[2] Located just outside Rangoon, the club was named after the Pegu, a Burmese river, and its members were those Britons who were senior government and military officials and prominent businessmen.

[5] There's a lack of clarity when bartenders may have begun using fresh lime juice because of this ambiguity.

[citation needed] The Pegu Club is best served in a chilled glass and is considered a hot weather drink.

Bartender Audrey Saunders founded a bar by the same name on West Houston Street in New York City.

[6] New York City's Pegu Club was credited with having "kicked the cocktail revival in New York City into high gear when it opened in 2005 and quickly became one of the most influential cocktail bars in the world.