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Pisco and Ginger Ale (Chilcano)
Chilcano — Pisco and ginger ale variations with lime, blood orange, grapefruit, and pineapple January 11-17 is officially Chilcano week in Peru, so to celebrate I experimented with different...
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Habanero Pisco Sour
Habanero Pisco Sour In honor of the upcoming National Pisco Sour Day, which falls on the first Saturday of February each year, I was inspired to experiment with the traditional recipe. And like all...
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Mardi Gras Pisco Sour
Mardi Gras Pisco Sour So far, February has had weekly celebrations that have inspired new cocktails and recipes on Pisco Trail. First, we had National Pisco Sour Day and the Habanero Pisco Sour. Then,...
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10 Tips for Cocktail Photography
Some time ago, I was asked “do you take all the photographs on your blog?” and the answer is Yes! I write all the recipes, cook all the dishes, make all the cocktails, and photograph all the food and...
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Saffron Pisco
Saffron Pisco Today is National Paella Day, so to celebrate I decided to get back to the Pisco Lab and experiment with a new cocktail that used saffron. The color and flavor of saffron is very unique,...
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Pisco Bijou
Pisco Bijou If you speak French, you know that Bijou means jewel, and if you drink cocktails, you know that the classic Bijou is made by mixing three spirits whose colors represent three different...
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Comstock’s Monday Night Special
Comstock’s Monday Night Special Monday nights are usually pretty quite in San Francisco, the weekend is over, most restaurants are closed, and it’s back to the daily grind — but not at Comstock Saloon....
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Pisco Flower of My Secret
Pisco Flower of My Secret During one of Hotsy Totsy’s recent Stewsday events, I had the pleasure of sampling their special Aji de Gallina and three different Macchu Pisco cocktails, including one with...
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Before Sunset Pisco
Before Sunset Pisco Are you a Romantic or a Cynic? One test to determine which you are is to the watch the film Before Sunset and answer a simple question — do Jesse and Celine stay together at the end...
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Apricot Pisco Julep
Apricot Pisco Julep Sometimes, making a cocktail provides an opportunity to focus on simplicity and to experiment with the flavors of the season that demand to be mixed with Pisco. So next time you...
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Pisco Bella Fiore
Pisco Bella Fiore In many of the recipes on Pisco Trail, I talk about the influence of Inca, Spanish, African, Chinese, and Japanese cultures. But did you know that today in Lima it’s not uncommon to...
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Pisco Punch
Pisco Punch In honor of the upcoming Peruvian Independence Day on July 28, I’ve been researching the history of Pisco in San Francisco. And by researching I mean that I’ve been visiting different bars...
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3 Pisco Cocktails and a Dessert for NOLA
3 Pisco Cocktails and a Dessert for NOLA Of all the pop-up events I did last year, one of my favorite was the Peruvian Independence Day dinner in NOLA, and I am delighted to announce that this year...
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Yerba Mate Pisco Sour
Yerba Mate Pisco Sour During my trip to Peru last year, I had the opportunity to explore the Pisco bar scene in Lima, and I discovered a dramatic difference compared to the scene here in San Francisco....
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The Peruvian Whiskey Sour
The Peruvian Whiskey Sour All the cocktails that I’ve ever posted here have one very important common ingredient — Pisco. Infused Pisco, Pisco with herbal simple syrups, Pisco with citrus, and...
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5 Pisco Sours for Peruvian Independence Day
5 Pisco Sours: Classic, Orange Marmalade, Habanero, Yerba Mate, Mardi Gras Today more than ever, Peruvian Pisco has truly gone global as more and more bars around the world are including a Pisco drink...
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The Peruvian Vesper Martini
The Peruvian Vesper Martini In one of cinema’s most memorable mixology moments, James Bond is playing a high stakes poker game and orders a Martini which he christens The Vesper — “Three measures of...
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Pisco Coffee Tonic
Pisco Coffee Tonic One of most popular and simple Pisco cocktails to make is the Chilcano — fill a glass with ice, pour a little bit of Pisco, add some lime, maybe some simple syrup, top off with...
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Andean Negroni (Negroni Andino)
Negroni Andino What makes a Negroni a Negroni? Is it the ingredients that are used to make the drink? Or is the history behind its origin? No matter what your perspective, there is no question that the...
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Tusan Pisco Sour
Tusan Pisco Sour Celebrate the Chinese New Year with a cocktail inspired by the story of Chinese immigrants that arrived in Peru over 100 years ago. Presenting, the Tusan Pisco Sour, Pisco spiced with...
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