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What to drink in Peru? Top 8 Peruvian Cocktails

Last update: Sat Feb 15 2025
Top 8 Peruvian Cocktails
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Best Peruvian Cocktail Types

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Chilcano
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Chilcano is a Peruvian cocktail made with a combination of pisco, lime juice, and ginger ale. The simple cocktail is prepared by combining the ingredients in a highball glass over ice, then stirring the combination. If desired, the cocktail can be additionally enriched by adding a few drops of bitters and it is recommended to garnish it with a lime twist.


Regarding the origins of this refreshing cocktail, it is believed that the drink started to be called chilcano, which is the name of a local fish head soup, because both the drink and the soup were great hangover cures.

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Pisco Sour is a Peruvian cocktail made with a combination of Pisco brandy, lime juice, sugar syrup, and egg whites. The ingredients are shaken with ice and then strained into an old-fashioned glass. The cocktail is traditionally garnished with Amargo Chancho bitters, but Angostura bitters are widely used today.


The first Pisco Sour was made in the early 1920s in Lima by an American bartender Victor Vaughn Morris. Today, there is still an ongoing debate about Pisco Sour’s origin, with Peru and Chile both claiming that their nation is the home of the first Pisco. 
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Canelazo is a spiced beverage that is enjoyed in various parts of Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Argentina. Although there are different versions of the drink, it is usually made with a combination of cinnamon water (hot water infused with cinnamon sticks) and sugar or unrefined cane sugar (panela).


The combination is then usually improved with a splash of South American aguardiente—a clear and potent spirit usually made from sugar cane. Common additions include fruit juices, other spices, while aguardiente is occasionally swapped with rum or the alcohol can be completely omitted. 
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Chicha Sour is a Peruvian cocktail made with a combination of pisco, lemon or lime juice, simple syrup, egg whites, and chicha morada – a traditional beverage made from purple corn. In order to prepare the cocktail, all ingredients should be shaken without ice in order to create a foamy mix.


Ice is then added to the combination, and the whole thing is shaken once again. It is recommended to serve chicha sour in a coupe glass and garnish it with mint.

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Don Alfredo is a popular Peruvian cocktail made with a combination of pisco, elderflower liqueur, lime juice, and soda water. To prepare it, the first three ingredients should be poured into a glass filled with ice, then topped with a splash of soda.


If desired, the cocktail can be garnished with basil, mint, or lime peel. Although this refreshing drink was invented in Lima in 2008, it only gained popularity by the end of 2012, and nowadays it is enjoyed in most countries which have access to pisco and elderflower liqueur.

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El Capitán is a Peruvian cocktail made with a combination of Pisco, sweet vermouth, and Angostura bitters. In order to prepare it, all ingredients should be stirred with ice, then strained into a coupe glass. The cocktail is garnished with lemon peel, cherries, or olives.


It is believed that El Capitán dates back to the 1920s, when a combination of Pisco and sweet vermouth was often ordered by army captains, hence the name.

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Leche de monja (translated as nun's milk) is a sweet Peruvian cocktail with a creamy and velvety texture. It is made with a combination of eggs, pisco, and condensed milk. The ingredients are whipped until frothy, and the creamy blend is then poured into a glass.


It is traditionally garnished with cinnamon. The story says that this cocktail was first prepared by nuns—hence the name—but there is no evidence to support this claim or give more insight into the origin and history of this popular cocktail.

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Piranha Bite is a popular Peruvian party cocktail made with a combination of Apple Piranha, Cherry Piranha, Kola Piranha, and orange juice. Piranha is a brand of schnapps with three distinctive juicy flavors, all of which are used in this cocktail.


In order to prepare it, equal parts of three Piranha schnapps varieties are poured into a tall glass, and the combination is then topped with orange juice.

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