American novelist Ernest Hemingway would not have been able to write his classics had he not lived the adventures himself. Hemingway saw action in World War I, was a great sportsman, international press correspondent, Spanish Civil war activist, explorer, big game hunter and conservationist. The man crossed the English Channel with American troops and was part of the D-Day invasion.

Ruby Cohen serving up Papa’s Pilar at Bird & Betty’s. Captain Karl Anderson is excited to share the rum and the stories behind it. (Photo courtesy Papa’s Pilar)

Among his greatest passions, however, was the sea – and chasing pelagic fish.