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Sol y Sombra (Sun and Shade)

Name: Sol y Sombra (Sun and Shade)
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Pisco; 15 ml Crème de cassis; 7.5 ml Lime juice; 75 ml Ginger ale

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Pisco
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Crème de cassis liqueur
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
2 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Thomas Henry Ginger Ale

Garnish: Skewered lime wedge and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Collins glass

Method:

SHAKE first 3 ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass. TOP with ginger ale and fill glass with ice.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Sol y Sombra (Sun and Shade) contains 164 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
13.11% alc./vol. (26.22° proof)
22.2 grams of pure alcohol

History

Apparently, this cocktail has been served at Peruvian bullfight arenas since the 1930s.

Review

Pisco's aromatics form the base of this tall cassis and ginger ale sour.

Gallery

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Comments & Discussion

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Olga María Gómez Henderson 1y

Fun fact: there is an old spanish cocktail with the same name, but it has sweet anise liqueur (I don't know if you can make it with a dry one) and brandy in a 50/50 proportion.