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Good Drink With A Cigar
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ikonoklast7 Offline
#1 Posted: Mon, Jul 28 2003, 4:08 PM EST
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What do you like to drink with your cigar, both non-alcoholic and alcoholic. What kind of drinks compliment what kind of cigars?

I actually drink ginger ale with my cigars a lot of the time. I find that that little bit of ginger spice goes real good with something in a Cameroon wrapper.

I haven't experimented too much with drinking alcoholic concoctions with cigars. The most I've had is a beer with one, but the time I did, it was just a Coors Light (cheap, I know, but I like 'em), nothing special.
Cigarick Offline
#2 Posted: Mon, Jul 28 2003, 5:23 PM EST
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I lean toward dark beer or red wine, but coffee or Dr. Pepper seem to work well, too.
arwings Offline
#3 Posted: Mon, Jul 28 2003, 5:28 PM EST
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Never really tried one of these new "non-alcoholic" drinks. Where do you get them?
sketcha Offline
#4 Posted: Mon, Jul 28 2003, 5:36 PM EST
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Bourbon, Diet Coke, Coffee, red wine, Cognac, beer.

Some people like Vanilla Coke but it's not my cup of tea. No tea either.
BeatDragon Offline
#5 Posted: Mon, Jul 28 2003, 6:58 PM EST
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In the morning, coffee.

Bourbon, Bourbon and Bourbon, coke, red wine.
billyjackson Offline
#6 Posted: Mon, Jul 28 2003, 6:59 PM EST
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If I'm out, Glenfiddich or Macallan if available...if not a Long Island. If I'm in, Jack Daniel's or Courvossier (sp?). Sometimes, just rum and Coke.
raven01 Offline
#7 Posted: Mon, Jul 28 2003, 11:48 PM EST
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Coffee,heineken,heineken,heineken,oh I lost my train of thought oh well I guess I,ll have a cigar and a beer hmmm what kind of beer??????
Stickbow Offline
#8 Posted: Tue, Jul 29 2003, 12:34 AM EST
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See as I don't partake in alcohol I prefer a dunkin donuts iced coffee. Goes very well with an eXtreme...
finsinmd Offline
#9 Posted: Tue, Jul 29 2003, 3:11 AM EST
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Scotch and ginger ale or water.
mrkmitch Offline
#10 Posted: Tue, Jul 29 2003, 6:32 AM EST
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I drink many things with a cigar, when I'm thirsty. Rebel Yell is a good sippin' whiskey (sour mash) to smoke medium to full bodied smokes with, as is Makers Mark, Crown Reserve is a good blended whiskey. A tawny port is always good with a medium to mild smoke, a good Cabernet is too. Brandy's are a great before or after dinner taste with a good smoke. If you don't want competeing flavors, then water is the choice, or a cleansing soda (like 7-up or Sprite) is a good choice with a mild cigar. On a hot summer afternoon a tall class of ice tea is great with a stogie. Lots of choices, lots of possibilities.
arwings Offline
#11 Posted: Tue, Jul 29 2003, 4:03 PM EST
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Don't mean to obliquely hi-jack the thread, but I've read a lot on the boards about "aged port" or "vintage port." Never been much of one for fortified wines but would like to maybe give it a try with a cigar. I've tried Taylor's, as well as other Ports you would typically find in your ordinary, garden-variety liquor store, but I suspect ya'll are talking about something several steps above. Any suggestions on brand names, or where to buy them? Online?
cooksta2 Offline
#12 Posted: Tue, Jul 29 2003, 5:45 PM EST
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I usually drink coffee or some type of soda but sometimes I mix a very strong dark roast coffee w/ condensed milk and pour it over ice. Damn is it good. The first time I had it was at a vietnamese restaraunt and I have been a fan since.
ErikVines Offline
#13 Posted: Wed, Jul 30 2003, 8:57 AM EST
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I highly recommend apple juice or grape juice (especially white) for alternatives to wine/spirits.
smithbw Offline
#14 Posted: Wed, Jul 30 2003, 8:58 AM EST
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Bubble water...
DrMaddVibe Offline
#15 Posted: Wed, Jul 30 2003, 9:13 AM EST
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I prefer fire water(Fire,Fire...spoken in Beavis & Buttheadeese!),lol.

Depends on the smoke, depends on the time of day. Sometimes I like a beer, sometimes a diet coke with lemon,sometimes a rum on ice, sometimes a Drambuie, sometimes I just reach in there like Tom Hanks did and sing the little drink of the day(for him it was a spice rack, but you get the point.)and grab four fingers of whatever I grab.
Suppagus Offline
#16 Posted: Wed, Jul 30 2003, 6:13 PM EST
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Depends on the cigar and what time of day it is. Coffee or espresso is good (I have a small batch coffee roaster nearby, so I get GREAT coffee), single malt (hooked on Bowmore Mariner 15 yr right now, also like Highland Park 18 yr with a splash), Guinness stout, or Whisker's Blake Tawny Port. In fact, my tasting method for a new cigar is to get a double espresso machiato(that means a splash of milk & foam)and light up.
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