Name: Bobby Burns cocktail (Craddock's recipe)
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Whisky - Scotch whisky (blended); 45 ml Vermouth - Rosso/rouge (sweet) vermouth; 22.5 ml Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist (discarded) & a slice of shortbread

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

1 1/2 fl oz	Dewar's 12 Year Old Scotch whisky
1 1/2 fl oz	Martini Rosso sweet vermouth
3/4 fl oz	Bénédictine D.O.M.
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Review:

Rich and slightly sweet, laced with spice liqueur - a good dram to enjoy alongside the ritualistic serving of haggis.

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Variant:

Bobby Burns (Crockett's recipe)
Bobby Burns (Embury's recipe)
Bobby Burns (Difford's recipe)

History:

Recipe adapted from Harry Craddock's 1930, The Savoy Cocktail Book which calls for equal parts vermouth and Scotch with three dashes of Bénédictine. Craddock writes of this drink, "One of the very best Whisky Cocktails. A very fast mover on Saint Andrew's Day."
Bobby Burns cocktail history

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Nutrition:

One serving of Bobby Burns cocktail (Craddock's recipe) contains 236 calories.

Alcohol content:

2 standard drinks
25.42% alc./vol. (50.84° proof)
28.6 grams of pure alcohol

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