# Pisco Sour

An aromatic grape-spirit sour balancing lemon and sugar beneath a silky egg-white foam seasoned with bitters.

Strength: 17% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 60 ml [Pisco](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/pisco.md)
- 30 ml [Fresh lemon juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-lemon-juice.md)
- 20 ml [Simple syrup](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/simple-syrup.md)
- 30 ml [Egg white](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/egg-white.md)
- 3 drops [Angostura bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/angostura-bitters.md) — Float on the foam.

## Glassware

Goblet glass

## Method

1. Shake the pisco, lemon juice, syrup, and egg white without ice to build a fine foam.
2. Add ice and shake again until well chilled, then fine-strain into a chilled goblet glass.
3. Dot the bitters across the foam.

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- [Gin Basil Smash](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gin-basil-smash.md): Fresh basil is muddled through Jörg Meyer's bright 2008 gin sour, making vivid green aroma a structural ingredient.
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- [Chilcano](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/chilcano.md): A crisp Peruvian pisco highball lengthened with ginger ale and lightly seasoned with aromatic bitters.
- [Whiskey Sour](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/whiskey-sour.md): Bourbon, lemon, and sugar with optional egg white for a soft, foamy texture.
- [Brandy Daisy](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/brandy-daisy.md): The 1888 Harry Johnson branch joins Cognac and Yellow Chartreuse over crushed ice, with lemon, rich syrup, soda, berries, and mint around its herbal centre.
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## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/pisco-sour
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/pisco-sour-025794b8.webp
- Recipe source: https://iba-world.com/iba-cocktail/pisco-sour/