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Encanto Pisco
I am relatively new to pisco, having assumed from some early samplings years ago that it was universally harsh. Thankfully, I’ve had the chance to meet two of the three founders of Encanto Pisco, taste...
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Macchu Pisco
For those not familiar with Pisco, it’s what I would describe as a rustic form of brandy. It’s often not aged or mellowed for long, so more of the character of the original ingredients, and less of the...
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Recipe: Tamarillo Tippler by Nathan Gerdes
In late October, I had the honor of managing the judging of the cocktail contest at The Great American Distillers Festival. As a result, I got to enjoy them all, and want to share some of my favorites...
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Recipe: Vinn Baijiu Sour
When presented with a new spirit, there’s occasionally a struggle to hit a “right” cocktail for the spirit. But as unusual a spirit as the Vinn Baijiu rice vodka is, something about the nose reminded...
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Review: Piscología Pisco Acholado
Piscología Pisco Achlado is a typical acholado pisco, blending quebranta, torontel, and italia grapes. We sampled a bottle from batch number 3, and it was one of only 820 made in that batch, so we’re...
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Recipe: Around Cape Horn
Here’s an original Boozenik cocktail recipe mixing together spirits from a couple categories often overlooked in the U.S., but which are very popular in South America, and rapidly growing in...
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Review: Pisco Oro Quebranta
Peruvian pisco is a moderately regulated spirit, with the distillate from only certain regions, and only eight* varieties of grapes being allowed to be labelled as “pisco”. Most pisco distillers...
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Tales of the Cocktail: Pisco Preview
As you’ve probably noted following our site, and our Facebook page, we Boozeniks are pretty big fans of pisco. We’ve reviewed 5 piscos, with hopefully more on the way, and featured it in several...
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Review: Pisco Portón
Pisco Portón is another well crafted expression of Peruvian pisco as that spirit comes back strong in the U.S. market after a long hiatus stretching back to Prohibition, which ended the reign of the...
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