Pisco

Hey kiddo, do you know what pisco is? It's a type of alcohol that is made from grapes! But it's not like wine that you can just pour into a glass and drink. Pisco needs to be distilled first.

Distillation is when you take a liquid and heat it up so that it turns into steam. Then you cool the steam back down and it becomes a liquid again, but this time it's stronger and has more alcohol in it.

Now, pisco comes from Peru and Chile, and there's a bit of a debate between these two countries over who makes the better pisco. They both make it in similar ways, but the way they make it is different.

In Peru, they only use certain types of grapes to make pisco, and they have very strict rules on how it's made. In Chile, they can use different types of grapes, and they have a bit more freedom when it comes to making it.

Once the grapes are harvested, they are crushed and the juice is put into big clay pots or copper stills. Then they heat the juice up, and the alcohol evaporates and goes up into a tube where it condenses back into liquid form.

The liquid that comes out is pisco! But it's still really strong, so you can't just drink it right away. You need to mix it with other things like lime juice or sugar to make it taste good.

That's pretty much it, kiddo! Pisco is just a type of alcohol that's made from grapes and goes through a special process to become drinkable.