While Ernest Hemingway was penning Old Man and the Sea in one corner of La Bodeguita Bar in Havana, a fellow visionary was creating the Mojito on the other side. Lyre’s White Cane Spirit, muddled mint and hints of sugar cane, a true mojito should be stirred using the bill of a giant marlin and enjoyed with a Montecristo rolled by Blackbeard himself.
Ingredients
- 2.5 oz Lyre’s White Cane Spirit
- 1 oz lime juice
- 0.5 oz white sugar syrup (1:1)
- 8-10 mint leaves
- 30mL premium bottled soda water
Method
Add all ingredients into glass, fill with fresh cubed ice, stir, add soda and garnish
Glass
Highball
Garnish
Lime wheel, plump mint sprig