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Picon Punch

Picon Punch

The Basque-American cocktail lives on but its history reveals that nothing is pure.

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Apr 07, 2023
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From the annals of the site and culture specific cocktail, let’s consider the Picon Punch. Synonymous with Basque restaurants in California, Nevada, and wherever the Basque exodus continued. This is an easy drinking bitter that deserves a wider audience but wouldn’t have existed without the isolated culture of immigrants that created it.

Such a simple d…

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