Chilcano
Lima's tall, sparkling refresher: pisco and ginger ale over ice — older in bar lore than the sour, and the drink Peruvians actually order all summer. Ingredients: Peruvian pisco, ginger ale, fresh lime juice, Angostura bitters, plenty of ice, a lime wheel. Method: 1) Fill a highball glass with ice. 2) Add pisco, lime and a dash of bitters. 3) Top with ginger ale, stir once, and garnish with lime. The experience: crisp, gingery and dangerously refreshing — pisco's grape brightness stretched long and cold. History: the chilcano shares its name with a beloved Peruvian fish-head soup said to cure hangovers — the cocktail borrows the name and the restorative reputation. Every January, Lima celebrates the Semana del Chilcano, a whole week in its honor.