Ingredients
- 1½ ozscotch whisky
- ¾ ozsweet vermouth
- 2 dashesorange bitters
- 🍋Green olive(garnish)
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Instructions
- Combine the Scotch, sweet vermouth, and orange bitters in a mixing glass filled with ice.
- Stir for 20 to 25 seconds until well chilled.
- Strain into a chilled coupe glass.
- Garnish with a single green olive on a cocktail pick.
📜 History
The Highland Fling is a Prohibition-era Scotch cocktail of uncertain authorship that shares its DNA with the Rob Roy -- both use Scotch and sweet vermouth -- but sets itself apart with the addition of orange bitters and a savory green olive garnish. Named after the traditional Scottish solo folk dance, the cocktail evokes the spirited character of the Highlands. Its exact origins remain disputed, though versions of the recipe have appeared in American and British cocktail books since the early twentieth century.
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