Best Pipe/Drink Combo.

[ophiuchus]

To my taste, coffee goes with any tobacco. Hot chocolate as well, if you like it. I’ve always liked black tea, piping hot or iced, with a smoke, particularly sweeter leaf.

I like burley with beer. Prince Albert does nicely (again, if you like it). I’ve also enjoyed the suds with more brusque blends like Peter Stokkebye Amsterdam No. 83, or just about anything halfzware-esque, like Drum used to be years ago (boy that stuff was good in a Graber back in the day).

I know I’m repeating myself, but I think Early Morning Pipe (STG Dunhill/Peterson ... the stuff made for the last several years) goes well Mt Dew on the rocks, or Mt Dew Throwback (made with just sugar, if they make it ever again) straight up out of the can.

 

[Tennessee Dave]

Cold brew coffee or hot tea

 

[Grovius]

Coffee in the morning, iced tea predominates during the day and an adult beverage (usually a few fingers of port) in the evening. On a cold winter's day after working all day outside ... can't beat hot chocolate w/ marshmallows while enjoying a bowl.

I once heard a tobacconist recommending a square of high-cocoa chocolate when a cigar is/turns bitter, and the combination is really rich and hedonistic, although it changes the tobacco nuances quite a bit.

 

[ray47]

Another good combo is A&W Root Beer with just about anything, but it really goes good with MacBaren's Vanilla Cream Loose Cut. The vanilla & caramel in the root beer just enhances the flavors in the loose cut.

 

[J.GANDY]

Black strong Coffee preferably from a percolator and Carter Hall.

Iced coffee with any blend really.

Iced or hot tea Flying Dutchman match.

Hot green tea with honey pairs well Mixture 79.

 

[Drew72]

My favorite pipe drink is coffee, which kind of sucks because if I drink it after 5 or so, I have trouble sleeping. Seltzer with a little fruit juice or sweet tea are my usual beverages after coffee o'clock has passed.

I’m with you there. After 4:00 I would probably just drink iced water/seltzer for the same reason. I smoke very infrequently, and is usually early afternoon so coffee is my typical go-to.

 

[krizzose]

Ice water with a splash of limeade is my typical drink around the house, so by default that’s what I usually drink when smoking.

I’ve always liked beer, bourbon, or a Manhattan while smoking as well.

Midwinter I’m sure I’ll have a few hot toddies. I like mine made from hot tea, honey, and a lemon slice, which pairs great with something OGS or Mac Baren Virginia Flake

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

I forgot to mention cream soda, in my earlier post. It does something for every blend I've smoked with it.

 

[krizzose]

Well, answering that question a couple of posts up got me in the mood for a hot toddy, which is playing very nicely with the last half of this bowl of C&D Carolina Red Flake

 

[hawky454]

Coffee paired with a pipe is a match made in heaven. I also enjoy slightly sweetened iced tea with a splash of rose water or orange blossom water (sometimes both). Hot teas: Lapsang, Earl Grey and Chai Tea when I’m feeling festive (Twinings French Vanilla Chai is especially good). I’m also a sucker for some Yerba Mate.

 

[Drew72]

I forgot to mention cream soda, in my earlier post. It does something for every blend I've smoked with it.

I need to try that. I can see how that would be a great complement to natural tobacco flavor.

 

[Misanthrope]

Community Coffee Dark Roast for me, especially with my morning bowl while trying to figure out deep intellectual puzzles like my name and purpose in life.

 

[Perique]

While I too enjoy the coffee/pipe pairing, the evenings are reserved for sweet liqueurs like Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey, Duality Double Malt, and 43. Even the occasional Old Fashioned. I find these types of drinks pair amazingly with pipe tobacco, particularly orientals. I also like the occasional bitter (rather than piney) IPA with an evening burley.

 

[PipesRock]

Hot black coffee. Fresh ground Dunkin beans.

 

[judas530]

Plain black coffee in the morning and sweet tea, apple juice, or koolaid in the afternoon/evening. I like a bit of sweet with my burley as the day goes on.

 

[Sloopjohnbee]

I noticed that alot of Americans tend to be coffee drinkers but also dabble in 'iced tea' - I like my tea hot(call me a traitor, I never identify as a Yank anyway, even though I 'am proud to be an American'-
I am primarily a coffee drinker but sometimes I get tired of it - even with variety - so I do tea -
Tea like a Lapsang or a malty assam - if you like black tea order some Harney Colombian(pricey but worth it!) is a good with a smoke - wondering what an earl grey would be like though

 

[Country Bladesmith]

I noticed that alot of Americans tend to be coffee drinkers but also dabble in 'iced tea' - I like my tea hot(call me a traitor, I never identify as a Yank anyway, even though I 'am proud to be an American'-
I am primarily a coffee drinker but sometimes I get tired of it - even with variety - so I do tea -
Tea like a Lapsang or a malty assam - if you like black tea order some Harney Colombian(pricey but worth it!) is a good with a smoke - wondering what an earl grey would be like though

Earl Gray works. I like it. But I usually just make your typical Southern sweet tea, which is just Pekoe, sweetened with sugar. My mom’s side of the family is Sicilian, and always made iced tea with lots of orange, lemon, and mint. I love it that way, but I’ve never paired it with a pipe like that.

 

[cigrmaster]

You guys are all missing out. The best drink with coffee is mothers milk straight from the tit.

Actually my favorite is Cafe Dumonde coffee.

 

[Country Bladesmith]

You guys are all missing out. The best drink with coffee is mothers milk straight from the tit.

Actually my favorite is Cafe Dumonde coffee.

Cafe du Monde is good. I like chicory.

 

[cigrmaster]

Cafe du Monde is good. I like chicory.

I got addicted to the stuff the first time I visited Nola. Been drinking it for 20 years or so now.