This is a very short cocktail with a sneaky after kick.

PEGU CLUB

Chill two cocktail glasses. Dissolve sugar in lime juice in the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Add bitters, gin, and orange flavored liqueur. Fill cocktail shaker with ice cubes. Shake vigorously. Strain into chilled cocktail glasses.

Serves 2

Nicky’s interpretation of the 1927 version at DrinkBoy: Pegu.

The Pegu Club was located in Rangoon, Burma (Yangon, Myanmar, on current maps).

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