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Rob Roy No. 3

Classic/vintage · Nightcap/sipping

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Ingredients

1 1/2 oz Scotch whisky
3/4 oz Rosso/sweet vermouth
3/4 oz Dry vermouth
1/6 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)
1/12 oz Orange Curaçao
3 dash Aromatic bitters
3 dash Creole bitters

How to make

Serve in a coupe glass

Prepare

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

Method

  1. 3 STIR all ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. 5 EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

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Flavour profile

21.8% alc./vol. · 1.5 standard drinks · 186 calories

History

A Perfect Manhattan based on Scotch whisky is distinguished by orange curaçao and Creole-style bitters.

The Rob Roy No. 3 originates from the 1934 publication 1700 Cocktails for the Man Behind the Bar by R. de Fleury. This book features a Rob Roy No. 1 and the Rob Roy No. 3, though a Rob Roy No. 2 is absent. 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

Created by R. de Fleury