# Pegu Club

Gin, dry orange curaçao, fresh lime, and two kinds of bitters make this Rangoon club classic both a taut sour and an aromatic cocktail.

Strength: 32% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 60 ml [London dry gin](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/london-dry-gin.md)
- 22.5 ml [Orange curaçao](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/orange-curacao.md) — Use a dry orange curaçao.
- 15 ml [Fresh lime juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-lime-juice.md)
- 1 dash [Angostura bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/angostura-bitters.md)
- 1 dash [Orange bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/orange-bitters.md)

## Glassware

Cocktail glass

## Method

1. Shake all ingredients hard with cubed ice until thoroughly chilled.
2. Fine-strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

## Related drinks

- [Breakfast Martini](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/breakfast-martini.md): Fine-cut orange marmalade gives a taut gin sour fragrant peel oils, pithy bitterness, and a texture that no orange liqueur alone can supply.
- [Southside](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/southside.md): A clean gin sour made vivid and cooling with fresh lime and mint.
- [Knickerbocker](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/knickerbocker.md): A nineteenth-century rum punch balances aged rum, orange curaçao, raspberry, and lime over fine ice.
- [Oriental Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/oriental-cocktail.md): Rye and sweet vermouth give this Savoy-era sour a Manhattan-like core, while dry orange curaçao and a full cut of lime pull it somewhere brighter and stranger.
- [Army & Navy](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/army-and-navy.md): Orgeat replaces plain sugar in this gin sour, bringing almond richness and orange-flower perfume into a sharply structured, bitters-seasoned drink.
- [The Joy Division](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/the-joy-division.md): A dry gin Martini brightened with Cointreau and a restrained measure of absinthe.
- [Silver Bullet](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/silver-bullet.md): London dry gin and lemon make a severe sour frame for kümmel’s clear, sweet caraway spice.
- [Hearst Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/hearst-cocktail.md): An equal-parts sweet Martini where aromatic and orange bitters put a dark, spiced edge around dry gin and fresh Italian-style vermouth.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/pegu-club
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/pegu-club-376f02c7.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.liquor.com/recipes/pegu-club-2/