Ingredients

  • 2 ozpisco
  • 1½ ozfresh grapefruit juice
  • ¾ ozfresh lime juice
  • ½ ozagave syrup
  • 🍋Grapefruit slice, salted rim(garnish)

🔧 Tools

cocktail shakerjiggerstrainerrocks glass

Instructions

  1. Run a lime wedge around the rim of a rocks glass, then press the rim into a small plate of coarse salt to create a salted rim.
  2. Fill the glass with cubed ice and set aside.
  3. Combine pisco, grapefruit juice, lime juice, and agave syrup in a cocktail shaker with ice.
  4. Shake vigorously for 10 to 12 seconds until well chilled.
  5. Strain into the prepared glass over fresh ice.
  6. Garnish with a grapefruit slice and serve.

📜 History

The Pisco Paloma emerged as bartenders recognized the natural affinity between pisco and fresh grapefruit juice. By applying the Paloma template, a classic Mexican cocktail built on tequila and grapefruit, to Peruvian pisco, mixologists created a bridge between the cocktail traditions of two great Latin American cultures. The grape-distilled character of pisco softens the grapefruit's tartness differently than the agave-forward tequila version, producing a lighter, more floral variation. VinePair contributor Natalie Migliarini documented the recipe after discovering that the swap worked "deliciously," and the drink has since appeared on pisco-focused cocktail menus throughout the United States and Peru.

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