Scotch, Drambuie and Glayva recipes.

Scotch - A whiskey distilled from water and malted barley.
Rob Roy or Thistle (a Scotch Manhattan)
 1 1/2 oz Scotch
 1/4 oz sweet vermouth
 Angostura bitters (or Peychaud's †) (optional)

Combine the scotch, sweet vermouth and dry vermouth in a mixing glass
half-filled with ice cubes. Stir well, strain into a cocktail glass,
and garnish with a maraschino cherry or a lemon twist.

Dry Rob Roy - made with dry vermouth.
Perfect Rob Roy - made with equal parts sweet and dry vermouth.

Bobby Burns
There are two recipes for the Bobby Burns.
 2 ounces blended Scotch whisky
 1 ounce Italian (sweet) vermouth
 1 dash Angostura bitters (or if you have Peychaud's on hand, give that a spin)
 2 dashes Drambuie® OR Bénédictine
 Note: Some recipes call 1/2 oz. of Drambuie

Stir with ice and strain into a cocktail glass;
twist a piece of lemon peel over the drink, and add the twist as garnish.

In "The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks", David Embury says:
"Peychaud's tends to marry better with Scotch"
† I went 4 liquor stores and none had Peychaud's,
Search at www.wine-searcher.com
 See:
Bobby Burns at CocktailChronicles.com
Bobby Burns at DrinksMixer.com



In "A Birthday Toast to Scotland's Bard" (WSJ Jan. 23, 2009) they say:
The peculiar habit among Americans to call Burns "Bobby" (or "Bobbie")
has long been an object of derision. 
Ogden Nash proclaimed in the New Yorker:
He would no more speak of Tommy Hardy or Bernie Shaw.
His 1951 Poem "Everything's Haggis in Hoboken"  says
"And I yearn to shatter a set of crockery/On this condescending Bobbie-sockery."

Glasgow
1 1/2 oz Scotch whisky
1 tbsp dry vermouth
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp almond extract

Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice.
Shake and strain into an old fashioned glass.

The Highland Cream
1 oz Scotch whisky
1/2 oz white creme de cacao
1/4 oz peppermint schnapps
1/4 oz Galliano® herbal liqueur
1 tsp Glayva® Scotch liqueur *
1 oz whipping cream

Shake and strain into an ice-filled old-fashioned glass, and serve.

* I couldn't find Glayva at any stores. It wasn't in their catalogue either.
The only US source I found was Wine Globe.

Drambuie® drinks: Drambuie on ice Rusty Nail 1 1/2 oz Scotch whisky 1/2 oz Drambuie® Scotch whisky (Some call for a 1:1 ratio) 1 twist lemon peel Pour the scotch and drambuie into an old-fashioned glass almost filled with ice cubes. Stir well. Garnish with the lemon twist. Espresso Martini Cocktail Shake 2 parts Drambuie, 1 part Crème de Cacao, 2 parts strong espresso and pour into a pre-chilled martini glass. Dust with cinnamon. Clansmen’s Christmas Toddy 1 part Drambuie 2 parts cider 2 parts boiling water Add 3 squeezes of lemon Garnish with lemon and cinnamon stick. Drambuie recipes at cocktails.suite101.com
Drambuie_recipes at drambuie.com
Glayva drinks Glayva blush: Cranberry, chrushed ice and lime. Glayva gold: Ginger Ale, chrushed ice and lime. Highland Latte: Expresso, water, brown sugar, layer of fresh cream and a dram of Glayva Glayva on the rocks. * I couldn't find Glayva at any stores. It wasn't in their catalogue either. The only US source I found was Wine Globe. Links: Other Scotch based drinks at DrinksMixer.com Drambuie Cocktail Recipes at cocktails.suite101.com
Drambuie is a Registered Trademark Of The Drambuie Liqueur Co. Ltd.

last updated 11 Feb 2009