Pegu Club

Pegu Club

  • Type
    Cocktail
  • Primary alcohol by volume
    Gin
    Curaçao
    Served
    Shaken
  • Standard garnish
    Lime twist
  • Standard drinkware
    Cocktail glass
  • Commonly used ingredients
    1.5 ounces gin
    0.75 ounce orange curaçao
    1 teaspoon lime juice
    Dash bitters
    Dash orange bitters
  • Preparation
    Shake ingredients together in a mixer with cubed ice.
    Strain into chilled glass, garnish and serve.

The pegu club or the pegu is a gin-based cocktail that was the signature drink of Burma’s Pegu Club.

The club was located just outside Rangoon, and its members were those Britons who were senior government and military officials and prominent businessmen.

The club was named after the pegu, a Burmese river.

References
Pegu Club (cocktail)

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