Tue, Jun 24, 2014
6:00PM

Pisco Fest: A Cocktail Competition

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Six of the region's top mixologist compete for your vote in the ultimate cocktail throw down.  Unlimited tastings of each competitors cocktail will give you ample time choose your favorite and crown the King of Pisco. 

Food will be provided by the Liaison Capitol Hill Hotel's amazing Art & Soul restaurant.

Competing Mixologists include:

  • Ronald Flores, Art & Soul
  • Mary Kelly, Del Campo
  • Jo-Jo Valenzuela, City Tap House
  • Jon Arroyo, Farmers Fishers Bakers/Founding Farmers
  • Jess Woods, Room 11
  • Franklin Jones, The Gibson

What is Pisco?

Pisco is a potent South American brandy with a storied history and a passionate following. Pisco is exported from Peru and is made from only certain varieties of grapes, which are fermented and distilled into a potent aguardiente. It is the essential ingredient in the now world famous cocktail, the pisco sour.

History

The Spanish conquistadores brought grape vines to South America, in order to make wine for their own consumption and export. The story goes that pisco came into being as a way to use leftover grapes that were undesirable for wine making. Pisco is technically a brandy, made by distilling fermented grape juice.

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