Rob Roy

So that's why it's a hint is there.

Um, it's, it's very nice on its own, but I, I got ridiculous with it because the other thing that I had been craving was a Rob Roy.

Okay.

And a Rob Roy is it's a riff on the Manhattan, right? Manhattan is generally bourbon or rye whiskey, vermouth and anistera bitters.

You can make a sweet one.

That's what most people think of when they think of a Manhattan.

But you can also make a dry one or you can make a perfect one with equal amounts of dry or sweet vermouth.

The Rob Roy, fun fact, a thing I learned today, the Rob Roy cocktail was invented by the bartender at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel to celebrate the release of the thing is either a play or an opera.

I'm Bob Woodley from the Listening Tube.

This week in 1712, the Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor.

I'm not real familiar with this Rob Roy MacGregor fellow, but apparently there have been three movies about him, an audiobook to accompany a novel, and an operetta.

It seems Rob didn't pay what he owed to the Duke, or what today we would call taxes, so the Duke called for his arrest.

Rob Roy was forced to surrender, but not until 10 years later in 1722.

He would be pardoned five years after that.

There's a lot more to this story, but it only caught my eye because of a drink I had to learn how to make when I was a bartender at an upscale Italian restaurant: The Rob Roy.

The drink was imagined by a bartender at the Waldorf Hotel in New York City all the way back in 1894 to mark the premiere of the aforementioned operetta.

matches what would, you know, capture the essence of the candlestick or candlestick holder.

And what comes up is a Rob Roy.

Could be nice.

And a Rob Roy... is sort of like a Manhattan.

It's scotch.

It has some vermouth in it and some bitters with either an orange twist or a cherry twist.

I like the idea of a twist because it reminds me of a candlestick wick.

Oh, I love that.

Mush

... and, and, and a scotch, and a beer, and a Rob Roy in a sidecar.

[laughs]

But I can't, and I'm mad about that.

Buckthorn? Blackthorn? Blackthorn.

If you want it with scotch, Rob Roy.

It's a Rob Roy.

Exactly.

Mm-hmm.

Um-

I made my, I made myself a delicious Manhattan with bl- bl- blended scotch.

You had a Rob Roy.