Pegu Club: Green Room

Name: Pegu Club: Green Room
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Myanmar
Ingredients: 2 oz gin; 3/4 oz orange curaçao; 3/4 oz lime juice; 2 dashes aromatic bitters; 4 fresh basil leaves

Yangon, Myanmar Asia/Yangon

History

Named for Rangoon’s Pegu Club, a colonial officers’ club founded in the 1880s, the sharp gin sour first appeared in cocktail books in the 1920s. This is a clearly labeled house field riff rather than a historical classic: Fresh basil supplies a peppery herbal lift without masking the original recipe.

Gin · yields one cocktail

Ingredients

12 oz gin
23/4 oz orange curaçao
33/4 oz lime juice
42 dashes aromatic bitters
54 fresh basil leaves

Method

01Shake with ice and strain into a chilled coupe.
02Gently clap the basil, mix it with the drink, and reserve one leaf for garnish.

Enjoy responsibly. Recipes are intended for adults of legal drinking age.