Aku Aku Zombie (1964 Recipe) - How to Make the Tiki Drink & the History Behind It

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  • Опубликовано: 2 ноя 2024

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  • @DistinguishedSpirits
    @DistinguishedSpirits  4 года назад +10

    Here are some more links I couldn't fit into my bloated Description.
    Homemade Syrups:
    Cinnamon: ruclips.net/video/LHoCSuYkKck/видео.html
    Falernum: ruclips.net/video/j4upubVlZYk/видео.html
    Grenadine: ruclips.net/video/4e2xNt385H4/видео.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: ruclips.net/video/q93WNQcavgw/видео.html

  • @banyan55
    @banyan55 4 года назад +27

    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.

  • @davidstewart3868
    @davidstewart3868 4 года назад +27

    Welcome back! As one of your zombie Tiki followers, I’ll have to make this version tonight.💀☠️

  • @agentpipp
    @agentpipp 4 года назад +25

    He's back boys

  • @samhaigler1716
    @samhaigler1716 4 года назад +7

    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!!!

  • @fabiobusiello4748
    @fabiobusiello4748 4 года назад +7

    The comeback everyone was waiting for!

  • @patbraun2476
    @patbraun2476 4 года назад +5

    We missed you!

  • @mohnjayer
    @mohnjayer 4 года назад +13

    It’s about damn time! Looks amazing.

  • @FishRock77
    @FishRock77 4 года назад +1

    The best TIki Drink recipe, history, and pop culture channel ever. Keep up the amazing work!

  • @artemis3120
    @artemis3120 4 года назад +5

    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!

  • @scrapplejacks8780
    @scrapplejacks8780 4 года назад +1

    Great to see these again. This channel got me into Tiki Drinks.

    • @DistinguishedSpirits
      @DistinguishedSpirits  4 года назад

      Awesome! Or I'm sorry, depending on how much it's overtaking your life. Haha.

  • @ctwiggs
    @ctwiggs 4 года назад +6

    Awesome drink, awesome mug, awesome channel!!

  • @karolsarosiek9467
    @karolsarosiek9467 4 года назад +1

    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!

  • @joachimkoka5030
    @joachimkoka5030 Год назад

    Your cocktail videos are the most rewatchable on RUclips. Hoping for more content soon

  • @manuzach
    @manuzach 4 года назад +21

    Bro, where have you been in this pandemic when everyone could use a drink everyday 😅

  • @boozeontherocks
    @boozeontherocks 4 года назад +2

    Its great to have you back. Awesome history on the zombie in pop culture. Well done!!

  • @ВладимирМаций
    @ВладимирМаций 4 года назад +1

    The best cocktail channel still alive!

  • @brigittehofmann7123
    @brigittehofmann7123 4 года назад

    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!

  • @jasonHam-x6o
    @jasonHam-x6o 4 года назад

    Good to see you back! My whole bar and recipes revolve around this guys videos. Simply the best!

  • @joebolton3925
    @joebolton3925 4 года назад +3

    Eyy, your back!!!!! Love your videos

  • @craigluft7453
    @craigluft7453 4 года назад +2

    I was just thinking about how it's been awhile, and that I hoped you were still doing vids. worth the wait!

  • @Animenji
    @Animenji 4 года назад +10

    Ok, how do you manage to always have such lush mint sprigs? I must know

    • @jordesign
      @jordesign 4 года назад +1

      Right?

    • @thesportswarehouse8853
      @thesportswarehouse8853 Год назад +1

      @@jordesign go to farmers market for it instead of supermarkets who overcharge and give less mint

  • @aquacitydigital3316
    @aquacitydigital3316 4 года назад +1

    You don't make Tiki videos. You make Tiki documentaries! Awesome work! #filmmaker

  • @doomduck9826
    @doomduck9826 4 года назад +6

    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!)

  • @happycamper2220
    @happycamper2220 4 года назад +1

    NICCEEEE!!! WELCOME BACK...! MISSED YOU SOOO MUCH.

