How/What Beverages do You Pair with Your Pipe?

[Smoke Wagon]

I prefer Diet Pepsi when I’m a smoking aromatics. I think the two sweet tasting things go together. I often pair bourbon with Virginias and VaPers because the sweetness of the bourbon seems to go well with sweetish Virginia tobacco. I like smoky scotch with a good English blend. The smoke and peat seem to compliment the flavors well.

Whats your preference? Any particular reason why?

 

[El Capitán]

Brandy (including cognac) is my go to then it's dark rum. I'll sip a whiskey or scotch in occasion. I never pair with any carbonated drink. I'll pair a liqueur with an especially strong tobacco.

 

[Kobold]

Lately, cognac. But usually espresso or water.

 

[ray47]

Sweetened black coffee in the morning with a burley blend for my first cup. Second cup of morning coffee I'll add some Carnation Chocolate Creamer which goes great with a vanilla aromatic. Taste just like hot cocoa. In the evening I'll drink A&W Root Beer with pretty much any blend. I don't drink alcoholic beverages because my health doesn't allow it. I did drink alcoholic beverages in the past but didn't like the combination.

 

[username]

Coffee for heavy burley blends and water for everything else.

 

[MGAOKC]

Water or whiskey for me.

 

[tmcg81]

Coffee, tea, ice water.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Rarely ever seated when smoking so whatever I'm drinking while working.

 

[judcole]

I always have ice water on my desk.

 

[PA Piper Mike]

Typically, I drink coffee while I smoke, but that's in the mornings and early afternoons. At night, it's usually bourbon or Pepsi, depending on how I'm feeling. During the summer, I love smoking VAs and VaPrs with a Summer Shandy

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

Gin Martini, dirty pairs pretty well with just about everything.

 

[DanWil84]

I drink coffee neat or hot tea with my tobacco. Most of my smoking is at work and/or early in the morning, so generally no alcohol with my tobacco. I have yet to find a matching liquor which supplements tobacco to my taste.

 

[JOHN72]

Usually with black coffee, or hot tea. Distillates preferably 100 proof upwards...............

 

[The Amish Tyrant]

A bottomless cup of black coffee goes great with my weekend morning pipe. Whiskey, bourbon, or brandy assist in the evening while diet cola or water aide during the day.

I also drink the tears of baby pandas and the blood of my enemies, but that may be more for a different thread.

 

[Zeno Marx]

whiskey, espresso, or water, but a cola now and again is a nice compliment.

 

[ChonkyTonks]

Coffee, tea, ice water.

This.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Iced tea is my favorite on the deck. The rare Coca Cola adds a tingle to Virginias. This time of year, it's just plain old ice water most of the time.

If I enjoyed pipes more in the mornings, which is not normal, it would be coffee or strong black tea with some sugar - those actually pair the best, just don't usually work with my "schedule".

The occasional Corona on the deck in the summer is nice, but as much as I've tried to enjoy a bowl with a single malt or pot whisky (whiskey), the combination just hasn't really worked, but doesn't stop me trying from time to time. I really don't drink much, and when I have some spirits I tend to enjoy those for their own sake and more often with something sweet to eat (chocolate) vs. smoke.

 

[reloader]

Bourbon or spiked coffee. Hot in the winter and iced in the summer. Occasionally I'll have some dark red wine with a pipe.

 

[NomadOrb]

Coffee, tea, and water. I don't drink alcohol when I smoke as that magnifies the negative effects, and I don't like carbonated beverages when I smoke a pipe, makes my tongue tingle too much.

 

[Jacob74]

Black coffee, water, Rye, or Irish whiskey.