Name: Pisco Punch (Difford's recipe)
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 dried Clove; 50 ml Pisco; 30 ml Pineapple juice; 15 ml Orange juice; 15 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 20 ml Brut sparkling wine

Pisco Punch (Difford's recipe)
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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
2 dried	Clove
1 ²⁄₃ oz	BarSol Mosto Verde Italia Pisco
1 oz	Pineapple juice
¹⁄₂ oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
²⁄₃ oz	Brut champagne/sparkling wine chilled

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
Prepare garnish of pineapple wedge.
MUDDLE cloves in base of shaker.
Add next 5 ingredients (all but sparkling wine) and SHAKE with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
TOP with sparkling wine.
Garnish with pineapple wedge on rim.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Brut champagne/sparkling wine - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Cocktail of the day:

28th July 2025 is Peruvian Independence Day

Review:

A tangy, balanced combination of rich flavours. The quality of pisco used is crucial to the success of a Pisco Punch.

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Variant:

This recipe is improved by using the gomme arabic marinade prescribed in Alfredo Micheli's Pisco Punch in place of sugar syrup. If using the marinade drop one of the marinated pineapple wedges and cloves into the drink as the garnish.

History:

This interpretation of a Pisco Punch was created by yours truly in 2003..
Pisco Punch cocktail history

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Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
11.81% alc./vol. (11.81° proof)
17.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Calvin Grant

24th December 2022 at 02:44

Subbed 5ml pimento dram for the muddled cloves. Excellent.

ROBERTO TEMPLE

4th July 2021 at 00:28

sound weird to celebrate july 4 th with Pisco, since it is the national Peruvian liquor ¡¡

Simon Difford

4th July 2021 at 07:44

Agreed. But this cocktail is one of the greats to come from the US.

Matthew French

30th January 2021 at 23:40

I tinkered with this out of necessity, and whilst I can't compare with the original it was, nevertheless, rather pleasing. Instead of muddling cloves, I used a 1/4 shot of Falernum, and instead of Champagne, I used 1/2 of a miniature bottle of Codorniu Cava that had been languishing in the back of the fridge. The perfect accompaniment to a night binging 'It's A Sin' on Channel 4.

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