Blue Pegu
ClassicThe colonial gin sour, remade in electric blue.
Crisp and tangy, exactly like the Pegu it descends from: juniper-forward gin, sharp fresh lime, and the candied bitter-orange of curaçao, framed by two kinds of bitters. The blue curaçao brings the same orange backbone as the original — only the colour changes, glowing electric blue in the glass.
Ingredients
- 2 oz Gin
- 0.75 oz Blue Curaçao
- 0.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice
- 1 dash Angostura Bitters
- 1 dash Orange Bitters
- Lime wheel · optional garnish
Method
- 1
Add every ingredient to a shaker with ice.
- 2
Shake until well chilled.
- 3
Double-strain into a chilled coupe.
- 4
Garnish with a lime wheel.
The Story
The Blue Pegu is a modern riff on the Pegu Club, the 1920s house drink of a British officers' club outside Rangoon. The original balanced gin, orange curaçao, and lime into a template for the gin sour; swap the orange curaçao for blue and the recipe scarcely changes, but the drink turns a luminous tropical blue. It is the same crisp, bitters-lifted classic — just dressed for a warmer, brighter room.
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