Another easy whisky cocktail to make at home is the Rob Roy: celebrating the famed Scottish hero Rob Roy. Remarkably similar to the Manhattan, this uses Secret Garden dry vermouth Bianco rather than the sweet Rosso.
Ingredients:
- 50ml single malt Scots Whisky
- 25ml Vermouth Bianco (dry) : Buy here
- 2 dashes of angostura bitters
Once you've got your ingredients;
- Stir over ice, strain
- Coupe Glass
- Garnish: a brandied maraschino cherry (or an orange twist if you prefer)
Again, like the Manhattan, history places the invention of this cocktail in New York in the mid 1890's by a bartender at the Waldorf-Astoria in honour of the opening of Rob-Roy - an operetta loosely based on the life of Rob Roy.
