The 3 variations of Bobby Burns:

1) Like the Bronx cocktail, the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel was the home of Robert Burns cocktail. Don’t search for the place because now is occupied by the Empire State Building.

In time, was a famous pre-Prohibition bar in America visited by barons, politicians, and many more.

This first version was published by Albert Stevens Crockett in 1931 Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Days where the drink was listed as “Robert Burns” in honour of a cigar salesman.

2) On another hand, we have a similar drink called Bobby Burns by Harry Craddock in his 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

Robert Burns was a Scottish poet in the 18^th century. More than 220 years have passed since his death, but the enjoyment of whisky is still strongly associate with Burns and practised each 25 January, Burn’s birthday.

3) The third version is adapted from David A. Embury’s 1953 The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, where he notes that Peychaud Bitters match better than Angostura with the Scotch and Benedictine is sometimes replaced by Drambuie, especially in this case because is made with a Scotch whisky base.