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In the News (Tue 18 Jun 13)

  
  THROW YOURSELF A PISCO PARTY!
Not only is pisco 45% alcohol, but it's an essential ingredient in the pisco sour, the national drink of Peru, a potent concoction that includes sugar, lime, bitters and raw egg white.
The word pisco comes from a Quechua word that means "bird" and pops up all the time in Peruvian culture, forming the root of town names like Piscohuasi, which means "house of birds", and Piscotuna, which means "fruit of birds." It even forms the roots of common Peruvian last names like Pisconte, Piscoya and Piscocolla.
While America won't be hosting the 10th National Pisco Competition, the 8th Festival of Pisco or the Second National Congress of Pisco anytime soon, the pisco sour is certainly worth exploring.
www.blacktable.com /pisco040219.htm   (480 words)

  
 Pisco Sour Day
Pisco or grape brandly is a miracle born from the fertile Peruvian desert and the mixtureof Indians and Spaniards.
Next, pisco is distilled in stop-and-go stills as opposed to continuous stills which rectify and discard many elements that characterize true pisco.
Additionally, 'scented' pisco made fragrant during the fermentation or distillation stages, and 'macerated' pisco to which fig, mango, cherry, lemon or 'chirimoya' (custard apple) flavors are added after fermentation are also produced in Peru, although exclusively for local consumption.
perutoyou.com /SpecialEvents/February2004/Sunday6/pisco_sour_day.htm   (1157 words)

  
 PISCO Case   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The conditions for pisco were laid centuries earlier by the adept engineering of the Incas in the Ica region on the southwestern Peruvian coast.
"Pisco is now at the center of a growing trade dispute between Peru and neighboring Chile over which country has the right to market the liquor under that name." While both countries claim a historical legacy to pisco, the underlying cause of the dispute is over exports and control over the market.
The government promotes pisco as being Peruvian, using the slogan "Pisco es peruana" (Pisco is Pervian) on its culture crusade in Peru and the rest of the world.
www.american.edu /projects/mandala/TED/pisco.htm   (1738 words)

  
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Pisco or grape brandly is a miracle born from the fertile Peruvian desert and the mixtureof Indians and Spaniards.
Pisco thus produced must be either transparent or slightly amber-colored, and include ethyl alcohol, volatile acids, ethers, aldehydes and higher alcohols, while pure alcohol content fluctuates around 42* GL.
Additionally, 'scented' pisco made fragrant during the fermentation or distillation stages, and 'macerated' pisco to which fig, mango, cherry, lemon or 'chirimoya' (custard apple) flavors are added after fermentation are also produced in Peru, although exclusively for local consumption.
www.homestead.com /pbav/files/pisco.html   (992 words)

  
 Pisco Life
Pisco, technically a type of brandy, is distilled from grapes grown in the warm and sunny regions of Chile and Peru.
Pisco can either be enjoyed straight or used in mixed drinks, one of the best know being the Pisco Sour.
Some people, like the Peruvians, use an egg white in their pisco sour (one egg white is good for a blender full but not a shaker full), but true Chileans omit the egg white.
www.piscolife.com   (474 words)

  
 Pisco Sour :: Art of Drink
The Whisky Sour is a classic sour, which is probably the most commonly ordered in North America.
Pisco is the national spirit of Chile / Peru and they are currently still fighting over ownership.
It still follows the basic sour formula, but because Pisco is a grape distillate, the flavour is different which seems to intrigue people.
www.theartofdrink.com /blog/2006/09/pisco_sour.php   (899 words)

  
 Ryan's Blog: How to make a pisco sour
Pisco is Chile’s national liquor, but it is most often not served alone.
A well made pisco sour is almost reason enough to visit the thinnest country in the world.
Pisco is distilled from fermented muscatel grapes; it is essentially a grape brandy.
www.ryangreenberg.com /blog/archives/2006/07/how_to_make_a_p.php   (721 words)

