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 Gomme syrup; 20 ml Brut sparkling wine

Ingredients

2 dried

Clove

1 ²⁄₃ fl oz

Pisco

1 fl oz

Pineapple juice (chilled)

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Orange juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Gomme syrup

²⁄₃ fl oz

Brut champagne/sparkling wine (chilled)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.

Prepare garnish of pineapple wedge.

Method

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

Garnish with pineapple wedge on rim.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

18.4 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Brut champagne/sparkling wine — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Comments & Discussion

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Chris Garner Premium Member 5w

Doesn’t the pisco punch use pineapple gum syrup instead of pineapple juice. I’ve heard the a wine mixed coca leaves was used in the original.recipe.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 5w

The full story of the history of the Pisco Punch, recipes, and the 'secret ingredient' here:
https://www.diffordsguide.com/g/1129/punch-and-punches/pisco-punch

Florian Ruf Premium Member 46w

Today I tried a nice different recipe for serving Pisco Punch straight up, found on the german "Mixology" webpage. You muddle 5 pieces pineapple, add 6 cl Pisco, 1,5 cl Lillet Rouge (or mild red vermouth), 1,5 cl Lime juice, 2 cl Gomme Syrup (or simple syrup), shake it and aromatize and decorate the ready drink with an orange zest. This recipe is worth a try ;-).

Caspian Berggren Premium Member 1y

A spicy Pisco juicy sour. It's very well made. None of the ingredients stand out yet they all play a part. Don't ignore the cloves, though — they're really what makes this drink unique.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 3y

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

ROBERTO TEMPLE 5y

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

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 5y

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

Matthew French 5y

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.