If you’re a die hard whisky fan celebrating Burns Night, chances are you have a line up of fine single malt whiskies to enjoy, perhaps with some haggis with neeps and tatties. But there’s no reason not to start with a whisky cocktail or two before your Burns Supper.
Burns Night is widely celebrated in Scotland on the 25th January every year, paying homage to Scottish writer and poet, Robert Burns famous for writing Tam O’Shanter and Auld Land Syne among other great works. In other parts of the world, it may be the excuse needed to raise a dram or two in the name of man also known as Rabbie Burns.
Named after him, the Bobby Burns cocktail is a good choice to start. The three ingredient cocktail is an easy one to make at home. The drink first appeared in the 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book and specifies equal parts of whisky and vermouth with a dash of Benedictine that gives the stirred drink herbaceous notes. If you like your cocktails on the boozier side, with more whisky upfront, double up on the whisky as per the recipe below.
If you’re looking for other Whisky Cocktail Recipes for Burns Night, try making the Blood and Sand, the Rob Roy and if you’re celebrating in Australia, a Whisky Smash made with Scotch whisky goes down a treat in the summer heat.
Bobby Burns Cocktail Recipe
Ingredients
- 60ml Scotch whisky
- 30ml sweet vermouth
- 2 dashes Benedictine
Garnish: lemon twist
Glassware: cocktail glass
Method
In a mixing glass with ice, add the whisky, vermouth and Benedictine and stir until condensation forms along the outside of the glass. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a twist of lemon peel.
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