Classic Cocktails · Brandy & Cognac
Pisco Punch
San Francisco's Gold Rush legend: silky, tropical and dangerously smooth.
- Base spirit
- Cognac
- Origin
- San Francisco, USA
- Period
- 1880s
- Creator
- Duncan Nicol
Ingredients
IBA official specification
- Pisco60 ml
- Fresh pineapple juice25 ml
- Fresh lime juice20 ml
- Gum syrup20 ml
- Glass
- Old fashioned glass
- Ice
- Ice cubes
- Garnish
- Pineapple wedge
- Technique
- Shaken
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Prep time
- 4 min
Method
- 01
Shake all ingredients hard with ice.
- 02
Strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass.
- 03
Garnish with a pineapple wedge.
Tasting Notes
Sweetness
Acidity
Bitterness
Body
- Aroma
- Grape blossom, pineapple
- Finish
- Bright and smooth
- Character
- Tropical brandy sour
Tasting scores are MIXY editorial assessments.
History & Background
Made famous by Duncan Nicol at the Bank Exchange saloon in San Francisco in the 1880s; his exact recipe died with him.
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