A perfect Pisco Sour

Although Pisco based Mixed drinks date back to the 1700's in Peru, It is commonly agreed among drink historians that the Pisco Sour was created in the 1920's by American Bartender Victor Vaughen Morris. In 1903 Morris left the US to work in Cerro De Pasco a town in central Peru. In 1916 he moved to Lima where he opened his own establishment, Morris' Bar. The bar shortly became the regular haunt of English speaking foreigners and the Peruvian upper class. It was here that Morris created the iconic tipple. There are a few stories which state that an English Ship's Steward named Eliot Stubb created the drink in 1872. Stubb was the steward of a ship called Sunshine and apparently he mixed some lime juice, syrup and Pisco together while at a cocktail bar while his ship was in port. This story has a few holes and is unsubstantiated, also the first known mention of the drink in print dates to 1921 in a magazine which names Morris as the inventor and then again in 1924 in an advertisement for Morris' bar.

There is also a mention of a drink that sounds suspiciously like a Pisco Sour in a cookbook called "Nuevo Manual De Cocina a la Criolla" published in 1903. This book suggests this drink was created over 100 years ago. Here's the description:
"An egg white, a glass of Pisco, a teaspoon of fine sugar, and a few drops of lime as desired, this will open your appetite." Sounds like the makings of Pisco Sour to me. Wherever this drink came from, the one thing we can count on is that it's delicious! So enjoy it!

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Here's The Specs:
2oz (60ml) Pisco
.75oz (22.5ml) Lime Juice
.75oz (22.5ml) Simple Syrup
1 egg white
Garnish: Angostura Bitters