Created in the 1920s at Pegu Club, a gentlemen’s club in Yangon, née British Colonial Rangoon, Myanmar (Bruma).

Pegu Cocktail was first published in Harry McElhone’s 1923 ABC of Mixing Drinks. The recipe would be slightly adjusted in Harry Craddock’s 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book, where he describes it as “The favourite cocktail at the Pegu Club, Burma, and one that has travelled, and is asked for, round the world”.

The Pegu Club itself was founded in 1871 and played host to British royalty, survived battles for independence, and inspired a cocktail still served today.