03/02/2024
Every year on the first Saturday in February, World Pisco Sour Day celebrates Peru’s National Drink, the Pisco Sour. The day also encourages learning more about Peruvian culture.
Pisco is a white brandy made in Peru from Muscat grapes. This brandy is the base liquor for the Pisco Sour. Other ingredients used to create a Pisco Sour include lime juice, egg whites, and Angostura bitters. An American bartender named Victor Vaughen Morris receives credit for inventing the alcoholic beverage. He developed the frothy, smooth cocktail in 1916 while working in Peru. Morris’ Bar was a favorite among the Peruvian upper class and visitors to Lima.
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Ingredients
2 ounces pisco EJ Brandy or Old Plum Brandy
1 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed
1/2 ounce simple syrup
1 egg white
Garnish: Angostura bitters
Steps
Add pisco, lime juice, simple syrup and egg white into a shaker and dry-shake (without ice) vigorously.
Add ice and shake again until well-chilled.
Strain into a chilled into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
Garnish with 3 to 5 drops of Angostura bitters. Using a straw, toothpick or similar implement, swirl the bitters into a simple design, if desired.
