Pisco
A super potent brandy made from the distillation of Muscat grapes in Chile and Peru. Aged in special containers to prevent the liquor from absorbing either the color or flavor of the wood.
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James Darby
I had this in Peru and I must say, not a fan!
1I have two bottles of Pico at home....I really like it is pretty good with cranberry juice or coke as the Chileans drink it. I also use it as the white wine on sauces and it works almost the same although this one is stronger so you can't put the same qty.
2i went to chile last year and was introduced to a drink called Pisco Sour. It kindo of tasted like a margarita and it was the most potent drink i had ever had... i loved it, but definitely tread with caution...
3i love it. i like it mixed with coke for a piscola (or diet coke)
4Ok, two things:
1. There's a decades-long dispute about who "invented" pisco, between Peru and Chile. Peruvians say it's theirs, Chileans say their is better. Just, FYI.
2. You're not really supposed to drink Pisco straight up. We Chileans drink it with Coke, Piscola, which is one of the most popular drinks in the country. The other popular one is Pisco Sour, which is pisco with lemon juice and a bit of sugar. Piscola is more popular amongst men, while Pisco Sour is more of a lady drink. One brand of pisco makers has released new drinks: mango sour (pisco and mango) and berry sour (strawberry juice and pisco).
5Pisco is original from Peru establish since the viceroyalty days of Spain in the Americas.
6Is also produce in Chile and Bolivia. Peruvian Pisco sour is so popular and its serve in all trendy restaurants around the world. French wine, Italian wine, California wine, so who cares Peruvian Pisco or Chilean Pisco, drink which ever you like better.
Check this link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisco
Peruvian Pisco Rocks!
Peruvian Pisco is indeed sipped straight up! In Peru one can buy Pisco "snifters" which are slender glasses with a distinctive "hourglass" shape.
7In Peru, there are several types of Pisco, but all pisco is made under certain specifications.
If you go to Lima and do not get a good Pisco sour, try it again somewhere else. Also, other popular drinks in Peru are the "Chilcana de Pisco" (pisco and sprite or sprite zero) and the desert drink, Algarrobina, which is an egg nog made with a Peruvian variety of carob syrup called Algarroba, egg yolk and ice in a blender!
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