Monday, September 3, 2018

161. Hamilton Cocktail


My interpretation:
  1.5 oz Dubonnet
  0.5 oz The Famous Grouse

Stir with broken ice, strain into cocktail glass, serve. — This cocktail, nowadays known as a Rob Roy (esp. with bitters and a cherry), first appears under this name in JM 1910s (Third Edition). The bitters and cherry and not necessary. There is a Hamilton in the Lowlands of Scotland, which leads us to conclude that perhaps a Scotch of that area, such as Auchentoshan, might be most appropriate.
 

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