Rob Roy

Name: Rob Roy
Yield: Makes 1 Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 cherries, for garnish; 2 fl oz (60 ml) blended Scotch whisky; 2 dashes Angostura or other aromatic bitters; 1 fl oz (30 ml) sweet vermouth

Preparation info

Makes
1
Cocktail

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Official Downton Abbey Cocktail Book

By Downton Abbey

Published 2019

About

A twist on the Manhattan, the Rob Roy is said to have originated in 1894 at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria hotel. Its inspiration was the Manhattan premiere of an operetta about the life of Rob Roy MacGregor, known as the Scottish Robin Hood.

Ingredients

2 fl oz (60 ml) blended Scotch whisky
1 fl oz (30

Gluten-free
Vegan
Drinks

Method

Combine the whisky, vermouth, and bitters in a mixing glass filled with ice and stir until well chilled, 20–30 seconds. Strain into a chilled coupe or cocktail glass. Garnish with the cherries pieced together with a cocktail pick.