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Scotch Cocktails

While we love our scotch neat, on the rocks or with a bit of water, there's a wide range of classic cocktail recipes and modern riffs. Get a whole new appreciation for scotch by mixing some of these great scotch drinks.
Cunningham cocktail
Cunningham
Prophet in Plain Clothes cocktail
Prophet in Plain Clothes
Mint Green Old Fashioned
Mint Green Old Fashioned
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Big Red Sun cocktail
Big Red Sun
Witches’ Brew
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Blood and Sand in a cocktail glass with an orange peel garnish
Blood & Sand
rob roy cocktail garnished with two skewered cherries
Rob Roy
scotch and soda cocktail in a highball glass with ice
Scotch & Soda
Hot Toddy cocktail in a glass mug with lemon wheel and cloves
Hot Toddy
whiskey mac cocktail on the rocks, served on a wooden bar
Whisky Mac
penicillin cocktail in a textured with a candied ginger garnish speared on a metal spear
Penicillin
godfather cocktail on a tray with scotch and amaretto bottles
Godfather
Set the New Year on Fire cocktail
Set the New Year on Fire
A clear glass cocktail mug filled with light brown liquid and garnished with a lemon twist; a metal pitcher with flames coming from within it sits to the left of the mug.
Blue Blazer
Drunk Uncle
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rusty nail cocktail served in a rocks glass over one large ice cube
Rusty Nail
A Collins glass filled with clear ice cubes and an amber-hued effervescent drink
Presbyterian
Frank Caiafa’s Rob Roy
Modern cocktail
The Modern
Pot of Gold
A faceted cocktail coupe sits on a marble surface. A beam of light illuminates a golden beverage within, and a thin slice of lemon peel. The rest of the photo is in shadow.
Bobby Burns
A short, unadorned coupe stands on a wooden surface. The glass holds a crimson cocktail and a thin slice of orange.
Rusty Compass
A Martini glass with a knobby stem sits on a silver bar tray with intricate inlay. It is garnished with a long twist of lemon peel. Also on the bar tray is a long bar spoon, a Hawthorne strainer, and a mixing glass with ice cubes.
Smoky Martini
red-colored Tart ’n' Sand cocktail in a coupe with an orange wheel, set in a sunbeam on a dark granite counter
Tart ’n’ Sand
Royal Balmoral Punch
Royal Balmoral Punch
A rocks glass with a stirred brown cocktail on a large ice cube garnished with lemon zest
Whisky in Church
Whisky Skin cocktail
Whisky Skin
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