Name: Highlander
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Scotch whisky; 30 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 1 dash Orange bitters

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Blended Scotch whisky

1 fl oz

Strucchi Rosso Vermouth

1 dash

Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Highlander contains 179 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
25.19% alc./vol. (50.37° proof)
22.8 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

A Rob Roy with orange bitters. In his seminal 1948 The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, David Embury notes under his Rob Roy entry, "If orange bitters are used instead of Angostura, this drink is sometimes called the Highland, or the Highland Fling, or the Express. I discovered it as the "Highlander" in 2010 on the menu of the Campbell Apartment in New York City, USA.

Comments & Discussion

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Chris Dimal 14w

Intensely Scotch-y. The vermouth and bitters went missing. 3* for me.

Ricardo Lindgren 1y

To live up to the Highland name, the appropriate scotch should be a Single Malt, agree?

Stephen Curtin 2y

Very tasty; though not quite as good as a Rob Roy made with a dash each of Angostura and Peychaud's bitters.

Jonathan Budd 3y

Made with Johnnie Walker black and cheap sweet vermouth (Gallo) but very tasty. I think I'll start adding a dash of orange bitters to my JWB on the rocks.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 3y

Made with Monkey Shoulder Original and Antica Formula. Tasted great.

Olga María Gómez Henderson 4y

It's a good cocktail, that leaves a nice aftertaste in your mouth.

John Hinojos Premium Member 4y

Not being a fan of really smoky cocktails, decided to try this one. It was very enjoyable. The orange bitters lessens the strong smoky taste, but leaves enough to make the cocktail enjoyable.