Editing Zombie (cocktail) (section)

==History==
Legend has it that Donn Beach originally concocted the zombie to help a hung-over customer get through a business meeting.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bitner |first1=Arnold |title=Hawai'i Tropical Rum Drinks by Don the Beachcomber |date=2001 |publisher=Mutual Publishing |location=Honolulu}}</ref><ref name = bum>{{cite book|last1=Berry|first1=Jeff|title=Beachbum Berry's sippin' safari : in search of the great "lost" tropical drink recipes...and the people behind them|date=2007|publisher=SLG|location=San Jose, Calif.|isbn=978-1593620677|edition=2. printing|page=103}}</ref> The customer returned several days later to complain that he had been turned into a [[zombie]] for his entire trip. Its smooth, fruity taste works to conceal its extremely high [[alcoholic beverage|alcoholic]] content. ''Don the Beachcomber'' restaurants limited their customers to two zombies apiece because of their potency, which Beach said could make one "like the walking dead."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bitner |first1=Arnold |title=Hawai'i Tropical Rum Drinks by Don the Beachcomber |date=2001 |publisher=Mutual Publishing |location=Honolulu|page = 58}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.donthebeachcomber.com/drinking_menu.html |title=Drinking Menu |publisher=Don The Beachcomber |access-date=2011-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130711000619/http://www.donthebeachcomber.com/drinking_menu.html|archive-date=2013-07-11}}</ref>

According to the original recipe, the zombie cocktail included three different kinds of rum, lime juice, [[falernum]], [[Angostura bitters]], [[Pernod]], [[grenadine]], and "Don's Mix", a combination of [[cinnamon]] syrup and [[grapefruit]] juice.<ref>{{cite book|author=Jeff Berry|title=Sippin' Safari|publisher=SLG Publishing |year=2007|page=121}}</ref>

Beach was very cautious with the recipes of his original cocktails. His instructions for his bartenders contained coded references to ingredients, the contents of which were only known to him.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cracking the Code of the Zombie |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/dining/28tiki.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=28 November 2007 |access-date=20 March 2019|last1=Kurutz |first1=Steven }}</ref> Beach had reason to worry; a copy of the zombie was served at the [[1939 New York World's Fair]] by a man trying to take credit for it named Monte Proser (later of the mob-tied [[Copacabana (nightclub)|Copacabana]]).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lapis |first1=Diane |last2=Peck-Davis |first2=Anne |title=Cocktails Across America |date=2018 |publisher=Countryman Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Zombie Punch |url=https://blog.distiller.com/zombie-punch/|website=blog.distiller.com |access-date=16 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mystery in a tall glass |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB118798701049208213 |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |date=25 August 2007 |access-date=20 March 2019|last1=Felten |first1=Eric }}</ref>

Beach's original recipes for the zombie and other Tiki drinks have been published in ''Sippin' Safari'' by [[Jeff Berry (mixologist)|Jeff "Beachbum" Berry]].  Berry researched the origins of many Tiki cocktails, interviewing bartenders from Don the Beachcomber's and other original Tiki places and digging up other original sources. ''Sippin' Safari'' details Beach's development of the zombie with three different recipes dating from 1934 to 1956.<ref name = bum/>

The zombie was occasionally served heated (a drink more commonly known today as the I.B.A. hot zombie), as outlined by the Catering Industry Employee (CIE) journal:  "Juice of 1 lime, unsweetened pineapple juice, bitters, 1 ounce heavily bodied rum, 2 ounces of Gold Label rum, 1 ounce of White Label rum, 1 ounce of apricot-flavored brandy, 1 ounce of papaya juice"<ref>CIE: Volumes 50-51 by Hotel & Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union, Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union, Hotel and Restaurant Employees' International Alliance and Bartenders' International League of America in 1941</ref>

The cocktail is named in the lyrics for the song "Haitian Divorce" on the 1976 album ''[[The Royal Scam]]'' by [[Steely Dan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.streetdirectory.com/lyricadvisor/song/uolaaw/haitian_divorce/ |title=Haitian Divorce Lyrics by Steely Dan |website=streetdirectory.com/ |access-date=11 November 2022}} </ref>