Whats your favourite/ideal drink with a Cigar??

[calibrax]

Not a drinker or a smoker. But I do have a nice box of cigars, for special occasions. I have had one of them, to celebrate Chelsea winning last year's Champion's League, and I hope to have another this evening when they win the Europa Cup

[MadMullah]

calibrax said:

Not a drinker or a smoker. But I do have a nice box of cigars, for special occasions. I have had one of them, to celebrate Chelsea winning last year's Champion's League, and I hope to have another this evening when they win the Europa Cup

lol did you enjoy the smoke?

Cuchillo said:

Hi MM

How goes this project? Any pictures of the build process yet?

TTFN

Cuch

its a bit stalled at the moment - we've seen the property but the planning etc is taking its time. the landlord is dragging his heels over this too.

i'm going to see some alternatives this weekend.

[Flat6er]

woody2846 said:

A nice glass of Dow vintage port for me. Pref 2003.

As above. Port, cigars and nosebleed Techno. A'la Dave Clarke.

[calibrax]

MadMullah said:

calibrax said:

Not a drinker or a smoker. But I do have a nice box of cigars, for special occasions. I have had one of them, to celebrate Chelsea winning last year's Champion's League, and I hope to have another this evening when they win the Europa Cup

lol did you enjoy the smoke?

It was great, thanks! What a result

[Lefty]

I love cigars and I love whisky but I don't enjoy either together.

So beer it is. Something good though, maybe a nice Benediktener Weissbier.

Warm summer night, cold crisp bier, full-bodied monte cristo. Oh yes.

[jamiebae]

Lefty said:

I love cigars and I love whisky but I don't enjoy either together.

So beer it is. Something good though, maybe a nice Benediktener Weissbier.

Warm summer night, cold crisp bier, full-bodied monte cristo. Oh yes.

Double nonsense! I've never seen any evidence of your love of Whisky, and there's no such thing as a warm summer night in Scotland

I like a nice brandy on the very odd occasions I can enjoy a cigar personally.

[Lefty]

Where's the middle-finger emoticon when you need it?

Seriously, I find that cigars kill the whisky. I'm not a brandy man and port is purely for cheese so beer it is!

[IainT V6]

Favourite accompaniment of late:

[Lefty]

Not tried the rum one, good?

[Gwagon111]

The best cognac I can get my mitts on.

[castex]

Vintage Taylor's or Graham's.

[IainT V6]

Lefty said:

Not tried the rum one, good?

Stunning - at 7.4% it's not a session beer but well worth tracking down. They also did a spiced rum version but the original rum finish (used to be called rum cask) is simply divine.

[jimothy]

calibrax said:

Not a drinker or a smoker. But I do have a nice box of cigars, for special occasions. I have had one of them, to celebrate Chelsea winning last year's Champion's League, and I hope to have another this evening when they win the Europa Cup

I hope you keep them in a humidor or if they're left over from last year they'll be dead by now.

[calibrax]

jimothy said:

I hope you keep them in a humidor or if they're left over from last year they'll be dead by now.

No need. They are in sealed glass tubes which keeps them good for at least a few years. The last box I had for almost five years and they were fine - in fact, they seemed to get better as they aged!

[DaveJns]

IainT V6 said:

Favourite accompaniment of late:

That looks lush, any recommendations for a supplier?

I'm (very) new to this cigar business, but I particularly enjoyed a glass of laphroaig with my romeo and juliet no. 2 the other day. I did feel the whisky overpowered the cigar quite considerably though so if anyone could recommend a better match that would be brill.

[Asterix]

A glass of girly goo from a Lewinsky Furry Cup.

Then give the leftover cigar to Yasser Arafat.

[jinkster]

The whisky Innis and Gun ale was fantastic, however supermarket seem to have stopped selling it.

[jinkster]

The whisky Innis and Gun ale was fantastic, however supermarket seem to have stopped selling it.

[Kinell]

As it's that time of year, I hope nobody minds me bumping this thread.
I find mixing a cigar with a good single malt is a fruitless exercise - as others have said the flavours are cancelled. A shame, because they always seem to come out at the same time

So recently it's been cognac - but I have been looking into vintage ports for research purposes.

[RichUK]

A good quality Armagnac for me, or a decent aged rum - Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva at the moment.