Everything You Need to Know About the Rob Roy
With the Scotland national football team's stunning, rule-breaking run in the FIFA World Cup 2026 soccer heartbreak, there has never been a better time to revisit this classic which puts Scotch whisky front and center. In a world where the Old Fashioned and Manhattan have become ubiquitous with the modern cocktail movement, the Rob Roy has shamefully been left out to pasture like a flock of sheep on the Scottish Highlands. We say the time is nigh for a revival. First concocted during the golden age of mixology, the drink was named after the legendary Scottish folk hero Rob Roy MacGregor. Though some might dismiss it as just a "Scotch Manhattan," sharing such common ingrediants as sweet vermouth, bitters, and Maraschino cherries, the robust character of its native spirit when mixed with sweeter notes gives it a charm all its own.
