Rob Roy No. 3

Difford’s Guide

Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 12 oz Blended Scotch whisky
34 oz Strucchi Rosso Vermouth chilled
34 oz Strucchi Dry Vermouth chilled
16 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
112 oz Orange Curaçao liqueur
3 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters
3 dash Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
× 1 1 serving
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Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

How to make:

  1. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  2. STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

  1. EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

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

Review:

Orange curaçao and Creole-style bitters add distinction to a Scotch whisky-based Perfect Manhattan.

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Variant:

Rob Roy

History:

Adapted from a recipe in R. de Fleury's 1934 book 1700 Cocktails for the Man Behind the Bar.

ROB ROY No. 3
½ Teaspoon Angostura Bitters
½ Teaspoon Peychaud Bitters
1 Teaspoon Rock Candy Syrup
½ Teaspoon Pollen's Curacao
½ Vat 69 Whisky
¼ Martini Vermouth
¼ French Vermouth

R. de Fleury, 1700 Cocktails for the Man Behind the Bar, 1934

Nutrition:

One serving of Rob Roy No. 3 contains 186 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.5 standard drinks
  • 21.71% alc./vol. (43.42° proof)
  • 21.6 grams of pure alcohol

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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