Rob Roy

The Rob Roy is a bar standard outside the IBA list: 3 ingredients, stirred in a mixing glass and served in a coupe. That makes 112 ml in the glass: a middling measure.

Ingredients

• 60 mlscotch whisky
• 30 mlsweet red vermouth
• 1.6 mlAngostura Bitters

Method

1. Pour all ingredients into a mixing glass with ice.
2. Stir well and strain into a chilled coupe.

Garnish: Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

What it tastes like

bitter → sweet

Properly dry: the 17th least sweet of 186, and what stays in the mouth is the spirit.

round → sour

No citrus to wake it up: it arrives round, the 22nd least sour of 186.

light → strong

In the finished glass, melted ice included, it runs 26.4%: 20th of 186, stronger than 90% of the catalogue.

Its closest neighbour is the Rabo de Galo: 98 out of 100 for similarity.

Five that come close

• Rabo de GaloBuilt on cachaça and with cachaça in place of scotch whisky.
• Hanky PankyBuilt on gin and with gin in place of scotch whisky.
• CardinaleBuilt on gin and with gin in place of scotch whisky.
• Manhattan4 degrees stronger and with rye whiskey in place of scotch whisky.
• Gin & ItBuilt on gin and with gin in place of scotch whisky.

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Recipe source: Difford's Guide · checked on 3 November 2026