Rob Roy

Yield: 1.0 Glass: Chilled coupe or Nick & Nora, 5–6 oz

Adjust for any number of servings while keeping the ingredient proportions intact.

classic cocktail scotch stirred seeded

Ingredients

2 oz Scotch whisky
1 oz sweet vermouth
2 dash Angostura bitters
Brandied cherry, for garnish

Instructions

Stir with ice and strain into a chilled coupe.

Behind the drink

A little history

1894 New York

The Rob Roy was created at New York’s Waldorf Hotel around 1894 and named for a Broadway operetta about Scottish folk hero Rob Roy MacGregor. Structurally, it is a Manhattan made with Scotch.

Rob Roy history