What do you drink with your stogie?

[SeanGAR]

Originally Posted by SmokyJones

Hey I hear you. Major beer snob and homebrewer here myself. Personally I really dislike Moosehead. Most of the lagers that are actually worth drinking come from Germany or the Czech Republic. Love the avatar btw, Greg Koch is doing great things over there at Stone. I can't wait to see what the 8th anniversary beer is, it's bound to be something great.

As for me, beer is my drink of choice with my cigars. A good rule of thumb is the darker the wrap, the darker the beer. There are exceptions, but I find that it works pretty well. I found Victory Prima Pils went great with a Romeo Y Julieta No. 2 last night. Nothing better than good beer + a good cigar.

Yummmm.....Prima Pils. I find porters go better than hoppy beers with some cigars, I'm partial to Anchor or Sierra Nevada porters with Padron maduros. All of the Victory, Stone, Three Floyds beers that I have had were fantastic. I don't like dry wines with most cigars, last time I tried an aussie red I ended up going for a coke instead after the first few sips (only beer I had left was homebrew that hasn't aged yet). I'm going to get a few dogfishhead for weekend smokes and see how they match (beer festival Saturday...now I need to look over my smoke selection). I'm thinking of pulling a La Aurora 100 anos or Torano 1916 Churchill .... maybe both!

[wk-mang]

Non-alcohol: coffee

Wine: port or icewine

Spirits: Pyrat XO Reserve

Wade

[txmatt]

Beer
Scotch
Bourbon
Irish Whisky
SoCo
Gin or Gin mixed drinks
Vodka or Vodka mixed drinks

Ginger Ale
Grapefruit Soda
Iced Tea\Arnold Palmer

[shelvingunit]

Man..how did I miss this thread.

I usually smoke in the evening with a Guinness or a Jack/coke. Coffee is very good also.


Lots of great recommendations I don't know where to start. I think I'll try the Taddy Porter next or some iced coffee. Now if I can get my hands on more of my father-in-law's Johnny Walker Blue I'm in business!!

[ibosmiley]

rum and coke, pino noir, or a root beer (believe it or not)

[floydp]

Jack single barrel and coke but usually JD and coke,Red Breast neat or if its really hot out with 1 ice cube. Woodford reserve on special occasions. Makers Mark,Evan Williams single barrel mmmmm and Rare Breed.


Don't drink much beer but like Corona with lime,but I agree the lime does mess up the stogie.


Oh yeah and COFFEE!

[ky toker]

I believe I'll have a new one here and I'm quite surprised it didn't ruin the cigar. Picked up my first Rocky Patel yesterday, though having to go to the gym after dinner there just wasn't going to be much time to smoke anything inbetween it all.

Well, after walking in from the gym I decided I wanted the darn cigar but the delima was that I had to get some protein into my body. Soooo, I started the smoke off with a chocolate protein shake and finished with a Black & Tan. The shake might not have been the best option, but I was able to kill two birds.

I would usually prefer a darker beer. Hefe Weisen will do as well.

[CAOlover]

What else is there!

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[688sonarmen]

Sweet ice tea, or coffee. Goes great with everything

[floydp]

Guinness baby...

[Blueface]

Kamakazi, wine, port, grand marnier, Remy Martin XO, who cares. Whatever is available.

[Mr. White]

Iced Tea, White Zinfandel, Rum & diet pepsi on occasion, Coffee, diet pepsi..

And I drink all of it at the same time.

[kenstogie]

It depends if I am smoking a "lite" cigar I'll drink a liter beer a hefenweizen, pale ale, a better pilsner.

For a good maduro (the LGC for ex)

Espresso
Australian Red (Shiraz, Cab(id spell it out if I could), Merlot)
Stout Shakespear Stout is truly awesome, Brooklyn Black Chocolate.
Porter
Scotch Ale McKewens is pretty darn good
Especially a skilled home brewers batch they are often IMO the best.

[snrscnr2003]

If I am going to have a drink it would be a Corona w/lime otherwise just Dr. Pepper. A good Cigar is A good Cigar either way.

[calistogey]

Coffee with the am smoke and a nice Spanish brandy in the evenings. I do sometimes enjoy having some english/irish beers and red wines, but that's when I have company.