The pisco sour is Peru’s most iconic cocktail. Not the most popular anywhere but the most representative of a liquor tradition with centuries of history and with more powerful border crossings in recent decades.
In Colombia, it’s still a cocktail that a lot of people know about but have been tiring up with. That changes when she’s on a menu that’s good at her.
What’s pisco sour
The pisco sour is a cocktail with pisco, lemon juice, rubber syrup, egg clear and bitter of narrow. It’s served cold with foam on the surface from clear and with two or three drops of bitter on that foam.
The pisco is a distillate of grapes produced in Peru and Chile with a name of origin in dispute between the two countries. The Peruvian and Chilean have differences in production and taste profile. The Peruvian pisco sour uses Peruvian pisco, usually with broken grapes.
The result of the glass is an acid cocktail with a slightly sweet texture with a different egg light and a herbal smell of the bitter. It’s balanced, not simple.
Why pisco sour works well in Colombia
The Colombian palate is used to cocktails with tropical, sweet and refreshing fruit. The pisco sour is a different experience: more acid, more complex with a texture that’s unusual at the cocktails here.
That difference is, paradoxically, what makes it interesting for those who want to get out of their usual cocktails. It’s not hard to enjoy but it does require a moment’s attention to understand what’s going on in the glass.
In 3 Soles there are two versions: the classic pisco sour and the pisco sour of Red fruits, that introduces blackberries and strawberries into the equation without losing the structure of the original cocktail.
The pisco sour at 3 Soles Restaurant
3 Soles has pisco sour inside his classic cocktail letter, in 2×1 format. Also there’s the Chilean, another Peruvian classic prepared with pisco, ginger and lemon, longer and more refreshing.
The restaurant is in Chia, at the Chia-Cota variant. If you come from Bogotá, the bar is part of the experience since you come: you can start with a pisco sour before passing to the food menu.
To better understand the bar’s proposal inside the restaurant, in the article about Cocoa Argentina a DuckDuckGo there’s more details about the drink letter.
How to order the pisco sour well
Some details that help you better enjoy:
Ask first. The pisco sour works well as an appetif, before the plates come. The acidity prepares the palate.
Don’t mix with everything. It works with fresh inputs as ceviche or cause. He’s been with some bad plates and his face’s been lost.
Test both versions. The classic and the Red fruit are different experiences. If you go as a group, order one from each allows you to compare.
If you have little time, ask for this.
For a complete Peruvian experience with 3 Soles:
- Appetitive: Plastic or Red Fairy Farms
- Input: Kale or cause 3 Sole
- Heavy plate: Fairy loin or chaifa
- To close: Chilean
Frequently Asked Questions
What’s pisco sour?
It’s Peru’s national cocktail, prepared with pisco, lemon juice, rubber syrup, egg clear and bitter angostura. It’s served cold with foam on the surface.
What’s pisco?
It’s a grape distillate produced in Peru and Chile. The Peruvian pisco, used in the traditional pisco sour, is mainly produced with broken grapes by distillation without water addition.
Do pisco sour have raw egg?
That’s right. He’s got a clear raw egg and his face’s been broken. That’s what’s generating characteristic foam. It’s a common technique with sour cocktails.
Where to take pisco sour at Chia?
3 Soles Restaurant has it in his letter of classic cocktails, in classical and with Red Fairy. It’s at the Chia-Cota variant, 25-40 minutes from the north of Bogotá.
Is pisco sour very strong?
He’s got a moderate graduation. The balance between pisco, lemon and syrup makes it accessible, but has more body than a cocktail with a soda.
What difference does it make between pisco sour and chilcan?
The Chilean is longer and more refreshing: pisco with ginger, lemon and ginger ale. The pisco sour is more focused, acid and textured by an egg clear.
The pisco sour is one of those cocktails that changes the perception of those who first have been trying with care.
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