drink of choice when smoking ?

[Ramon]

Coffee, Wine (red, white, champagne, vintage port, madeira), single malt scotch, G&T, cherry brandy, cognac, calvados... eh, you get the picture

[G-man]

For me coconut rum and coke. for mild cigars coffee,cream and sugar.

[Ryan]

I found Guinness a bit overpowering myself [of the cigar]. What do you normally smoke with it?

It's probably because I have been drinking it so long that I now find Guinness to have a fairly neutral flavour for a beer. It's much less fizzy than other beers and, for me anyway, the main flavour is sweet hops. Stronger cigars, such Partagas and Bolivar, do go very well with it.

[Robusto]

I'm definitely with Drew on this one.

As far as I'm concerned, you cannot beat a succession of mugs of strong tea to accompany a good cigar. My preference is a strong, dark tea with some semi-skimmed milk and no sugar. Indeed, I'm currently on my third mug of Tetley tea (newly discovered strong, unfussy tea of choice) and am taking my time to smoke a Snub.

Alcohol?
Not a huge fan with or without a cigar, really.

At a pub, I'll have either a couple of pints of bitter shandy or lager shandy.
At home, I'm with Stevieboy. I really enjoy drinking port with a Havana. A great combination.

[larrysputnik]

Somewhere on here last year I read some people suggesting Earl Grey with their cigars. I tried it and enjoyed it very much so. In fact, afterwards I took a picture of myself for this current avatar.

Usually, though, I prefer scotch, like Macallan or JW Gold, or a stout. I'm kind of a lightweight since I don't drink often other than when smoking a cigar, so I've found that the cigar buzz kicks in just a few minutes before the buzz from the alcohol, thus it gets pretty intense for a few minutes. Then I just end up going to sleep because being high wears me out.

[cully]

having just got back from cuba i found that drinking mojo's and anything else with alchol did the trick!!

[cj121]

I've posted up on this thread previously, but last night I had a drop of Poteen (cherried) and lemonade, which went with my stick particularly well. I usually nip it neat, but with the mixer was ok too.

[HabanoSy]

For me these drinks at these times usually suits my palate perfectly...

Morning - coffee
Morning/early afternoon - coffee
Early/late afternoon - coffee, red wine or G&T
Late afternoon/early evening - red wine, G&T or dark rum
Early/late evening - port, dark rum, bourbon, single malt or cognac
Late evening - cognac

[Boss Hog]

I've tried a number of alcho drinks with a cigar but havent found one I like to smoke with yet.
I always rely on my favourite brand of expresso if I really want to enjoy it.

And that was my 500.

[SteveGriff]

I'm pretty much all over the place when I'm pairing drinks with Cigars - most of the time I'll pair Coffee with whatever I'm smoking. But I also go for Red Wine, a hearty real ale, a Whiskey or sometimes a nice dark rum.

[whisky77]

Good effort.

I've tried a number of alcho drinks with a cigar but havent found one I like to smoke with yet.
I always rely on my favourite brand of expresso if I really want to enjoy it.

And that was my 500.

Good effort Boss.You deserve an exspresso and a fat one after such an output.

[the mothman]

For me these drinks at these times usually suits my palate perfectly...

Morning - coffee
Morning/early afternoon - coffee
Early/late afternoon - coffee, red wine or G&T
Late afternoon/early evening - red wine, G&T or dark rum
Early/late evening - port, dark rum, bourbon, single malt or cognac
Late evening - cognac

Is that every day Habano? Sounds good from early/late afternoon onwards. For me its whatevers in the house, used to be absinthe all the time, at work its normally a large hot chocolate which goes down nice at times.

[HabanoSy]

I wish Mothman...

No thats the type of drink I usually go for if im having a smoke at those times of day.