# Chilcano

A crisp Peruvian pisco highball lengthened with ginger ale and lightly seasoned with aromatic bitters.

Strength: 13% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 60 ml [Pisco](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/pisco.md) — Use a Peruvian pisco puro.
- 3 drops [Angostura bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/angostura-bitters.md)
- 120 ml [Ginger ale](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/ginger-ale.md)

## Glassware

Highball glass

## Garnish

- Lime wheel

## Method

1. Add the pisco and bitters to a highball glass filled with cubed ice.
2. Top gently with the chilled ginger ale and stir once.

## Related drinks

- [Horse’s Neck](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/horses-neck.md): Cognac and ginger ale become unusually aromatic beneath a continuous lemon spiral, whose peel oils give the spare, cold highball its defining dry edge.
- [Chuflay](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/chuflay.md): Bolivia’s aromatic Singani meets lemon and ginger ale in a crisp national highball whose floral grape character remains clear through the fizz.
- [El Capitán](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/el-capitan.md): A Peruvian classic joining fragrant grape spirit and sweet vermouth in equal measure, sharpened with aromatic bitters and a savoury olive.
- [Piscola](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/piscola.md): Chilean pisco and cola make a direct national highball in which fragrant grape spirit cuts cleanly through caramel, citrus, spice, and fizz.
- [Pisco Sour](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/pisco-sour.md): An aromatic grape-spirit sour balancing lemon and sugar beneath a silky egg-white foam seasoned with bitters.
- [Gunner](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gunner.md): Equal ginger beer and ginger ale make a sharp Hong Kong clubhouse cooler seasoned with Angostura and lemon.
- [London Buck](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/london-buck.md): Also known as the Gin Buck, this crisp London dry gin, lemon, and ginger-ale highball depends on cold, spice, and carbonation.
- [Floradora](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/floradora.md): Raspberry, lime, and London dry gin lengthened with ginger ale make this Edwardian highball bright, fragrant, and far drier than its theatrical pink suggests.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/chilcano
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/chilcano-015e636a.webp
- Recipe source: https://peru.info/es-pe/gastronomia/blogperu/2/12/la-historia-del-chilcano--elegancia--simplicidad-y-mucho-sabor