Pisco Sour

Pisco Sour

• Type
  Cocktail
• Primary alcohol by volume
  Pisco
• Served
  Straight up
• Standard garnish
  Angostura bitters
• Standard drinkware
  Old fashioned glass
• IBA specified ingredients
  60 ml pisco
  30 ml lime juice
  20 ml simple syrup
  1 egg white
  Several drops of aromatic bitters at the end
• Preparation
  Vigorously shake contents in a cocktail shaker with ice cubes, then strain into a glass and garnish with bitters.
• Timing
  All day

A pisco sour is an alcoholic cocktail of peruvian origin that is typical of the cuisines from peru and chile.

The drink’s name comes from pisco, which is its base liquor, and the cocktail term sour, in reference to sour citrus juice and sweetener components.

The peruvian pisco sour uses peruvian pisco as the base liquor and adds freshly squeezed lime juice, simple syrup, ice, egg white, and Angostura bitters.

The chilean version is similar, but uses chilean pisco and Pica lime, and excludes the bitters and egg white.

Other variants of the cocktail include those created with fruits like pineapple or plants such as coca leaves.

References
Pisco sour