Name: Piscola
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Pisco; 2 dash Aromatic bitters; 110 ml Cola

Piscola
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Ingredients:
2 oz	BarSol Mosto Verde Italia Pisco
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters optional
3 ²⁄₃ oz	Cola (e.g. Coca-Cola or Pepsi)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
Prepare garnish of lime wedge.
POUR pisco and bitters into ice-filled glass.
TOP with cola and briefly stir.
Squeeze lime wedge and drop into cocktail.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

'Brandy' and cola with a hint of Angostura bitters. Try and see why the Chileans enjoy it.

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AKA: Combinado Nacional (national concoction)

Variant:

Mixed with ginger ale, tonic water or lemon-lime soda in place of cola.

History:

A popular long drink in its native Chile where the 8th of February has been celebrated as Piscola Day since 2003.

Nutrition:

One serving of Piscola contains 139 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
11.7% alc./vol. (11.7° proof)
20 grams of pure alcohol

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Avery Garnett

30th November 2024 at 19:47

It works. It's not clashing. I gave it 4 because I like cola and I like pisco. It really doesn't feel like the best use of pisco by far, though.

John Hinojos

22nd April 2023 at 20:11

This was very good. Not a big Pisco drinker, but it went wonderfully with a cool luncheon on a warm day.
Being a big rum drinker - I will probably stick with Cuba Libra.

Vincent Dufour

26th September 2020 at 19:24

Hi, I recently tried with lime bitters, and a bit of lime juice, and the result is really interesting. I knbow it's not really a piscola anymore with this result, maybe i could rename it the Vincecola hahaha.

Egg McKenzie

9th April 2023 at 21:22

vince this is insane

Alvaro Mariscal

4th September 2020 at 14:17

The Chilean Piscola originally doesn't include Angostura bitters as it will reduce its characteristic freshness; just Pisco, Cola and Ice (although some enjoy it with a lemon wedge/juice). It is very popular in Chile and not so much in Peru because of different characteristics of the distillation of the spirits. This makes the taste of Chilean Pisco more subtle, blending better with the sweet taste of the Cola (In contrast, its taste can dilute in the sweetness and acidity of a Pisco Sour).