welcome friends welcome back to
cocktails after dark today we're going
to do a cocktail from the 1931 cocktail
book the old Waldorf days and we're
gonna do something called the Robert
Burns now is it a variation on the
Robbie Burns cocktail we don't really
know the author of the book would sort
of suggest that it isn't but who knows
there are several cocktails called the
Robbie Burns and they always start with
scotch whiskey so today I'm going to use
two different scotches and we're gonna
see what happens I'm going to use Shiva
twelve and a Dewar's fifteen which one
is gonna work best in this cocktail who
knows so it starts out with scotch and
then we go in with some vermouth and as
always the recipes are in the
description box below the video next in
is some absinthe and it says just a few
drops of absence so put that in and see
what happens and a couple dashes of
orange bitters ice the glasses and stir
some contemporary recipes for this
cocktail that give credit to this 1931
printing as the original recipe say
instead of putting a couple of drops of
absinthe into the mix you should coat
the inside of the glass fill the glass
with ice and water that you're
eventually going to pour it into and
then pour it out just so you leave a
coating of absinthe inside and I wonder
if that's a holdover from that time
period where absinthe was banned pretty
much everywhere I'm not sure if that's
from that time period I know that a lot
of people in that time period would have
substituted a different
a different flavoring to cover up for
the Absinthe who knows there we have the
Robert Burns now straight from the 1931
cocktail book Robert Burns it may have
been named after the celebrated scotsman
chances are however that it was
christened in honor of a cigar salesman
who bought in the bar so who knows I
mean there's only so many names to give
a cocktail and it's very close to the
next cocktail down in this book which is
the Rob Roy slight variations but you
know on the same theme and I've used
blended scotches in both cases here
there's nothing inherently wrong with a
blended Scotch in my mind anyway so the
first one I'm going to go is the Shiva
the Shiva 12 is something that you are
going to find globally it is everywhere
you can't get away from it so on the
nose obviously scotch
yeah the absinthe is right there as well
and I'm getting I'm getting a strong
overtone of wood
that's nice that's nice
let me let me try the next one
before I make any determination less
wood less of everything the overall
aroma on this one is definitely muted
not a bad thing not a good thing
I haven't formed an opinion yet
you know they are in flavor surprisingly
similar surprisingly similar
in this case slight advantage to the
shiva s' over the Dewar's slight
advantage to the shiva I think the shiva
s' in this combination with these
ingredients sitting here on the table
probably works better than the doers the
doers is is muted I think if you handed
me this one I would have sort of looked
at you and said why didn't you just pour
me some scotch I don't think that the
absence of the vermouth is bringing
anything to this whiskey whereas this
one I really do think that the interplay
between all of the ingredients makes a
drink that isn't necessarily better than
a scotch on its own but a little bit
different and a little bit more
interesting so in this round goes to the
Shiva s' and this particular Robert
Burns is quite nice I could see myself
sipping this a nice big clear ice cube
that melts very slowly over time subtly
changing the flavours over the course of
enjoying this yeah I could drink that
so which whisky would you mix into this
and which form earth for mouth would you
use I'm using I'm using a local craft
brewed vermouth from from close to where
I live I really like the flavor of this
Dylan's vermouth but let me know what
you would use in this cocktail do you
like this cocktail is this something
that you would make is this something
that you would try and if you do try to
make this leave it down in the comments
below what you thought thanks for
stopping by see you again soon