Rob Macleod Roy

Difford’s Guide
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Ingredients:
1 oz Torabhaig Peated Single Malt Whisky
1 oz Blended/vatted Scotch malt whisky
1 oz Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
8 drop Bob's Abbotts bitters
2 drop Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist (expressed & discarded) and maraschino cherry.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Review:

A Rob Roy with a well-integrated peaty backbone that sits well against the rich vermouth.

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Variant:

Smok'n Rob Roy

History:

Created in May 2023 by yours truly for the folks behind Caisteal Chamuis who named this cocktail.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Rob Macleod Roy contains 179 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.7 standard drinks
  • 26.74% alc./vol. (26.74° proof)
  • 24.1 grams of pure alcohol

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John CARR’s Avatar John CARR
28th January at 13:22
Shout out here to the Difford’s guide book: thanks to old fashioned, serendipitous browsing i.e. random page flipping, found this which i otherwise would not have. Proper night cap material, i used chivas regal, talisker 12 and carpano. Delish!
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John CARR’s Avatar John CARR
28th January at 13:47
Holding back the carpano to 25ml gave room for the whiskies, and bitters for that matter, to shine. Second version with Monkey shoulder and talisker was very nice!
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Jeremy Harrold’s Avatar Jeremy Harrold
31st October 2024 at 17:18
A more restrained Smok’n Rib Roy though personally, 8 drops of Abbott’s Bitters is too much. I would either go for a dash of Angostura or 4 drops…but that’s just me.
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