Best Bourbon Flavored Cigar

[ncstogie]

I have had makers cigars and also the hard to find blantons cigar. blantons bourbon is amazing the cigar was too mild. makers cigars are pretty good I have also had the small ones that come in the tin.

Regarding flavoring your own here is how one B&M did it and how I have also done it successfully. I used a humidifier jar and instead of humidifer fluid i filler the humidifying device with well, makers : )

let it sit for 30 days and you will have a flavorfull cigar. if its a bit damp dry box it for a bit. I agree with some of the other posts and would not apply the alcohol directly to the cigar. I think you are better letting it absorb or inhale it on its own so the flavor permeates the entire smoke.

[ncstogie]

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This reminds me I need to get some inexpensive smokes and flavor them.

[havanajohn]

Has anyone tried a Couvoissier Cigar? I received one from my daughter for fathers day last year, and havent tried it yet.

[Madrok]

I've infused some Rocky Patel Jr.s with cognac. Sealing them in a humidor with a little shot glass of cognac works somewhat...over a month or more. It's a subtle taste, nothing like sipping the drink with the cigar.

I also tried using a dropper to add drops of the cognac to the inside at the foot, brushing a little on the wrapper, and cutting them and adding the drops inside the caps as well. You must then leave the in the humi and wait til they dry of course! Directly applying the cognac was much more effective, and it did not destory the cigar. They dry.

But nothing beats applying the cognac directly to the mouth-hole pretty much simultanously with the cigar!

[DoubleTrouble]

I have infused cigars with Scotch and Bourbon. I moisten a few cotton balls with my choice of liquor and put them into a tall mason jar. Lay the jar on it's side and put your smokes in the jar and seal it. Make sure one end of the jar is a little higher than the other so any excess liquor does not come into contact with your sticks. It only takes a couple of days to infuse them. One word of caution, if you leave them in the jar to long you run the risk of the cigars getting to moist and they start to split.

[Herf N Turf]

Originally Posted by Baric

You can always infuse your own smokes-just get a small humi, put a dish of bourbon in it with the sticks you want flavouyred and leave for a while.

Not a bourbon fan here (strictly scotch), but I do have a friend who does this. He has a 25ct humi that he's been using for years for the purpose (and man, it smells of bourbon!). He likes to use Montecristos and a piece of bourboned sponge. He leaves them in for at least three months. I smoked one of his creations, first with water and then with some 25yr aged Dickel. The bourbon flavor was certainly distinct, but not overpowering. I must say, I'd smoke another.

If you've got an extra humi, or a decent box, try it. Nothing to lose...

[Sweet_Cigars]

What I do to get a good bourbon infused cigar is.....

Drink several Jack and Cokes.....
Drink several more Jack and Cokes....
Toast my cigar.....
Drink several more Jack and Cokes...
Then pass out before I even get to finish my cigar.

Hmm...when I type this out it doesn't seem like a good plan after all.

[Jordan303]

Iv been meaning to try this with my milder smokes I first started with. Going to use tupperwear with some cedar strips soaked in booz (dunno which booze).

Little off topic but for infused sticks I also heard laying the stickes near crushed coffee beans works. Maybe i'll try crushed beans soaked in bourbor.

[SuperDave]

I tried infusing some 5-Vegas Golds with Jack Daniels (Black Label). These turned out very nice. They picked up an "aged oak barrel" flavor (doesn't taste like whisky, but has a similar smooth after-taste as the Jack D. What I did was fold-up a paper towel and soak it with a small amount of whisky; place 4 naked cigars in a ziplock bag with the folded, damp paper towel (not letting them touch the moist towel); sealed the ziplock bag and let them sleep for a month in my humi. They're a little soft, but really have a nice, aged taste. I will dry-box the next lot for a few days just before firing up. Result=very good tasting bourbon infused cigars for < $2/stick.