Name: Habitant
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Maple syrup; 4 drop Abbott's bitters; 10 ml Chilled water

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)

³⁄₄ fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Maple syrup

4 drop

Bob's Abbotts bitters

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Chilled water/mineral water (omit if using wet ice)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Habitant contains 192 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
20.53% alc./vol. (41.06° proof)
23.7 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe in Ted Saucier's 1951 Bottom's Up where this cocktail is credited to Larry Denis, Head Bartender at the Seigniory Club, The Log Chateau, Quebec, Canada.

HABITANT
By Larry Denis, Head Bartender, Seigniory Club, The Log Chateau, Quebec.
This is a winter favorite.
2 or 3 parts rye whisky
1 part fresh lemon juice
1 part maple syrup
Dash bitters
Ice
Shake. Serve in a cocktail glass.

Ted Saucier, 1951

Comments & Discussion

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Chris Garner Premium Member 7w

I read about it in the Fine Art of Mixing Drink and David said that it was a sweet Manhattan with as much maple as sweet vermouth.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 28w

It's good. Fairly tart. I don't have Abbott's bitters, so I used Bitter Truth Bogart's Bitters, which I didn't quite detect in the final product. Willett 4-yr rye, as usual... Seems like it's missing some texture/body. Also seems like a drink one could sub in apple brandy or Cognac.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 28w

Made a small sample of the 2:1:1 right after (ice might've been too wet though) and that was closer to what I was hoping for. More distinct. More maple, mouthfeel improved, and I detected more than a hint of the bitters (the dose amounted to a dash).

Andre Derailleur Premium Member 1y

A real favourite of mine: a simple sour, but the maple works really well with the rye.

John Hinojos Premium Member 2y

Had this cocktail again tonight as July 1 is not just Canada Day, but my husband's birthday. Had as an evening sipper. Was a good as I remembered. Put onto my favourites.

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

The maple syrup adds a warm, sweet touch to this cocktail. Rye is forward and the lemon juice adds delightful citrus hints. Bitters also bring some herbal tastes.

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