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Montana (Harry Johnson, 1900)

Name: Montana (Harry Johnson, 1900)
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Sloe gin liqueur; 45 ml Dry vermouth; 5 ml Anisette liqueur; 3 dash Boker's style bitters

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Hayman's Sloe Gin liqueur
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Anisette liqueur
3 dash	Difford's Bokers Bitters By Bob's Bitters

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled 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 Montana (Harry Johnson, 1900) contains 176 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
17.55% alc./vol. (35.09° proof)
16.9 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Johnson's 1900 Bartender's Manual

MONTANA COCKTAIL
(Use a large bar glass.)
¾ glass full of fine-shaved ice;
2 or 3 dashes of anisette;
2 or 3 dashes of bitters (Boker's genuine only);
½ wine glass of French vermouth;
½ wine glass of Sloe gin;
Stir up well with a spoon, strain into a cocktail glass; squeeze a piece of lemon peel on top and serve.
Harry Johnson, Bartender's Manual, 1900

This recipe for a Montana is replicated in Harry McElhone's 1922 Harry's ABC of Mixing Cocktails.

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Review

Sloe gin shines in this cocktail, lifted by subtle aniseed and liquorice notes from a touch of anisette.

Variations/similar cocktails

Montana (Hoffman House, 1905) with dry vermouth, anisette and Boker's bitters.
Montana Club (J.A. Grohusko, 1908) with brandy, dry vermouth, anisette and aromatic bitters.
Montana (Jacques Straub, 1913) with brandy, dry vermouth, ruby port, anisette and aromatic bitters.
Montana (Albert Stevens Crockett, 1931) with brandy, dry vermouth and ruby port.
Montana Club Martini with Old Tom gin, rosso vermouth and orange bitters.

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Comments & Discussion

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Simon Sedgley Premium Member 2y

I completely ruined this by adding too much bitters. How do savvy bartenders do dashes (and drops) of Bitter Truth's Bogarts Bitters, from its open-mouthed bottle? Pour into a separate glass and apply with a pipette?

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