Many years ago I was sitting at the Schooner Wharf bar in Key West next to a retired Navy admiral. It was hot and humid and his drink looked delicious. I’m a big Bacardi and Coke drinker so when he told me it was a Mojito and was mostly Bacardi I said “Yeah, let’s have some!” Loved it! Very refreshing sitting there at an outdoor bar watching the action in the harbor.
So after about six of them I leave and start cruising down Duval Street. There’s a little side alley with a courtyard at the end. Down this alley is a Cuban bar with Cuban bartenders. So the bartender starts making my Mojito using well rum. I start protesting and she says, very indignantly, “Mister, do I come to your job and tell you how to work?” Needless to say I only had one drink there.
You never forget your first.
Here’s the view from the Schooner Wharf upstairs bar.
