A Pisco Sour is a cocktail typical of western South American cuisine.

The drink's name is a mixture of the Quechua word Pisco ( Bird ) and the term Sour ( in reference to the mixed drink family of the same name ).

The Peruvian Pisco Sour requires the use of Peruvian Pisco as the base liquor and the addition of lime ( or lemon ) juice, syrup, ice, egg white, and Angostura bitters.

Coincidentally, the oldest mentions of the Pisco Sour so far found come from a 1921 magazine attributing Morris as the inventor and a 1924 advertisement from Morris ' Bar published in a newspaper from the port of Valparaiso, Chile.

Nonetheless, the original source cited by Plath attributed Stubb the invention of Whiskey Sour and not Pisco Sour.

Both Chile and Peru claim ownership of the Pisco Sour and denominate it their national drink.

Peru considers that both Pisco and the Pisco Sour should be considered exclusively Peruvian.

Partially as a result of this controversy, the Pisco Sour holds international attention as a topic of popular culture.

The term Pisco Sour is made up of two word components, Sour and Pisco.

The Plaza de Toros de Acho ( Lima ), the oldest bullring in the Americas, where the drink ancestor to the Pisco Sour was sold.

One of the oldest known Pisco Sour advertisement from Morris ' Bar.

The Pisco Sour originated in Lima, Peru.

Nicknamed Gringo, Victor Morris created the Pisco Sour as a variety of the Whiskey Sour, an alcoholic beverage whose origin could be the former Peruvian city of Iquique ( prior to its annexation by Chile in 1883 ).

The Chilean newspaper El Mercurio specifically stated that historians attribute the year of the drink's invention as 1922, adding that " one night Morris surprised his friends with a new drink he called Pisco Sour, a formula which mixes the Peruvian Pisco with the American Sour " (" Una noche Morris sorprendió a sus amigos con una nueva bebida a la que llamó pisco sour, una fórmula que funde lo peruano del pisco con el ’ sour ’ estadounidense.

The Hotel Bolivar was among the several Lima hotels which kept alive the Pisco Sour cocktail after the closure of Morris ' Bar.

Lopez added that Bourdain had recently arrived from Peru, where he drank and enjoyed several Pisco Sours, which he thought were better tasting than the Chilean version.

According to Antonio Brack, Peru ’ s Environment Minister, " Pisco Sour has been the ' star ' of the APEC Summit, the drink was served in several meetings at the Government Palace and the APEC Summit venue ".

According to legal documents recently found in the U. S. National Archives of San Francisco, California, it has been proven that at least until 1864, Pisco was considered in the United States a liquor native only to the Republic of Peru.

An attempt was made in 184 BCE to get round it by an embankment thrown out into the sea: but it was probably not until early in Trajan's time that a cut in the rocks at the foot of the promontory ( Pisco Montano ) finally solved the problem.

Bruiget took along with him his Pisco Sour recipe.

The success of Bruiget in his new job apparently caused local Limean oral tradition to erroneously associate the Hotel Maury with the origin of the Pisco Sour.

In 1687 the whole southern coast of Peru was struck by the 1687 Peru earthquake which destroyed the cities of Villa de Pisco and Ica causing the Peruvian wine-growing industry to collapse.

* Perugyps (" Peruvian Vulture )" Pisco Late Miocene / Early Pliocene of SC Peru

On September 8, 1820, the Expedición Libertadora of Peru, organized mainly by Argentinians and with some Peruvian and Chilean involvement, landed on the beach at Paracas, near the city of Pisco, Peru.

The symbolism of the flag's colors is uncertain, but according to Peruvian author Abraham Valdelomar, San Martín, having arrived on the coast of southern Pisco, was inspired by the colors of parihuanas, red-and-white flamingos.

Regardless of the meaning of the name, the word as applied to the alcoholic beverage comes from the Peruvian port of Pisco.

From at least 1764, Peruvian aguardiente began to be called " Pisco " after its port of shipping ; the usage of the name " Pisco " on aguardiente then spread to Chile.

In 2005, César Coloma Porcari, historian and former president of the Latin American Institute of Culture and Development, discovered the oldest known mention of the Pisco Sour in the April 22, 1921, edition of the Peruvian magazine Mundial.

The Peruvian and Chilean versions of the Pisco Sour are prepared differently.

The Peruvian Pisco Sour cocktail is made by mixing Peruvian Pisco with lime juice, simple syrup, egg white, Angostura bitters ( for garnish ), and ice cubes.

Cocktails that are similar to the Pisco Sour include the Chilean Piscola and the Peruvian Algarrobina Cocktail.

Strangely enough, it also gets warmer if you go north of Lima into La Libertad or Ancash or south of Lima ( Pisco, Chincha ), at least during the day.

Media officials reported that 80 % of the city was destroyed, including the central San Clemente Cathedral of Pisco, in which a Mass was occurring at the time of the earthquake.

In an episode of his Travel Channel program No Reservations, American celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain drank a Pisco Sour at the Valparaiso restaurant " La Playa " in Chile.

He later expressed his disgust for the drink, and chose to drink white wine after being offered another Pisco Sour at Puerto Varas.

The original recipe of the Pisco Sour, as invented by Morris, has not yet been found.

In the magazine, not only is the Pisco Sour described a white-colored beverage, but its invention is attributed to " Mister Morris ".

Historian César Coloma Porcari adds that other former apprentices of Morris continued to spread the Pisco Sour recipe as they went to work to different bars and establishments.

Additionally, Chilean historian Gonzalo Vial Correa also attributed the Pisco Sour's invention to Gringo Morris from the Peruvian Morris Bar, but with the minor difference of presenting his name as William Morris.

Revoredo further argues that this drink served as the predecessor of the Californian Pisco punch, invented by Duncan Nicol in the Bank Exchange Bar of San Francisco, California.

In 2003, Peru created the " Día Nacional del Pisco Sour " ( National Pisco Sour Day ) an official government holiday celebrated on February 8.