  
 Marin Independent Journal - Barfly: Right lime makes the pisco sour
Pisco belongs to the family of "aguardientes" or literally, in Spanish, "burning water" as in burning one's throat.
Pisco is a type of viscous brandy that is distilled from the must or pomace of grapes grown in two regions of South America.
Chile and Peru require that pisco be aged for a minimum of three months in containers of "glass, stainless steel or any other material which does not alter its physical, chemical or organic properties," and that there be no additives of any kind that would alter appearance, taste, odor or alcoholic proof.
www.marinij.com /millvalley/ci_4515034   (1074 words)

  
 Pisco » Cocktail adventures at Oh Gosh!
Pisco is made by fermenting grapes in to wine, and then distilling this wine in to a clear brandy.
It is generally agreed that Pisco began when wine that had been produced for export but deemed inferior quality were gifted to local farmers, who then took the wine and distilled it.
The earliest known reference to Pisco is from the Spanish colonies of Peru, in 1613, and most of the evidence I’ve read seems to point towards Peru as the originator.
ohgo.sh /category/cocktails/ingredients/pisco   (638 words)

  
 Cocktail of the Month at Epicurious.com
Yet as anyone who has had a proper rendition of the drink knows — rousingly sweet-tart from lemon and sugar, lusciously foamy from emulsified egg white, aromatic from a couple of dashes of bitters — the cocktail deserves the determination it inspires.
Pisco, a brandy made from Muscat grapes grown in designated areas of Chile and Peru, has long been a point of contention between the two countries, each claiming greater spiritual ownership of the liquor and, consequently, of the Pisco Sour.
Also, a now-former coworker returned from a trip to South America with two bottles of bitters for McGrale made by a father and his sons in their basement in the Chilean city of Valparaiso.
www.epicurious.com /drinking/spirits/COTM/pisco   (408 words)

  
 Pisco
Pisco Alto de Carmen is a spirit woven into the history and culture of Chile.
While Pisco originated in Peru, the Chileans are justifiably proud of their own Pisco brands, and are quick to share them with newcomers.
Pisco Don Cesar is the only Pisco served there, as in many other great restaurants in Peru.
www.internetwines.com /spirits-brandy-pisco.html   (846 words)

  
 Pisco
Pisco is a clear brandy, popular for centuries in both Peru and Chile.
The white muscat grapes, from which pisco is distilled, were first grown in Peru by the Spaniards in the 16th century.
Since Peru had a town named Pisco, in 1939 the Chileans renamed their town of Union, in the Elqui Valley, to Pisco Elqui.
www.calnative.com /stories/n_pisco.htm   (442 words)

  
 Pisco Sour - The Webtender Wiki
The Pisco Sour is a Cocktail which consists of Pisco Brandy, Fresh Lime Juice, Sugar, Eggwhite, and Angostura Bitters.
The Pisco Sour is the National Cocktail of both Peru and Chile.
"Pisco Sours in Peru and even Chile almost always use Lime juice because yellow lemons are rare and VERY expensive down there...They also have a wonderful local bitters called Amargo by La Barra that is very cinnamon heavy in the top flavor note and particularly good on top of pisco sours..." - Dale DeGroff, Kingcocktail.
wiki.webtender.com /wiki/Pisco_Sour   (428 words)

  
 The Cocktail Chronicles » MMV: Pisco Sour
Sours are among the oldest class of cocktails, and as mixology goes, they’re pretty basic stuff: mix booze, lemon and sugar, then chill and serve.
No, during that time, pisco had it easy — native to South America (Chile and Peru are still battling it out about who’s responsible), this grape brandy had a clear shot at the gold fields, at least until the transcontinental railroad came along and blew away that market.
Then — and this is the pisco sour’s other unique attribute — after you’ve strained your drink into a glass, drip three or four drops of Angostura bitters on the foam.
www.cocktailchronicles.com /2006/07/16/mmv-pisco-sour   (857 words)

