The 9-Bottle Bar Recipe: The Pegu Club

Roger Kamholz
Roger Kamholz
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updated May 2, 2019
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This drink, which supposedly originated at the bar of a British private club in the Burmese capital of Rangoon sometime in the 1920s, is squarely in the wheelhouse of the 9-Bottle Bar. It calls for four of the nine bottles, with lime juice as a fifth, acidity-adding ingredient.

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Being a British invention by way of a steamy ex-colony, the Pegu Club starts with London dry gin and then goes long on both citrus and bitters. In fact, the build is pretty darn close to that of the Margarita.

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The Pegu Club

Serves 1

Nutritional Info

Ingredients

  • 2 ounces

    gin

  • 3/4 ounce

    orange curaçao

  • 3/4 ounce

    lime juice

  • 1 dash

    orange bitters

  • 1 dash

    Angostura bitters

Instructions

  1. Add the ingredients to a Boston shaker or cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake vigorously for 10 seconds. Strain the contents into a chilled cocktail glass.

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