Aku Aku Zombie (1964 Recipe) - How to Make the Tiki Drink & the History Behind It
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- Опубліковано 29 жов 2020
- Here’s how to make the Aku-Aku Zombie, a remix of a tiki classic. Just like the original 1934 recipe, this 1964 recipe comes from Don the Beachcomber and is made with Cuban rum, Jamaican rum, 151 Demerara rum, lime, grapefruit, cinnamon syrup, falernum, grenadine, absinthe curaçao, aromatic bitters and mint for garnish. It's the same ingredients, only rebalanced and with a little added curaçao.
The Aku-Aku was a tiki lounge that opened in the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas in 1960. Donn Beach was commissioned by the hotel to create the menu and curate look and feel of the lounge. This recipe came from an ex-employee at the Aku-Aku and was given to a Wall Street Journal columnist, Eric Felton, in 1964. Finally, it was published in Beachbum Berry's Remixed: A Gallery of Tiki Drinks.
It's an interesting evolution from Donn Beach's original 1934 recipe that Beachbum Berry was able to dig up. Virtually the same ingredients, but the measurements were simplified immensely.
The gold Cuban (or Puerto Rican) rum and the dark Jamaican rum should be pretty easy to come by for most people. The 151 Demerara can be challenging. Hamilton and Lemon Hart make excellent expressions, but it can be hard to find in some places. Don't let this stress you out too much. The idea was to create a blending of rums that couldn't be found in a single rum. You get the dryness with the Cuban, the funky hogo from the Jamaican and a thick base of burnt molasses woodiness of the 151 Demerara.
If you can't find 151 Demerara, try using another Demerara rum that's in the 80-proof range, just double the amount (so 1.5 oz or 45 ml). It's going to be pretty close. If you have an overproof blend (OFTD, Hamilton Navy, Pusser's Navy) that uses Guyanese (Demerara) rum in it, that will work. In that case, use the prescribed 0.75 oz (22 ml) pour. If you can't get ahold of either of those, just sub in a 7-10 year rum that's on the drier side. Barbancourt 8, Doorly's 8, Mount Gay Black Barrel, something like that.
The other elusive ingredient is the white grapefruit juice. You'll have better luck finding them at farmer's markets than supermarkets. But if you can't find white grapefruit, just sub in pink. Steer clear of red if you can avoid it.
As for the Zombie Mix, it is possible with a steady hand to measure out a precise 1/8 tsp (0.6 ml), but it's too much of a pain. Just batch it and have it ready to go. The drink really is best with Donn's intended amount. I tried doubling it and it was too much. It's crazy, but it's true.
This drink is kind of crazy. It's everything you love about the 1934 Zombie, only easier to make. It's not as boozy, but it has a bigger punch of spice, which makes it an exciting alternative. If you've got the ingredients for a Zombie, I'm guessing you have an orange liqueur handy, so you can make this one pretty easily. Do it. I think you'll love it. Okole Maluna!
Recipe:
0.75 oz (22 ml) Cuban (or Puerto Rican) Gold Rum
0.75 oz (22 ml) Jamaican Dark Rum
0.75 oz (22 ml) 151 Demerara Rum
0.75 oz (22 ml) lime juice
0.75 oz (22 ml) grapefruit juice (preferably white)
0.75 oz (22 ml) cinnamon syrup
0.5 tsp (2.5 ml) Zombie Mix
1 dash aromatic bitters
4 oz (118 ml) crushed ice (plus more for to fill your glass)
garnish mint sprigs
Shake all (except garnish) with crushed ice. Fill a tiki mug or 14 oz Zombie Glass with more crushed ice and pour the drink unstrained into the mug. Garnish with Mint.
Zombie Mix:
1 part curaçao
1 part absinthe
1 part falernum
1 part grenadine
Music:
Surf Madness by Elliot Holmes
Packs of Savage Dogs by Dream Cave
The Haunting by Farrell Wooten
Partner of Doom by Walt Adams
via Epidemic Sound
Kiss Me Deadly by Foxy Basey
Blood on the Prairie by MusicBox
via JinglePunks
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Featured in this Episode:
Panama Pacific 9-Year Rum
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Hamilton Jamaica Black Rum
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Hamilton 151 Demerara Rum
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Copper & Kings Absinthe Blanche
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Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao
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Angostura Bitters
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Beachbum Berry Remixed by Beachbum Berry
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White Zombie (1932)
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The Last Man on Earth (1964)
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Night of the Living Dead (1968)
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Bar Tools:
Doom Altar Tiki Mug by Trader Brandon
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1oz (30ml) Cork Jar Glass Bottles (Zombie Mix Vials)
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Japanese Style Jigger - Gunmetal Black
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Koriko Weighted Shaker Set
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Fine Mesh Strainer
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Citrus Juicer (Lime)
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Breville Juicer
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Lewis Bag & Ice Mallet
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Here are some more links I couldn't fit into my bloated Description.
