Montana (Hoffman House, 1905)

Name: Montana (Hoffman House, 1905)
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Dry vermouth; 5 ml Anisette liqueur; 2 dash Boker's style bitters

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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

Garnish: Lemon zest twist

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Method:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass filled with crushed ice.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Montana (Hoffman House, 1905) contains 89 calories

Alcohol content:

0.7 standard drinks
14.72% alc./vol. (29.44° proof)
9.7 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe in Charles S. Mahoney's 1905 The Hoffman House Bartender's Guide

Montana Cocktail
(Use a large bar glass.)
Three-quarters full of shaved ice.
Two dashes Anisette.
Two dashes bitters.
One-half wine-glass French Vermouth.
Stir with spoon, strain in cocktail glass, and serve, after squeezing piece of lemon peel on top.
Charles S. Mahoney, The Hoffman House Bartender's Guide, 1905

Review

Liquorice and subtle aniseed from the anisette emerge through the vermouth's herbal notes.

Variations/similar cocktails

Montana (Harry Johnson, 1900) with sloe gin, 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.