Drambuie

Drambuie was the personal liqueur of the Scottish Prince Charles Edward Stuart, better known as Bonnie Prince Charlie.
In 1746, having lost the famous battle of Culloden, he took refuge on the Isle of Skye as a guest of Captain John Mackinnon of Strathaird, to whom the Prince gave the secret recipe of his liqueur. For 156 years, the Mackinnon family passed down the recipe from generation to generation until, in 1902, Malcom Mackinnon opened a wines and liqueurs shop in Edinburgh, where he sold Drambuie.
Its name derives from the ancient Gaelic language “An Dram Buidach” – “the drink that satisfies”. Drambuie is a liqueur based on a mixture of 100% Scotch whisky including malt whiskies aged from 15 to 17 years, heather honeys and a strictly secret mix of infusions of herbs and spices.
Drambuie and ginger ale is the perfect long drink: Pour 50 ml of Drambuie into a highball glass filled with ice, fill to the top with ginger ale, add orange rind and decorate with a sprig of mint.