Homemade Syrups:
Cinnamon: ua-cam.com/video/LHoCSuYkKck/v-deo.html
Falernum: ua-cam.com/video/j4upubVlZYk/v-deo.html
Grenadine: ua-cam.com/video/4e2xNt385H4/v-deo.html
Further Reading:
The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia Vol. 1 by Peter Dendle amzn.to/2WXjZDT
The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia Vol. 2 by Peter Dendle amzn.to/322Fztf
Rainy Season: Haiti-Then and Now by Amy Wilentz amzn.to/39tnsz0
Other Zombie writings by Amy Wilentz bit.ly/3eX9iaw
The Sailor and the Seagull: ua-cam.com/video/q93WNQcavgw/v-deo.html
He's back boys
We missed you!
Cheers!
Welcome back! As one of your zombie Tiki followers, I’ll have to make this version tonight.💀☠️
Mate, how did you manage such an amazing history lesson in a video about a cocktail recipe? I had no idea about its Haitian origins. Big respect.
Bro, where have you been in this pandemic when everyone could use a drink everyday 😅
The comeback everyone was waiting for!
It’s about damn time! Looks amazing.
Whoa, the production and writing quality on this is so good! This was totally worth the wait. I loved the real world history of Haiti and the horrors of colonialism. Tiki has such a dark history! Thanks for putting out such classy videos!
Great to see these again. This channel got me into Tiki Drinks.
Awesome! Or I'm sorry, depending on how much it's overtaking your life. Haha.
I came here for a cocktail, not to hear more about the crushing banality of my existence ;) (I'll be having a pair of these tonight, thanks!)
He’s back with a vengeance! Fantastic video! Gotta make it. It took me a while to get everything for the 34, but it was worth it. Glad to see you back!!!
Awesome drink, awesome mug, awesome channel!!
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The best cocktail channel still alive!
Finally! The guy with the most amazing tiki mugs, best cocktails and last but not least the deepest voice on YT made a new vid!
Like always great content!
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Cheers!
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Cheers! Glad you liked it.
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Good to see you back! My whole bar and recipes revolve around this guys videos. Simply the best!
I didn't expect to pick up an existential crisis from the first two minutes of a cocktail recipe Vizio, but here we are...
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2 minutes in and it's getting pretty damn real 😆😅
its so great seeing you upload new videos. Please dont let us ever wait that long again. Videos every one or two weeks would be great!
If only I could...
Great video! Nicely done. Really good background info and I appreciate the good selection of rums you show. Your passion and knowledge comes through.
Incredible production on this video. Absolutely riveting.
Greeeeeat video! Always a pleasure when you're uploading
Love it!! Well worth the wait. Great, great video.
YES! Everyone has been waiting!
Ok, how do you manage to always have such lush mint sprigs? I must know
Right?
@@jordesign go to farmers market for it instead of supermarkets who overcharge and give less mint
Its been so... un-smooth without you. Welcome back.
Haha. Cheers!
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Clicked this very fast! Amazing video and loved the backstory.
Your cocktail videos are the most rewatchable on UA-cam. Hoping for more content soon
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Awesome video with some great background info! Welcome back.
Excellent presentation, from start to finish! The quality of your videos is light years ahead of the current monotony of drink posts on UA-cam. Thank you...
Thanks so much. Glad you liked it so well.
what up my man! a new distinguished spirits vid?!? today is a good day indeed. thanks for dropping the fire, dawg. always the best!
Well worth waiting!
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Well done, as always, Sensei!
I just saw that The Bum added this recipe to the Total Tiki app. That can't be a coincidence...
Wow. Incredible videos
Made a couple last night for me and my wife. Great drink!
Nice! Wife approved.
