I discovered what appears to be the only bar in my current country of residence that specializes in Peruvian pisco in December 2022. At first I went just to try a pisco sour, which I've long been interested in. After getting the chance to revisit it over the holidays, I experimented with different varieties and ways of serving it, and realized a short tonic is my favorite way to drink it without masking its natural flavor.

Previously, I mainly enjoyed cocktails and didn't have any particular favorite spirit, so this is all very new to me. Should I be taking every opportunity I can to inform people of my fondness for pisco and how my refined tastes are beyond the comprehension of the plebs who enjoy lesser drinks like beer, wine, or vodka? Just how far should I go? Am I now required to be a dick to Chileans and go out of my way to remind them that their pisco is shit, an opinion that I certainly have come to after extensive research and experimentation to form my own judgement, and am absolutely not parroting from opinionated reply guys? Are there any gender studies scholars who can help me with this?

  • rootsbreadandmakka [he/him]
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    6 months ago

    I went to Peru once with one of those "backpacker," "travel the world," "international citizen" type white guys, I think you know the type. He had been to Peru a few times. Anyway most restaurants in Lima would serve you complimentary pisco sours and oh my god this dude would not shut up about pisco sours.

    "What do you think?"

    "Yeah pretty good."

    "Oh, dude, you think that's good? No, I need to take you to this place I found the last time I was here, where they serve the best pisco sours. These aren't even that good." or "No man, I'm taking you to this bar I know after this, where they serve real pisco sours."

    For some reason every pisco sour would always pale in comparison to some other pisco sour this guy tried. "Oh yeah it's pretty good but when I was here last time the pisco sours were so much better." Goddamn insufferable. I don't even like alcohol that much, I only drank them because they were complimentary.

    Anyway we went up into the mountains after that where they had coca sours. Still not a big fan of alcohol, but I thought that was cool.