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  • noun a Peruvian cocktail containing pisco, lemon or lime juice, egg whites, simple syrup, and bitters

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  • A cocktail made from pisco, citrus juice, egg whites and bitters.

    Edit: also simple syrup.

    November 9, 2007

  • national cocktail of Peru & Chile

    July 17, 2009

  • pisco punch was an extremely popular drink in San Francisco around 1900. It is basically a pisco sour with simple syrup added ( or a pisco sweet and sour, if you will). Pisco means 'little bird' in Quechua.

    October 30, 2009

  • There are myriad definitions of the pisco sour, but mine includes simple syrup.

    October 30, 2009

  • One of the few things that made Santiago bearable.

    *Is pleased to be in Madrid, which - it is rumored - is home to a very fine art gallery*

    October 30, 2009

  • That's good to hear. None of the other large cities have that.

    October 30, 2009