Pisco Sour

The Pisco Sour is a favorite cocktail native to Peru or Chile, as both countries claim to have created the drink. By mixing pisco, lime juice, egg white, and bitters, you get a tangy, smooth, and bold Pisco Sour cocktail. Pisco is a South American grape brandy that is made from distilled wine. Its…

Category
Cocktails
Glassware
Chilled coupe
ABV
20-24%
Flavour
Tart, Grape, Creamy

Key ingredients

How to make it

Combine 2 oz pisco, 1 oz fresh lime juice, ¾ oz sugar syrup and one egg white in a shaker. Dry-shake without ice, add ice and shake hard again. Double-strain into a chilled coupe and dot the foam with 3-4 drops of Angostura bitters drawn into a pattern.

Flavour profile

Tart, Grape, Creamy

Origin & history

Peru or Chile, early 1900s; both nations claim it as their national drink.

Serve it in

Chilled coupe

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