  
 Pisco
Pisco Punch was essentially a Pisco Sour served with a splash of pineapple juice and mineral water.
The clear corriente is the grade most produced and consumed in Chile, and is used for Pisco Sours or other pisco cocktails (such as Piscola, which is pisco and cola, and Cola de Mono) but rarely sipped.
Many stores (especially in Canada) may sell only Peruvian pisco, but the Peruvian pisco industry is contracting due to heavy duties on imported distilling equipment and the steady loss of Quebranta vineyards (caused mainly by water pollution from the mining industry).
rickcooks.com /ingredients/pisco.htm   (779 words)

  
 InternationalReports.net : Chile 2002
Chilean Pisco is an aged, fermented and distilled liquor made from the Muscatel grape.
Pisco’s alcohol concentration is between 35-50 percent and it is grown primarily in Chile’s fourth region (to the north of Santiago) and in a few southern areas of the third region.
The Pisco industry in Chile is composed of numerous producers who have formed agricultural cooperatives, exporting their product via large companies such as Pisco Capel and Pisco Control.
www.internationalreports.net /theamericas/chile/2002/pisco.html   (307 words)

  
 (Lima) Beans and Delhi Cha(a)t: Happy Pisco Sour Day!!
It hasn't been easy for us, Pisco was in the middle of a tug of war with a neighbor country who claimed it belonged to them.
Pisco is the base of our most famous drink, Pisco Sour.
Mix Pisco with sugar and lemon juice in a blender, then add the egg white and ice until the level reaches 3/4 of the blender's flask and blend.
limadelhi.blogspot.com /2006/02/happy-pisco-sour-day.html   (539 words)

  
 Pisco traditional drink Peru heritage, Pisco Sour
Pisco, name of the traditional drink and patrimony of Peru, is the symbol of Peruvian pride and nationality.
Pisco Acholado: (Half-breed) Is the result of the distillation of Quebranta and Italia grapes.
Pisco Italia: Tabernero's Pisco Italia is made through a slow process using 100% distilled Italia grape juice.
www.go2peru.com /pisco.htm   (532 words)

  
 Peru Pisco Sour cultural hertiage - Beverage World
Urrutia, who told Efe that Pisco Sour is a symbol of "the local, coastal culture," said other "intangible" elements such as Ayahuasca, a psychoactive infusion prepared from an Amazon jungle vine that used for shamanic, medicinal and religious purposes, also should be declared a cultural treasure.
Pisco Sour emerged in the 1920s as a variation of Whiskey Sour at a Lima bar owned by Victor Morris, an American who came to Peru to work in the mining industry but ended up starting his own business, according to researcher Jose Antonio Schiaffino Cebrian.
Pisco, a Quechua word that means "avecilla" (little bird), takes its name from the port city south of Lima from where this grape liquor was transported to Spain and several South American countries in the 16th century.
www.beverageworld.com /content/view/33893   (432 words)

  
 Pisco Sour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the early 1920s, the Pisco Sour cocktail was first produced at “Bar Morris” located at Calle Boza 847, Jiron de la Union, Lima.
In Chile, the birth of the Pisco Sour is attributed to the English steward of a sailing ship named "Sunshine".
The Pisco Sour spread to social clubs and bars throughout the port of Iquique, and from there it spread throught the country and beyond.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pisco_sour   (514 words)

  
 The Pisco Sour -- The Cocktail Spirit with Robert Hess -- Small Screen Network
Since we import Inca Gold Pisco as http://www.incaspirits.com we were delighted with your recognition of pisco sour as an international favorite.
Pisco availability appears to be a rather patchwork here in the US, with different brands popping up in different regions.
This also got me over my reluctance to make pisco sours in a shaker instead of a blender (even at the ranch I went to in Peru, they made it a blender, but they’d be making rounds of 10 or so at a time!).
www.smallscreennetwork.com /video/69/pisco_sour   (2476 words)

