The drink is so popular at the Snowbowl bar, he makes the secret blend in 6-gallon batches.
On a typical day, he?ll sell about 130 pints of bloodies.
Once, they went through 220.
The Missoula Independent has voted it the best bloody mary in the area since the drink debuted in 1996.
That?s a hell of a run.
Davis wears tinted glasses and has tobacco-stained teeth.
Snowbowl is Ma and Pa old school.
It?s about 20 minutes from Missoula at the end of a dirt road.
Its two vintage double chairs access 2,600 vertical feet of fall line through thick trees.
They groom about a run and a half, depending on the day.
which sounds like more of an STI than a reasonable state of skiing.
But back to the point ?
the best morning cocktail in the land.
Some call it perfect.
The mix comes with a plastic sword with a peperoncini, an olive and a clove of garlic.
There are some things that are just law in skiing.
Utah has the best snow.
Sun Valley has the best early-season groomers and Aspen the friendliest cougars.
Montana Snowbowl has the best bloodies.
Going there and not ordering one is like going to Mad River Glen and avoiding the single chair.
Bottoms up, Montana.
