Pendennis Club
ClassicGin, apricot liqueur, lime, and Peychaud's bitters. A private Louisville club's 1911 house drink.
Bright and stone-fruit sweet, gin's juniper backbone carried by apricot liqueur's richness, sharpened by lime and given a faint anise lift from the Peychaud's.
Ingredients
- 2 oz Gin
- 1 oz Apricot Liqueur
- 0.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice
- 2 dashes Peychaud's Bitters
- Orange twist · optional garnish
Method
- 1
Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice.
- 2
Shake hard until well chilled.
- 3
Strain into a chilled coupe.
- 4
Garnish with an orange twist.
The Story
The Pendennis Club takes its name from the private gentlemen's club of the same name in Louisville, Kentucky, where it was created around 1911 — one of several classic drinks the club's bar is credited with, alongside the Old Fashioned itself. The original spec used dry vermouth in place of the bitters; by the time Charles H. Baker recorded it in his 1939 guide, Peychaud's had taken over, and that's the version that stuck.
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