  • @michaeldickerson1470
    @michaeldickerson1470 4 года назад

    Super stoked that you're back

  • @nate451
    @nate451 4 года назад

    Incredible production on this video. Absolutely riveting.

  • @inthought4458
    @inthought4458 4 года назад

    Excellent presentation, from start to finish! The quality of your videos is light years ahead of the current monotony of drink posts on RUclips. Thank you...

  • @grapetonenatches186
    @grapetonenatches186 4 года назад

    Its been so... un-smooth without you. Welcome back.

  • @cpickering
    @cpickering 3 года назад

    I didn't expect to pick up an existential crisis from the first two minutes of a cocktail recipe Vizio, but here we are...

  • @JimmySting
    @JimmySting 4 года назад

    Clicked this very fast! Amazing video and loved the backstory.

  • @g4merpeter
    @g4merpeter 4 года назад

    Greeeeeat video! Always a pleasure when you're uploading

  • @flakbait5771
    @flakbait5771 4 года назад

    Awesome video with some great background info! Welcome back.

  • @maitaioneon
    @maitaioneon 4 года назад

    Great video! Nicely done. Really good background info and I appreciate the good selection of rums you show. Your passion and knowledge comes through.

  • @HammerandPipe
    @HammerandPipe 4 года назад +1

    Yes! The big kahuna has returned!

  • @shanemcneese5086
    @shanemcneese5086 4 года назад

    Glad to see you, Kanpai!

  • @melchazaar
    @melchazaar 3 года назад

    really been missing your unique style to these videos

  • @briancorley1159
    @briancorley1159 4 года назад

    Love it!! Well worth the wait. Great, great video.

  • @roxxen
    @roxxen 4 года назад

    It’s like an educational film I wish they showed in school... loooove it 🍹 🧟‍♀️

  • @lindseyhinck6298
    @lindseyhinck6298 4 года назад +1

    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.

  • @CptWerQ
    @CptWerQ 4 года назад

    Awesome video yet again.

  • @baddingo4243
    @baddingo4243 4 года назад

    what up my man! a new distinguished spirits vid?!? today is a good day indeed. thanks for dropping the fire, dawg. always the best!

  • @XRayCatt
    @XRayCatt 4 года назад

    I just saw that The Bum added this recipe to the Total Tiki app. That can't be a coincidence...

  • @roberto6617
    @roberto6617 4 года назад

    Made a couple last night for me and my wife. Great drink!

  • @henriquebravo4516
    @henriquebravo4516 7 месяцев назад

    Awesome video! As always!

  • @vinny9875
    @vinny9875 4 года назад

    Sweet, I just got some 151 to make zombies from your other video. I’ll try this version next!

  • @prisonerr24601
    @prisonerr24601 4 года назад +1

    Oh cool, tiki drink vid!
    **existential crisis commences**
    yup, I'll have that drink now.

  • @kevincorvus3298
    @kevincorvus3298 4 года назад

    Excellent video as always sir! Cheers!

  • @obediahgarcia7135
    @obediahgarcia7135 4 года назад

    Well done, as always, Sensei!

  • @3CourseProductions
    @3CourseProductions 4 года назад

    YES! Everyone has been waiting!

  • @abludwig
    @abludwig 8 месяцев назад

    Wow. Incredible videos

  • @shadowmihaiu
    @shadowmihaiu 4 года назад

    Great, informative and entertaining, as usual!

  • @robertsharpe4414
    @robertsharpe4414 4 года назад

    Worth the wait getting stuck in to one straight away yahoo

  • @jelkehuisman
    @jelkehuisman 4 года назад +2

    2 minutes in and it's getting pretty damn real 😆😅

  • @MartinDoudoroffLLC
    @MartinDoudoroffLLC 4 года назад

    Nicely done!

  • @trevorrose1
    @trevorrose1 4 года назад +1

    👏👏 please, stop by sooner next time 🥂

  • @andreabousios9024
    @andreabousios9024 4 года назад

    Well worth waiting!

