Chilcano: Midnight Cable

Name: Chilcano: Midnight Cable
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Peru
Ingredients: 2 oz pisco; 1/2 oz lime juice; Ginger ale; 2 dashes bitters; 2 dashes aromatic bitters

Lima, Peru America/Lima

History

The refreshing Peruvian highball likely evolved from the Italian Buon Giorno brought by immigrants, replacing grappa with local pisco. This is a clearly labeled house field riff rather than a historical classic: Aromatic bitters pull warm spice and orange peel into the foreground.

Brandy · yields one cocktail

Ingredients

12 oz pisco
21/2 oz lime juice
3Ginger ale
42 dashes bitters
52 dashes aromatic bitters

Method

01Build over ice in a highball and top with ginger ale.
02Add the bitters with the other ingredients and finish with expressed orange oil.

Enjoy responsibly. Recipes are intended for adults of legal drinking age.