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Rob Macleod Roy

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (9)
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Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 fl oz Peated single malt whisky
1 fl oz Blended/vatted Scotch malt whisky
1 fl oz Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
8 drop Bob's Abbotts bitters
2 drop Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

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How to make

Glass

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Method

  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.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
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Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Rob Macleod Roy contains 179 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.7 standard drinks
  • 25.98% alc./vol. (51.96° proof)
  • 23.5 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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History

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

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Review

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

Variations/similar cocktails

Smok'n Rob Roy

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Comments & Discussion

John CARR Premium Member
Laphraoig 10 and monkey shoulder. Seriously if you have the ingredients, try this! Glorious rich malt and peaty scotch goodness. No oranges to hand so a tiny dash of orange bitters over the top served nicely.
score: 2
John CARR Premium Member
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!
score: 1
John CARR Premium Member
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!
score: 1
Jeremy Harrold
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.
score: 1

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$3.60 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 25 cocktails.
Shipping and applicable tax calculated at checkout.


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