  • @udiisaak6913
    @udiisaak6913 4 года назад +1

    Well, I know what's my next tiki cocktail

  • @sdcorrey
    @sdcorrey 4 года назад

    Made this tonight and it was excellent. I might actually prefer this to the '34 Zombie. Limit 2 per customer for sure!

  • @michaelbertovich
    @michaelbertovich 4 года назад

    So good. I know what I’m making tonight. Thanks!!! 🍹 🗿

  • @mower2008
    @mower2008 3 года назад

    Glad to see you're still kicking in this coronavirus pandemic. What is a sweet alcohol you would recommend for beginners?

    • @DistinguishedSpirits
      @DistinguishedSpirits  3 года назад +1

      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.

  • @kelevra721
    @kelevra721 2 года назад

    This was amazing

  • @MrChickster12
    @MrChickster12 3 года назад

    A great video cheers 🍻

  • @nickynorka
    @nickynorka 4 года назад

    Another killer video! What do you use to print these labels?

  • @Edward135i
    @Edward135i 3 года назад

    4:45 being a Oregonian, I agree with the Salam capital journal.

  • @hermanpesina6328
    @hermanpesina6328 4 года назад

    Go ahead and change the channel to pure tiki please you are the absolute best at these 🤘

  • @johnmattan3273
    @johnmattan3273 4 года назад +2

    First video, but certainly not the last

  • @russflynn
    @russflynn 4 года назад

    Yeeeees, a new video!

  • @ibnkhaldoun4319
    @ibnkhaldoun4319 3 года назад

    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

  • @MixDrink
    @MixDrink 4 года назад

    Интересный напиток и здорово рассказано

  • @garlicgirl3149
    @garlicgirl3149 3 года назад

    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 😅🎥🎟️

    • @DistinguishedSpirits
      @DistinguishedSpirits  3 года назад +1

      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.

  • @mightytom1
    @mightytom1 4 года назад

    What was the cartoon with the sailor?

  • @cobylyons4439
    @cobylyons4439 2 года назад

    I want to go to YOUR parties! lol

  • @6Nicolas
    @6Nicolas 2 года назад

    This is delicious

  • @parkerlloyd9860
    @parkerlloyd9860 2 года назад

    Say, what was the cartoon you used in the video?

    • @DistinguishedSpirits
      @DistinguishedSpirits  2 года назад

      It was a navy training film about not getting drunk and spilling secrets.

  • @thrilosandalkis94
    @thrilosandalkis94 2 года назад

    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?

    • @DistinguishedSpirits
      @DistinguishedSpirits  2 года назад

      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.

  • @HootOwl513
    @HootOwl513 4 года назад

    I'm lazy enough to use Cinnamon Schnapps instead of making cinnamon syrup. It's got it's own kick.

    • @JWestLoans
      @JWestLoans 4 года назад

      Make cinnamon syrup and dump in some wray and nephew overproof white rum. It keeps forever and is awesome.

    • @HootOwl513
      @HootOwl513 3 года назад

      @@JWestLoans Sounds interesting, but haven't you then synthesised Cinnamon Schnapps, but with high end Kingston embalming fluid?

  • @samaragon4794
    @samaragon4794 4 года назад

    how do you have a bottle of Wray and Nephew 17 year??

  • @SanTM
    @SanTM 4 года назад

    Uff that voice

  • @icemann1037
    @icemann1037 4 года назад

    good stuff sir! first

  • @marcusnunes7256
    @marcusnunes7256 4 года назад

    This shit got kinda dark..... You getting through pandemic ok?

  • @proFFessor90
    @proFFessor90 4 года назад

    0,6 + 0,6 + 0,6 + 0,6 = 2,5
    close enough D:

  • @tylerskone1288
    @tylerskone1288 4 года назад

    Next video:2022 😝

  • @hermanclemons3848
    @hermanclemons3848 4 года назад

    M

  • @samaragon4794
    @samaragon4794 4 года назад

    how do you have a bottle of Wray and Nephew 17 year??