
30 ml dark rum
20 ml cherry brandy
20 ml apricot brandy
100 ml pineapple juice
60 ml fresh orange juice
20 ml fresh lime juice
40 ml fresh papaya juice
1 tsp orgeat
15 ml overproof damerara rum
Shake all ingredients except overproof rum. Serve in tall glass (zombie) or hurricane glass. Float overproof rum, garnish with maraschino cherry, piece of pineapple or lime, or orange and sugar powder.

Admirable! This excellent cocktail has very smooth and well-balanced taste. It is not so sweet many other tiki-cocktail and I think is good.

This recipe from From “Beachbum Berry’s Grog Log” by Jeff Berry and Annene Kaye (1998). Coronado Luau Special is signature drink of now defunct Luau Room in San Diego`s hotel Del Coronado.

Delicious mixture of lemon, lime, orange juice and select rums tantalizes with a hint of Grand Marnier work very well on long summer evenings.

Coronado Luau Special

4 oz orange juice
120 ml sweet and sour
10 ml orgeat syrup
30 ml dark Jamaican rum
30 ml light Puerto Rican rum
15 ml Grand Marnier orange liqueur
15 ml brandy
Blend with 1 cup of crushed ice for several seconds. Pour into a large tiki mug or tall glass.

Admirable cocktail!

I purshased two great hurricane glass last summer. This beautiful big glasses needed something beautiful and unusuall. First of all I found cocktail of the same name - Hurricane. And I come tiki-cocktail-lovers with Hurricane cocktail. Now I want to describe some of my favorite recipes of Hurricane Cocktail.

You may read interesting Hurricane recipe comparsion on Rick`s Kaiser Penguin blog. I want to introduce three versions of Hurricane - classical, version by Dale Degroff and unusuall Hurricane Merylin by Salvatore Calabrese.

The key ingredient of classical Hurricane is passion fruit syrup. Common I use Passion fruit Syrup by Monin.

Hurricane

50 ml light rum
50 ml dark rum
30 ml passion fruit syrup
30 ml fresh orange juice
30 ml fresh lime juice
1 tsp. grenadine
Shake. Hurricane glass. Garnish with a flag.

I use Captain Morgan Black and Old Pascas White (Barbados) for this cocktail. The drink has bright sweet taste with some bitternes of lime.

Hurricane (Dale DeGroff)

30 ml dark rum
30 ml light rum
15 ml Galliano
20 ml fresh lime juice
30 ml passion fruit syrup
45 ml fresh orange juice
45 ml pineapple juice
1 dash Angostura bitter
Shake. Hurricane glass. Garnish with tropical fruit.

This mix is one of my favorite tropical cocktail. The drink has super-smooth sweet taste with hint of vanilla and tropic candy. It is great version! Extremely delicious cocktail!

Hurricane Merylin (Salvatore Calabrese)

20 ml Pusser’s rum
20 ml Bacardi rum
10 ml canadian whisky Seagrams
10 ml Cointreau
70 ml cranberry juice
70 ml guava juice
20 ml fresh lemon juice
1-2 drops of grenadine
Shake. Hurricane. Garnish with a strawberry, mint and kiwi slice.

This Hurricane is light and smooth. The drink has very interesting and unusuall taste. I use Angostura 1919 rum and Canadian Club White Label for mix. I think I have good results. Actually I like this cocktail very much.

I think Zombie is amazing cocktail. I investigate recipe of this cocktail during long time, and I understand that Zombie is a complex, well-balanced strong tiki-drink with a lot of variations. It is good for me. I have not falernum or 151-proof rum, which are mentioned in many recipes, but I have many excellent componenets such as aged damerara rums or exotic liqueurs, which I would try in this cocktail.

I construct own Zombie recipe with mix of four citrus juices, passion fruit syrup, exotic orange liqueur and four rums. Please try it and comment my creations.

