Head to head
Queen’s Park Swizzle and Zombie side by side: what changes in the recipe, the balance, the strength and the calories.
The difference, by the numbers
Both have lime juice, dark rum and Angostura bitters. Only the Queen’s Park Swizzle has mint and simple syrup; only the Zombie has aged rum, falernum, Donn’s Mix, grenadine and pastis. In parts, a Queen’s Park Swizzle is 1 lime, 6 rum and 1 syrup; a Zombie is 4 rum, 2¼ rum, 1 lime, ¾ falernum and ¾ Donn’s Mix. By volume, the Queen’s Park Swizzle is 75% spirit, 13% syrup and sugar and 12% citrus; the Zombie is 68% spirit, 11% citrus, 9% liqueur, 9% mixer and juice and 3% syrup and sugar. That makes them close cousins on the ratio map.
The Queen’s Park Swizzle is the stronger drink in the glass (20.1% ABV against 17.8%), but the Zombie is the bigger drink, so it holds more alcohol (2.83 standard drinks against 2.07). The Zombie has more calories (about 330 against 242) and more sugar (11.1 g against 9.5 g). Both are served in a highball; the Queen’s Park Swizzle is swizzled, the Zombie blended.
Tiki & Punches · Rum
The ratio · 1 : 6 : 1
Full Queen’s Park Swizzle recipe →
Highlighted: not in the Zombie.
Tiki & Punches · Rum
The ratio · 4 : 2¼ : 1 : ¾ : ¾
Highlighted: not in the Queen’s Park Swizzle.
Each drink sits nearer the corners it has more of: spirit, vermouth and bitter, citrus, mixer, syrup or liqueur. The gray dots are the other classics. Explore the full ratio map.