Pisco Sour Recipe

Here’s a Bit More About the Pisco Sour

If you’ve taken a look at any of our other sour cocktail recipes you’ll know we love this style of cocktail a little bit too much. Although they’re called a sour, you’ll notice that a little bit of sweetness in most cocktails of the style. The Pisco Sour is not exception. In no way would you call it a sweet cocktail of course. The Simple Syrup is really only there to take the edge of all the tartness that the Lemon Juice imparts on the drink. This makes the Pisco Sour, and most sours for that matter, pretty adjustable. Some like them super sour and will dial back the sugar (or even eliminate it). Others like that extra bit of sweetness so will increase it. Feel free to see what works best for you.

Can I increase the ingredients to make more than one cocktail at once?

You can probably make two or three cocktails at once, but no more than that. When shaking a Pisco Sour (or any cocktail with Egg White), it’s important to get the Egg White nice and agitated so that it froths up. If you don’t have enough room in your cocktail shaker, you can’t do that. So avoid the temptation to overfill your cocktail shaker and keep things more minimal.

Am I able to make a Pisco Sour in advance

Again, due to the froth from the Egg White, you can’t make a Pisco Sour in advance. If you don’t enjoy this cocktail right away, you’ll lose the froth, which is half the fun of the cocktail!

Do you have a perfect time for the Pisco Sour?

Sorry to keep bringing this back to our other sour cocktail recipes, but, while the base spirit of a sour can change the cocktail considerably, the general taste profile and the general feeling of the cocktail doesn’t change very much.

As we usually say, we like to have a sour (in this case a Pisco Sour) after eating. Like a tart dessert, a Pisco Sour is does well to clear the taste buds while also being tasty. Being a brandy, Pisco can probably be considered a digestif if you’re into that sort of thing.

With all of that in mind, the Pisco Sour (and most other sours for that matter) is a nice cocktail for cocktail time, whether that be a party or as an after work drink. Thanks to the Egg White sours aren’t often quite as quick to make, but they’re well worth it! Unfortunately Pisco isn’t quite as common at a lot of bars these days, but it’s well worth having a bottle at home for drinks like this!

Is the Pisco Sour a strong cocktail?

It’s the same as other sour cocktails, which are all about average in the world of cocktails. Cocktails are usually stronger than other alcohol drinks, so while the Pisco Sour is average, you’ll probably find it stronger than many other non-cocktail drinks you may have tried. The good thing about sour cocktails though is that they’re made for sipping. Being a little bit sour, something like the Pisco Sour can’t really be drunk too fast even if you wanted to! So, regardless of the amount of alcohol, you probably won’t overdo it on a Pisco Sour. Either way, take your time with this wonderful cocktail. Enjoy it!

What music goes best with a Pisco Sour?

Being a Peruvian spirit, we think some sort of Peruvian music would go best with the Pisco Sour. While we listen to plenty of music over here at What Cocktail Can We Make, Peruvian music is far from what we’re familiar with. We’re sure Peru has some great music, both traditional and modern, but we just don’t know it! Perhaps whipping up a Pisco Sour or two and exploring what Peru has to offer in terms of tunes would be a good way to find out more.

And that’s what we suggest you do too!

We’re going to start with some Peruvian folk music to see what it’s like. We imagine it will be quite different from what we’re used to. But what we think we’d really like is more modern Peruvian music. Let’s see what happens!