  
 Living in Peru : your everyday companion
In a country where beer is usually the staple alcoholic drink at parties, clubs, etc., the Pisco Sour is a refreshing and extremely patriotic alternative.
"Pisco Pan", as they have named it, is made from Pisco distilled in Surco, raisin jelly and is molded in the way most sweet breads are.
Surco will hold their V Pisco Sour Festival the weekend of February 1 to 3, from 10 a..m.
www.livinginperu.com /gastronomy/features-1024   (834 words)

  
 Pisco traditional drink Peru heritage, Pisco Sour
It was named "pisco", name that has three origins: means a Quechua word that translated to English means "bird".
Pisco, city and name of a town that belongs to the Ica valley, correspond to a very important event.
The botija was a practical container that used in the elaboration of pisco and then to transport and keep it.
www.ilatintravel.com /pisco.htm   (534 words)

  
 L.A. Ritz: Adventures in Cocktails: The Pisco Sour   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Pisco Sour is the national cocktail of Peru.
While not as exciting as the assortment and tropical fruitiness of the many caiparhinas I sucked down in Brazil, you can't go wrong with the sweet n' tart Pisco Sour, the base of which is a muscat grape brandy that comes from the region near Pisco in the south of Peru.
After an excellent Pisco Sour with this view of Huyana Picchu looming in the distance, there could've been piss in that drink and I probably wouldn't have noticed.
www.laritz.info /archives/000362.html   (1160 words)

  
 Pisco Sour recipe
I have lived in Peru were the Pisco sour is the national drink.
Well the original recipe of the pisco sour was created by 3 peruvian bartenders whos name's were Alfonso Bregoye, Graciano Cabrera y Alberto Mezarina in the bar MORRIS in the Boza street, number 847 in the city of Lima.
Pisco Sour was Invented by Englishman in 1872
www.drinksmixer.com /drink5931.html   (1724 words)

  
 Pisco Sour
Pisco is the national spirit of Chile / Peru and they are currently still fighting over ownership.
It still follows the basic sour formula, but because Pisco is a grape distillate, the flavour is different which seems to intrigue people.
Pisco Sours don’t have the sharp edge that a whisky sour has, so you can drink more than two.
www.artofdrink.com /2006/09/pisco-sour.php   (854 words)

  
 Pisco sour - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
El pisco sour es un cóctel preparado en base al pisco y al jugo de limón con diversos agregados.
Una de las más frecuentes recetas de pisco sour chileno es 3 medidas de pisco chileno, 1 de jugo de limón de Pica, una clara de huevo, azúcar y hielo a gusto, y se agita.
La preparación del pisco sour en Chile cuenta con distintos ingredientes que el Pisco sour del Perú, sobre todo cuando se usan limones amarillos, que tienen mucha menor acidez en comparación con el limón de Pica o del Perú.
es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pisco_sour   (827 words)

  
 Imbibe Features: ON THE PISCO TRAIL
Pisco may have been all the rage in California before Prohibition, but today it is essentially off the radar in North America.
Making the Pisco Sour into a barroom regular could be a challenge—it uses egg whites and bitters, so it’s not as simple as whipping up a martini—but variations on the original Pisco Punch are simple.
Pisco also stands out in that it’s bottled at the same level of alcohol as when it was produced: companies can’t add water to fine-tune the proof, so they have to get it exactly right the first time.
www.imbibemagazine.com /backissues/pisco.html   (1799 words)

  
 Peru Food: Happy Pisco Sour Day 2008! (Pisco Sour: Not For Beginners)
According to José Antonio Schiaffino in his book, The Origin of the Pisco Sour, this drink was invented in the Morris Bar, which operated between 1915 and 1933 in Lima.
In Ica, where the majority of Peruvian pisco is distilled, there will also be a pisco sour festival.
We've written a bit about pisco, and pisco sours, here at Peru Food: we told you how pisco is made, we linked a video on the role of pisco in Peruvian history, we shared a number of recipes for making pisco sours, including the easiest-ever illustrated pisco sour recipe from Japan.
perufood.blogspot.com /2008/02/happy-pisco-sour-day-2008-pisco-sour.html   (727 words)

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