Cocktail · Peru
Chilcano
Build Peru’s Chilcano with pisco, ginger ale, lime and bitters using exact oz and ml quantities for a crisp, refreshing highball.
- Yield
- 1 cocktail
- Prep time
- 5 minutes
- Glassware
- Highball glass
- Base
- Brandy
Ingredients
- 2 oz (60 ml) pisco
- 0.5 oz (15 ml) fresh lime juice
- 4 oz (120 ml) ginger ale
- 2 dashes aromatic bitters
Garnish
Lime wheel
How to make it
- 1Chill a highball glass and measure each ingredient.
- 2Add pisco, lime juice, ginger ale and aromatic bitters to the highball glass, putting any sparkling ingredient in last.
- 3Add ice and stir gently three times to combine without flattening bubbles.
- 4Finish with lime wheel and serve immediately.
The story behind Chilcano
The Chilcano is a popular Peruvian pisco highball, lighter and simpler than a Pisco Sour. Ginger ale, lime and bitters make it an easy warm-weather way to drink the national spirit.