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Chilcano de Pisco

2 oz Pisco (Peruvian)
1⁄2 oz Key lime
3 dr Bitters (Angostura or Amargo Chuncho Bitters)
4 oz Ginger ale
Instructions

Build in Collins or highball glass over ice.

Notes

Original recipe on KC contained an error listing 3 dashes of bitters rather than 3 drops, corrected to match the original reference 8/17/26.

History

The name is from a traditional Peruvian fish soup, Chilcano de Pescado. The drink has been said to resemble the soup both.

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Traditional, Peru.
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authentic recipe
Reference

http://web.archive.org/web/20130315002742/http://www.provechoperu.com/2…

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Comments
Shawn C commented on 8/18/2026:

Curated: Dead reference link updated with archive link to the original. Corrected long standing error in bitters quantity vs. the reference, should be 3 drops, not 3 dashes. From what I can tell from making it, 3 dashes makes it too orange in color to match the hue of Chilcano de Pescado soup. Some recipes use no bitters, but most recipes call for 2 to 4 drops of bitters and I suspect some of the recipes calling for 2 dashes might have been influenced by the drop vs. dash error here. A Spanish language bartender video I watched from ~2010 states 3 dashes, but does three very small dashes--similar to what one might get from a Japanese dasher bottle. Interestingly, Simon Difford's 2019 recipe and a 2020 Forbes article listed 3 dashes of Amargo Chuncho bitters--which is the bitters I suggest for this, although not in such a large quantity.