About the Pisco Sour cocktail
The Pisco Sour is a classic South American cocktail made with pisco, citrus, sugar, egg white, and bitters. It has the familiar balance of a sour, but the grape-based pisco gives it a bright, aromatic, and slightly floral character that makes it distinct from whiskey, gin, or rum sours.
Both Peru and Chile claim the Pisco Sour as a national drink, and both countries also claim ownership of pisco itself, making the cocktail a matter of history, identity, and national pride. The modern Peruvian version is usually linked to Victor Morris, an American bartender in Peru in the 1920s, while the Chilean version often uses Chilean pisco and may skip the egg white. However you approach the debate, the Pisco Sour remains one of the most important and iconic pisco cocktails.
