Today was a very tiring day. We woke up and went for a drive in the big city, then we drove north to check out the big trees in the country. Then I got thirsty, so we stopped at this one place where they had a $200 shot of Chinaco on the menu.
You read that right – a $200 shot of tequila. It was Chinaco Black Label.
I ain’t got that kind of money.
I was offered another shot of fancy Chinaco for $120.
I ain’t got that kind of money, either.
They had shots of Chinaco Negro for $50, no thank you.
They had shots of Chinaco Emperador that 30 of us shared in Vegas last year for $65, and they got a no thank you for that, too.
But they had maybe 200 kinds of tequila, so some tequila was going to be had.
I settled on a 1/2 shot of Chinaco 1996 (What?) for $8.50 and a 1/2 shot of that Sammy Hagar, Cabo Wabo Uno, which was kinda spectacular for $16. Mrs Bart had her very favorite Corralejo Reposado margarita with 4 freshly squeezed limes and some mystery juice that added up to a damn fine tasty margarita. They had two big ice chests full of cut limes – they must’ve had 300 limes cut and that smell was truly wood-inducing.
I saw 40 bottles of tequila that I never saw before – that’s a really rare thing to happen. This place was rated the 6th best bar in the world by Bartender Magazine. As far as I’m concerned, it’s the best place on Earth - with a bullet. It would be even better if the bartender spoke English. If I ask for Chinaco and he pours the $200 shot – we got trouble