Beverages that bring out the flavors

[slyder]

ok WTF is lemon, lime and bitters?

[Stench]

I like Lemonade or plain old coffee when not imbibing.

[danmcmartin]

I do the lemon and water thing when I'm trying a new cigar (which is almost every cigar I smoke...noob here!). I have tried scotch (mmmmmmmmmmmm), and Coke Zero (both with and without Appleton's VX rum) and both worked well also.

[zeavran1]

I enjoy simple ice water to cleanse my palate. Don't like to drink alcohol when I smoke. I do it at the bars but I prefer the water.

[bazookajoe]

Lately I've been drinking IZZE sparkling Clementine, which seems to be a good palate cleanser. It's a tart orange sparkling fruit juice that is not sweet. The Pomegranate is good too.

[teoulennon]

What about decaf coffee? I'm about to start getting into coffee, but just decaf. I've been looking for something non-alcoholic to quaff with my sticks and decided coffee would go quite well (thinking about different teas too).

It will be especially good when it starts to get cold out. It does contain small amounts of caffeine but I'm ok with a little (roughly 5-15mg/cup as opposed to 90-9999mg

[Frinkiac7]

Anything crisp, like tonic or mineral water, that will abrade your palate a little and clear out the less-defined flavors is a good idea. Sometimes a cool, sweet drink complements a sweeter cigar on a nice hot evening.

Often times I just enjoy a tall, cool glass of plain water. Doesn't cleanse the palate quite as much as something carbonated, but it is utterly unintrusive and will refresh a dried out palate better than anything.

[Snake Hips]

Drinks that bring out flavor? Coffee. By all means. But bourbon and rum seem to go particularly well if you're alcoholic. Not *an* alcoholic by any means, but you know what I mean.

[gjcab09]

First really crisp night of the season, and I'm on the back porch with a CAO Cx2 and a mug of hot chocolate...or I may just be in heaven!

[commonsenseman]

Hmm some interesting ideas here. I drink a few different things with cigars, some more often than others.

Water
Beer
Coffee
Root Beer/Cream Soda
Scotch
Wine (usually Merlot)

[Rookee]

Cream soda
Chocolate Yoo Hoo
Tamarindo juice (can usually be found on the spanish food isle)

[Amlique]

Nothing new to add:

A good single malt
Nice cup of coffee
A good stout beer (Imperial Porter, Special Stout, Mocha Porter)
Club Soda

[Delsana]

Try a smoothie... it's a different experience to be certain.

[hmbddd]

Non-Alcoholic: Diet Coke
Beer: Yuengling Lager
Liquor: Wild Turkey & water

All depends on what I'm in the mood for. Most often it is the diet coke though.

[madurolover]

For serious tasting, which I usually do anytime I am trying a completely new cigar, I prefer water with just a squeeze of lemon in it. This is the best thing I have found to refresh your palate.
Just make sure that whatever you are drinking is not super cold as that will numb the palate a bit. If I am drinking something with ice in it I will wait for my mouth to warm back up before drawing on th cigar.

When I am just smoking I like Coke Zero and I have found that Root Beer goes very well with most sticks that are flavorful enough to handle it.