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   bigboi
   

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   Ok, I know there are a lot of posts about what people are drinking, but I am more curious about what beers pair well with certain tobaccos.
   So post what beers you have may have been drinking with a favorite tobacco that worked super well or didn't work well at all. Was it an IPA, a stout, a pilsner, a blonde, or any other type of beer. Please try to give the name and brewery.
   I am thinking of doing a beer and tobacco pairing for a club idea.

   “I believe that pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective judgement in all human affairs.”
   -Albert Einstein, 1950

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   I find that Heineken seems to go with everything.

   Cubs win, Cubs win, Cubs win....Holy Cow!

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   I like Hamm's beer or Miller Highlife with 1Q. Both beers seems to go well with it.

   U.S.M.C. (SEMPER FI)

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   I had some St. Pauli Girl's with LA Red a few times last summer. It really brought out the sweetness of the tobacco I thought.

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   I'm not one for frequently drinking beer; however, I was given a suggestion for an easy thirst quencher for those hot summer days.
   A doctor friend of mine told me about this.

   1/2 Yuengling Lager or light
   1/2 Buffalo Rock Ginger Ale (I suppose you could use Canada Dry Ginger Ale.... buy why would you ever want to?)

   And with a bowl of 1Q while sitting in the shade under your favorite tree... Ahhhhhhhh....

   

   
   "Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put." Winston Churchill
   

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   Old Milwaukee and CBW in a Legend Cob. What can I say, I'm no expert, just cheap and broke and it is all I have.

   Mike.
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   Rookie, but learning.

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   I like IPAs, but I've never had much luck pairing them with a pipe (I smoke Latakia and Virginia/Oriental blends, mostly by McClelland).

   Stouts, however, do seem to pair rather well with my preferred blends. My current favorite pair is Lefthand Milk Stout paired with McClelland Arcadia.

   Just a suggestion.

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   Bass ale on draft with any Lat. mix. Hard to do in NYC where you are not allowed to smoke in a bar, but possible in a sidewalk cafe.

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   I tend to do well pairing a stout with most tobaccos but some VA or Lat blends tend to go well with a fairly hoppy Pilsner like New Belgium's Shift.

   Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

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    Pairing Beer With Tobacco...HMmm,Yea, cold beer and tobacco.Sounds like a good pair to me!!

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    i would say a mellow english and a good stout, but the only one i can get here is Guinness. im still looking for the perfect english.

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    Now Lawrence don't go bashing the Original in Canada Dry! Up here we call that a shanty, and it's not bad on a hot summer night

    “A pipe in the mouth makes it clear that there has been no mistake–you are undoubtedly a man.”
    -A. A. Milne
    

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    How could any quality beer not be good with any tobacco

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    Pairing Beer With Tobacco...HMmm,Yea, cold beer and tobacco.Sounds like a good pair to me!! [:wink:]

    +1 weezell

    PBR & Carter Hall

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    Ok so tonight I did a Dogfish head 90 Minute IPA with a Virgina bulk blend from my B & M. The crispness of the hops in the IPA just let the sweetness of the virginias sing. It was an intriguing pair.
    My favorite pairing so far was a Red blend with my favorite Aro called Rainy City Reserve from Rainy City Cigar. The creaminess of the vanilla, nougat flavor of the smoke paired extremely well with the boldness of the red.

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    Now Lawrence don't go bashing the Original in Canada Dry! Up here we call that a shanty, and it's not bad on a hot summer night

    No insult intended. I realize you guys can't get Buffalo Rock Ginger Ale up there. (unless you order it).
    I'm not sure they ship to Canada. You haven't lived until you've had one.
    
    

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    I rarely drink anymore, but I still enjoy a good beer from time time. One beer I really enjoy is Hoegaarden. Perhaps I'll pick some up tomorrow for my 'finally home from work smoke'

    Cut me... I bleed black.

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    I like stouts, lagers and pale ales myself.

    

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    Miller Lite works for me.

    I will give up my pipe when they pry my cold dead fingers off of it!

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    I like IPAs, but I've never had much luck pairing them with a pipe

    I brought up this issue during the question and answer period of Russ' pairing talk at the West Coast Pipe show. He suggested pairing it with something like Stonehaven and it worked out pretty well when I tried it.

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    I've never loved the combination of beer and tobacco. It clashes for me.

    I can see dry stout being my choice if I was to partake, but I honestly it'd either take away from the taste of the beer or take away from the taste of the tobacco.

    I've drank plain jane lagers many times while smoking, but that is a different thing altogether than an intentional pairing.

    I prefer a glass of port after I smoke my pipe...

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    I used to love a good Shiner Bock or Shiner Black with my smoke but lately I've found I really don't enjoy anything carbonated with my tobacco. It clashes for me and I swear I'm more prone to irritation from it. Most of the time I smoke I stick to water or an occasional scotch or bourbon. That seems to be more enjoyable for me with both pipes and cigars.

    Mike

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    As others have said: IPAs do not work for me with the pipe. I love them both, but not together - the IPA actually causes me pain, no matter the tobacco (it seems worse with VAs, though).

    An uncarbonated English brew at cellar temperature is OK with any kind of tobacco for me, though.

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    I agree too much carbonation is a problem. I kind of like nitrogenated ales with a smoke.

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