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Type | distilled alcoholic beverage |
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Country of origin | Chile, Peru |
Alcohol by volume | 33–50% |
Color | clear or yellow |
Ingredients | Water, grapes |
Related products | Singani |
Pisco is a colorless or yellowish-to-amber-colored spirit[1] produced in winemaking regions of Peru[2] and Chile.[3] Made by distilling fermented grape juice into a high-proof spirit, it was developed by 16th-century Spanish settlers as an alternative to orujo, a pomace brandy that was being imported from Spain.[4] It had the advantages of being produced from abundant domestically grown fruit and reducing the volume of alcoholic beverages transported to remote locations.[5]
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