Bobby Burns

Name: Bobby Burns
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 tsp Bénédictine; 60 ml Scotch; 1 twst Lemon Twist; 30 ml Sweet Vermouth

Scotch and sweet vermouth stirred with a teaspoon of Bénédictine and finished with a lemon twist. The whisky stays in front, softened by the vermouth and the liqueur's herbal sweetness.

The Bobby Burns dates to the 1930s and has no known creator. It is documented in Harry Craddock's Savoy Cocktail Book and in David Embury's The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks.

Method

Stirred

Glass

cocktail

Difficulty

Medium

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Herbal

Smoky

Sweet

Recipe Variations