Excellent video as always sir! Cheers!
Well, I know what's my next tiki cocktail
Nicely done!
Sweet, I just got some 151 to make zombies from your other video. I’ll try this version next!
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Thanks for posting again I was worried the Covid got ya. I sure missed that smooth as good scotch voice teaching me while I mixed up your newest concoction.
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Thanks, brother!
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Cheers! Working on a new one now.
This was amazing
Thank you!
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So good. I know what I’m making tonight. Thanks!!! 🍹 🗿
It’s like an educational film I wish they showed in school... loooove it 🍹 🧟♀️
Haha. Yeah in tiki school.
Oh cool, tiki drink vid!
**existential crisis commences**
yup, I'll have that drink now.
Made this tonight and it was excellent. I might actually prefer this to the '34 Zombie. Limit 2 per customer for sure!
Интересный напиток и здорово рассказано
4:45 being a Oregonian, I agree with the Salam capital journal.
Haha
First video, but certainly not the last
Oh nice! Welcome.
you gotta do the qb cooler! ive mentioned it before maybe, but that one ive had trouble landing on a recipe for.
it’s complex and almost too busy, but such an interesting curio. historically important in tiki even if i find the navy grog to be a far superior drink with a similar profile
Go ahead and change the channel to pure tiki please you are the absolute best at these 🤘
Another killer video! What do you use to print these labels?
This is delicious
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Now I UNDERSTAND!!! I could not figure out why I can't stand Zombie movies of today. But I knew Zombies as they way they were if years gone past and not these flesh eating varmints. Spectacular! Oh I do want to make the mix. These seems like a special occasion drink. Oh and why do I feel like I just went to the movies!!! LOL 😅🎥🎟️
Haha. Yeah, zombies had a pretty winding road on in their evolution in the public imagination. Glad you were engaged with the story. Let me know what you think if you end up making one.
good stuff sir! first
I want to go to YOUR parties! lol
Who doesn't?
Glad to see you're still kicking in this coronavirus pandemic. What is a sweet alcohol you would recommend for beginners?
Brandy is sweet and rum is usually sweet. But I’d recommend starting with a sour. A whiskey sour without egg white is really easy to make and easy to drink for someone who’s dipping their toes in the water. Sidecar would be a good one too. But that would take 2 bottles of booze.
What was the cartoon with the sailor?
Uff that voice
😉👍
Say, what was the cartoon you used in the video?
It was a navy training film about not getting drunk and spilling secrets.
I'm lazy enough to use Cinnamon Schnapps instead of making cinnamon syrup. It's got it's own kick.
Make cinnamon syrup and dump in some wray and nephew overproof white rum. It keeps forever and is awesome.
@@JWestLoans Sounds interesting, but haven't you then synthesised Cinnamon Schnapps, but with high end Kingston embalming fluid?
how do you have a bottle of Wray and Nephew 17 year??
M
A question to any Americans in the comments: Why is the Zombie so hard to find in the US? Or is it just Austin where I recently moved to? I come from a European country and you can find a zombie at basically every bar that makes cocktails, even if it's not a cocktail bar...I've been in so many bars in Austin, and only 2 of them have it (one being a pretty upscale cocktail bar). Even in fucking New York, I couldn't find a zombie and I went in 5-6 different very nice cocktail bars there, none had it...Is it just dead in the US now? Am I just unlucky?
Honestly, you’re not going to find a good one in a lot of bars, even ones with great cocktail programs. You can find them in SOME tiki bars, but they have to be places that really know the classics and try hard to honor them. Part of the problem with this drink being offered, even in tiki bars, is that the recipe for this drink and drinks like it, were secret for decades. So some old school tiki bars still serve the recipe that they created in the 1960’s that they called the Zombie, but that bares little resemblance to Donn’s Aku Aku recipe. And in terms of other non-tiki bars, this is a difficult drink to put together, using esoteric syrups and rums, and even this one is too strong for modern bars.
0,6 + 0,6 + 0,6 + 0,6 = 2,5
close enough D:
Perfect math. Duh.
Next video:2022 😝
So true. 😩
This shit got kinda dark..... You getting through pandemic ok?
how do you have a bottle of Wray and Nephew 17 year??
I don’t. 😉 ua-cam.com/video/y5CvdQKYw6Q/v-deo.html