Cigars & Beer

I love to pair cigars and beer. My friends and I tend to go big ipa's with stogies, mostly maduros.
I am looking forward tonight to a Camacho triple maduro paired with Stone Smoked Porter. Hoping this will be a match made in Heaven.

 

Those triple maduros are incredible. Enjoy. I gotta try one with a Smoked beer, what a great idea.

 

pretty sure that's one of those Republica Dominicana, versions, likely out of "glass top" packaging.

very true, the key though or challenge is coming up with two beaters that don't cancel one or both/each other out completely.

 

Hitting a Romeo bully now with an Old Rasputin, pouring Ten Fidy next.
All good with this cigar blend!

 

I go with a barleywine. I love that stick and paired it well with a few older barleywine in the past. The sweeter the better…. Also do a V cut on that stick it was meant for it. it will pull the smoke further down the tongue and really opens up a ton of more flavors on the stick

 

I'm with you, I would usually pair a good bourbon with a cigar. But, I've also done it with beers and they've usually been a big, bold stout and something I've had before and really enjoyed. I think the cigar does wreak some havoc on the taste of the beer(I also like my cigars really mild) which is why I won't pair it with maybe a really good beer sitting in my cellar that I've never had before and only have one bottle of.

 

Great call. I didn't see this in time to go with the V cut but I paired it with a bottle of FW Sucaba and it was amazing! Rich cigar, billowing white smoke, I think I had an inch and a half of ash at one point... Paired perfectly with the rich, sweet bourbon barrel aged goodness that is Sucaba. I highly recommend this pairing.

 

Genius. Rauchbier is the perfect pairing of cigar and beer. In my opinion, the only way to go as I've tried a few other styles and they just can't match it. Schlenkerla Urbock is the ultimate pairing.

 

Title says it all: what do you think of this? Do you have any particular favorite combos?

A general rule for me is that the more potent the Cigar the more potent the beer - only a good IPA/DIPA, RIS, scotch ale or barelywine can really stand up to a good CAO or Man O' War.

Specifically last summer I took a few Gurkha Titans and 12 Shorts Huma-lupa-licious up north. Being out by the bonfire with some fine cigars and IPA's was a sublime experience for my palate and my buzz.

Any thoughts?

 

While there is nothing like a Bourbon Barleywine and a MUWAT or a Bueso Genesis, I really enjoyed this combo recently, just perfect.

 

I'm planing on lighting up the 5 Vegas limitada 2010 i've been saving, and finishing off the rest of my Celebration this afternoon.

 

I looked once for a Maker's Mark cigar to have with a BBA beer from my cellar but my local cigar store had run out of this particular cigar and I haven't been back since then to check again. Has anyone tried this combo? (It's a bit cold to sit on the back porch at this time of the year.) Would the bourbon from the cigar and the beer be a bit too much of that flavor?

 

Great topic, last night I shared a Melange 3 and had Rocky Patel 1992 and it was an amazing combo.

 

All I remember from cigars is that the taste completely overpowers everything.

 

Liga Privada and any big rich BA stout/barleywine. Actually the beer is optional, just give me the Liga Privada.

 

I like to pair most cigars with something dark and/or heavy, or if I do a standard bourbon and cigar, I'll go with something light as a chaser.

 

Maker's cigars are pretty plentiful around here since the distillery is in my backyard, I'll check for you the next time I'm out, if you're interested.

I had one of these last year, it was real nice:

 

Bourbon and just about any cigar is fantastic together. This is one of those times when it's best to just jump in and not overthink it.

 

i'm sort of the opposite, but to each their own. i've had enough tug o' wars trying to pit strength against strength - often the results for me have been either the cigar becomes the better tasting item or the beer, but less so both complimenting each other. & if the contrast grows too drastic, i'll end up discontinuing the least appealing of the 2. for this reason i tend to (usually) look for medium body cigars or less to pit against imperial stouts. in all honesty, common Belgians (Chimay Blue, Duvel, Tremens) etc., if you like those at all, are pretty safe with a broad range of cigars imho.

any rate great thread. i saw this early this morning when ironically i was taking a break from rotating & checking humidity etc. i managed to snap a shot before putting em' back:






not today, these are a couple of prior pairings - i think i may have posted 1 or both before:




while the Partagas LE stick above is a bit over my personal description of "medium body", it's LE maduro wrapper gives it a sweetness over the more typical, spicier Partagas blends.