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Bobby Burns (Crockett's recipe)

Name: Bobby Burns (Crockett's recipe)
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Scotch whisky; 20 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 1 dash Absinthe; 1 dash Orange bitters

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Blended Scotch whisky
²⁄₃ fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with skewered cherry.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Bobby Burns (Crockett's recipe) contains 165 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
26.86% alc./vol. (53.71° proof)
21.7 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

History

Recipe adapted from Albert Stevens Crockett's 1931 Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Days where the cocktail is listed as "Robert Burns" accompanied by the following notation, "It may have been named after the celebrated Scotsman. Chances are, however, that it was christened in honour of a cigar salesman, who 'bought' in the Old Bar [at the Waldorf-Astoria]." Robert Burns was a brand of cigars and the name of a cigar shop close to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. It could be that the hotel sold these cigars, and the shop's owner was such a good patron of the bar that a cocktail was named in his honour. See Bobby Burns cocktail history for the whole story.

ROBERT BURNS
It may have been named after the celebrated Scotsman. Chances are, however, that it was christened in honor of a cigar salesman, who "bought" in the Bar.
Dash of Orange Bitters
One dash Absinthe
One-quarter Italian Vermouth
Three-quarters Scotch Whiskey
Stir; strain
Stanley M. Jones, 1977

More cocktails by Albert Stevens Crockett

Review

Scotch and vermouth with added depth of flavour courtesy of absinthe and orange bitters.

AKA: Robert Burns

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La Fee Parisienne absinthe 200ml - makes 640 cocktails
$17.99 $0.03 per cocktail La Fee Parisienne absinthe image

Angostura Orange Bitters 120ml - makes 384 cocktails
$13.99 $0.04 per cocktail Angostura Orange Bitters image

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Makes a minimum of 12.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Chris Dimal 38w

Quite dry and really malty. Not my most favourite drink. I have to try the Savoy recipe, which I have a feeling I'll like a lot more.

Thiago De Paula Oliveira 1y

Maybe was the quality of the whisky and absinthe that i used but i diante liked

John Hinojos Premium Member 5y

This is a cocktail you need to let sit to let all the flavours meld together. Slightly smokey and the hint on absinthe.

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