What ingredients are in a Zambeer?

1 1/2 oz Sambuca, Add 10 oz Root beer, cubes Ice

What glass do you use for a Zambeer?

A Zambeer is traditionally served in a Collins glass.

How strong is a Zambeer?

A Zambeer has an estimated ABV of 12,70%.

How many calories are in a Zambeer?

A Zambeer contains approximately 152 calories per serving.

Zambeer

Verre Collins glass

Difficulté Easy

Calories ~152 kcal

ABV 12,70%

Ingrédients

Sambuca 1 1/2 oz
Root beer Add 10 oz
Ice cubes

Instructions

Mix sambuca with rootbeer and stir. Add ice

LowABV Refreshing

The Zambeer is a simple two-ingredient cocktail combining sambuca and root beer, served over ice in a collins glass. The anise-licorice character of sambuca interacts with root beer's vanilla-sassafras-spice complexity to create an unexpectedly harmonious combination. The drink is sweet, lightly licorice-flavored, and more approachable than neat sambuca.

History & Origins

The Zambeer is a modern cocktail of disputed origin, likely created by home bartenders experimenting with sambuca as a flavoring agent for soft drinks. The name is a portmanteau of 'sambuca' and 'root beer,' transparently descriptive of the drink's two ingredients. It belongs to the category of spirit-and-soda combinations that reduce a high-ABV spirit's intensity by diluting it with a flavored carbonated beverage.

Tasting Notes

Aroma: Anise and licorice from the sambuca with root beer's complex vanilla, sassafras, and wintergreen aromatics. Palate: Sweet and anise-forward, with sambuca's licorice character surprisingly complementary to root beer's herbal-vanilla spice complexity; the combination creates a layered flavor profile greater than the sum of its parts. Finish: Sweet, anise-tinged, and effervescent with lingering root beer and sambuca.

anise sweet vanilla herbal effervescent

Pro Tip

Pour the sambuca first over ice, then add the root beer slowly to preserve carbonation and achieve a proper mix of the two flavors.

Data verified janvier 2017

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