Bobby Burns

Classic

Raise a toast to scotland’s national bard with the Bobby Burns cocktail. A recipe you’ll wanna share with friends.

Introducing the ‘Robert Burns’ cocktail

Scotland’s national poet left quite the legacy. Hundreds of poems, a celebratory supper and a cocktail so good you’ll drink it till the wee hours. Meet the Bobby Burns. Herbal, smoky and sweet, it’s a drink that’ll please most crowds. Best served neat with a lemon twist.

The Bobby Burns is a close cousin to a Rob Roy, a Manhattan-style drink named after another Scottish treasure. What can we say, the Scots like to commemorate their heroes in whisky form.

Bobby Burns Ingredients

45ml Ballantine’s Finest Whisky

45ml Sweet Vermouth
25ml Bénédictine
Lemon

How to make a Bobby Burns

Stir all ingredients over ice until chilled
Strain into chilled glass
Garnish with lemon twist

THE ULTIMATE BURNS NIGHT DRINK

What better to drink on a night that honours Robert Burns than the cocktail named after him. Much like the Scottish national supper, the Bobby Burns celebrates the poet’s life and words, making it a must-have drink for Burns Night. Take a sip between readings and courses of haggis before the annual toast to the Bard.

Ballantine’s Finest

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Bobby Burns: a cocktail history lesson

The Bobby Burns is steeped in tradition. The first record dates back to 1902, adding a ‘pony’ of scotch to a teaspoon of both vermouth and Benedictine, resulting in a ‘Baby Burns’. Later it became the Bobby we know and love.

Historians aren’t exactly sure that it’s originally named after the Scottish poet or a US salesman who opened a branch of Robert Burns cigars next to the former Waldorf Astoria. But either way, it’s now classed as the drink of Burns Night in the UK.