Chilcano
The Chilcano is a citrusy highball made with Pisco, Lime Juice, Angostura Bitters and Ginger Ale. It is built and served in a highball glass, about 14% ABV before ice melts.
- Method
- Built
- Glass
- Highball glass
- Served
- Highball
- Strength
- About 14% ABV before ice melts
- Family
- Highball
- Flavour
- Citrus
Ingredients
- 60mlPisco
- 15mlLime Juice
- 2 dashesAngostura Bitters
- 105mlGinger Ale
How to make it
- Fill a highball glass with ice, add the pisco, lime juice and bitters, then top up with ginger ale and stir briefly.
- Garnish with a lime wedge.
- In Peru, Amargo Chuncho bitters are traditional.
Tip: Fill the glass right to the top with ice so the drink stays cold without watering down fast.
About the Chilcano
Peru's everyday pisco highball, said to descend from a grappa and ginger ale mix made by Italian immigrants in Lima. It shares its name with a Peruvian fish broth.
Missing something?
- No Pisco? Use Brandy (Aged, so rounder and less floral)
- No Pisco? Use Cognac (Aged, so rounder and less floral)
- No Lime Juice? Use Lime (Squeeze fresh: 1 lime gives about 25 ml)
- No Lime Juice? Use Lemon Juice (Softer, different aroma)
- No Angostura Bitters? Use Peychaud's Bitters (Lighter, with more anise)
- No Ginger Ale? Use Ginger Beer (Spicier)
All swaps for Pisco, Lime Juice, Angostura Bitters and Ginger Ale
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