# El Capitán

A Peruvian classic joining fragrant grape spirit and sweet vermouth in equal measure, sharpened with aromatic bitters and a savoury olive.

Strength: 28% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 45 ml [Pisco](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/pisco.md) — Use a Peruvian pisco puro.
- 45 ml [Sweet vermouth](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/sweet-vermouth.md)
- 1 dash [Angostura bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/angostura-bitters.md)

## Glassware

Coupe glass

## Garnish

- Green olive — Skewer one or two olives on a cocktail pick.

## Method

1. Stir all the ingredients with ice until well chilled.
2. Fine-strain into a chilled coupe glass.

## Related drinks

- [Chilcano](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/chilcano.md): A crisp Peruvian pisco highball lengthened with ginger ale and lightly seasoned with aromatic bitters.
- [Metropole Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/metropole-cocktail.md): George Kappeler’s equal brandy-and-French-vermouth cocktail layers three tiny sweet, anise, and orange-bitter accents over an unusually dry core.
- [Delmonico No. 1](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/delmonico-no-1.md): Cognac gives a Perfect Martini's split vermouth a small measure of vinous weight while Angostura adds spice, preserving the drink's useful closeness to its better-known relation.
- [Hearst Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/hearst-cocktail.md): An equal-parts sweet Martini where aromatic and orange bitters put a dark, spiced edge around dry gin and fresh Italian-style vermouth.
- [Perfect Manhattan](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/perfect-manhattan.md): A Manhattan whose vermouth is split equally between sweet and dry, bringing a leaner, more herbal balance.
- [Fourth Regiment](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/fourth-regiment.md): Three distinct bitters turn an equal rye-and-sweet-vermouth Manhattan ancestor into a detailed study of citrus, anise, and savoury celery.
- [Corpse Reviver No. 1](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/corpse-reviver-no-1.md): Cognac, Calvados, and sweet vermouth make a dark, spirit-forward member of the loosely named Corpse Reviver family, entirely unlike the bright gin-and-citrus No. 2.
- [Manhattan](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/manhattan.md): A spirit-forward rye cocktail softened by sweet vermouth and seasoned with aromatic bitters.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/el-capitan
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/el-capitan-c3ce0739.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/19910/el-capitan