Ingredients

  • 2 ozpisco
  • 1 ozsweet vermouth
  • 2 dashesangostura bitters
  • 🍋Green olive(garnish)

🔧 Tools

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Instructions

  1. Add pisco, sweet vermouth, and bitters to a mixing glass with ice.
  2. Stir for about 30 seconds until well-chilled.
  3. Strain into a chilled coupe glass.
  4. Garnish with an unpitted green olive.

📜 History

The El Capitan emerged in the 1920s in Peru's southeastern highlands around Puno, where army captains on horseback patrols would order this warming combination of pisco and vermouth. The cocktail marries two grape-based spirits in elegant harmony, predating many modern Manhattan variations by decades.

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