Zombie #7

10 ml fresh lime juice
10 ml fresh lemon juice
10 ml fresh grapefruit juice
50 ml fresh orange juice
15 ml passion fruit syrup
1 tsp. grenadine
30 ml BOLS Red Orange liqueur
20 ml white rum
20 ml gold rum
20 ml dark rum
1 dash Angostura bitters
15 ml aged damerara rum
Shake all ingredients (except damerara rum) in ice-filled shaker. Strain in to zombie glass (or hurricane) with crushed ice. Float damerara rum. Garnish with exotic fruit.

Admirable!!! It is beautifull drink. I think, what I would try many variations of Zombie on this summer.

To be continued…

This amazing cocktail was invented by Salvatore Calabrese. This mix of tropical juices and rum sounds so good.

Summer Seen

70 ml mango juice
70 ml pineapple juice
20 ml lime cordial
10 fresh lemon juice
40 ml white rum
10 ml blue curacao
Add juices and cordial in tall glass with crushed ice. Mix. In mixing glass mix rum and liqueur with some ice cubes. Pour this liquor over juice mix carefully. Garnish with winter cherry (maraschino cherry work well too). Serve with cocktail stick and two straw.

Admirable! Sweet and tropic is good for summer.

One more margarita on my blog. This cocktail is rare chance to use watermelon liqueur. I has one bottle of it - Marie Brizzard Watermelon no so artificial as I suppose. The taste of ripe watermelon is great sign of summer, and this cocktail is drink with great summer taste arround year.

Watermelon Margarita

30 ml silver tequila
30 ml watermelon liqueur
40 ml margarita mix
Shake witk a lot of cracked ice. Serve in cocktail or margarita glass. Garnish with piece if fruit.

Margarita mix is a mix of equal parts of fresh lemon, lime juice, Cointreau and gomme syrup.

Admirable!

This modern cocktail has unusual candy taste. I think is a good choice for party-bar in summer.It is so delicious concoction with big amount of liquid and sugar. Great choice for girls on dance floor :)

Tutti Frutti

20 ml passion fruit liqueur
20 ml melon liqueur
20 ml silver tequila
100 ml cranberry juice
Shake liqueurs and tequila. Strain in ice-filled collins glass. Garnish with lime wedge.

Admirable!

Summer come! This interesting tiki-cocktail is first in my tiki-recipe-book. Honey is a very interesting cocktail ingredients. This recipe was found here.

Navy Grog

30 ml light Puerto Rican rum (Bacardi Carta Blanca)
30 ml dark Jamaican rum (Captain Morgan)
30 ml Demerara rum (El Dorado Dark)
20 ml fresh lime juice
20 ml fresh grapefruit juice
20 ml honey
30 ml soda
Heat honey until liquid. Mix with juices in blender. Stir in rums and soda. Pour into glass filled with crushed ice.

Admirable!

In first summer day I explore Strawberry Margarita. This cocktail has delicious frutty taste and perfect balance of sweet and sour taste. This cocktail ideal for romantic june evening.

Strawberry Margarita

60 ml tequila
30 ml Cointreau
30 ml fresh lime juice
45 g fresh strawberries
Mudle strawberries with fresh lime juice. Add cracked ice and others ingredients and shake. Serve in margarita glass with salt rim. Garnish with slice of strawberries.

Excellent cocktail! For this recipe I advice to use 100% agave tequila for real “margarita” taste.

You may prepare “more” strawberry Margarita too:

Strawberry Margarita #2

60 ml silver tequila
15 ml Cointreau
15 ml strawberry liqueur
30 ml fresh lime juice
45 g fresh strawberries
Mudle strawberries with fresh lime juice. Add cracked ice and others ingredients and shake. Serve in margarita glass with salt rim. Garnish with slice of strawberries.

Admirable!

This sweet summer cocktail has some variations. I dont remember the source of this recipe, but it is my friends favorite stuff. I use well-aged demerara rum for this recipe for best results.

Bahama Mama 

20 ml gold rum (I use El Dorado 12 y.o.)
15 ml coconut rum (Malibu)
15 ml banana liqueur
10 ml grenadine
30 ml fresh orange juice
30 ml pineapple juice
Shake. Double-rock glass. Garnish with some fruits.

Admirable! This tropiс cocktail has very pleasant sweet taste.