Favourite Drink Pairing?

[Charlie718]

Bulleit bourbon and/or black coffee

 

[kgs]

Just water for me. I can't smoke and drink at the same time and one of the two will always be neglected. As soon as I start sipping my coffee my pipe goes out. And then when I start to puff my pipe I find that my coffee gets cold. Probably brain damage.

I got tongue bite from smoking while drinking a coke. So I avoid carbonated drinks now.

As far as flavor pairings go, I think either coke, ginger ale, or coffee are great with any tobacco.

 

[RainKing]

I'm a tea guy. Doesn't matter the temperature. It can be iced or hot. I don't personally like sweet tea as well. I actually enjoy the taste of the tea leaf. It can be black tea, green tea or white tea (all the same leaf, they are just cooked for different amounts of time). Some of the comparisons between tea leaf and tobacco leaf are actually pretty interesting. I know people will be disgusted to think I drink it without sugar, but much like tobacco...to each their own! Stay thirsty my friends. haha

 

[james72]

First choice—Bourbon
Second—Scotch
Third—Vodka
Fourth—Gin
Fifth—Red wine
Sixth—Guinness
Seventh—Brawndo

 

[glub]

I'm a tea guy. Doesn't matter the temperature. It can be iced or hot. I don't personally like sweet tea as well. I actually enjoy the taste of the tea leaf. It can be black tea, green tea or white tea (all the same leaf, they are just cooked for different amounts of time). Some of the comparisons between tea leaf and tobacco leaf are actually pretty interesting. I know people will be disgusted to think I drink it without sugar, but much like tobacco...to each their own! Stay thirsty my friends. haha

Same! Unsweetened tea, sometimes with milk, during the day. Whiskey or a beer in the evening.

 

[TimeKiller]

Coffee always number one goto, will work with literally anything, brown ale, or blonde, as a second, can work with aros or english, bourbon or brandy if I'm really feeling it, non aros only, and sometimes I just want Captain black and some miller lite.

 

[Charlie718]

I have to update a new drink pairing for myself. Taylor Fladgate 20yr Tawny Port, incredible combo!

 

[Mtlpiper]

I'm a fan of black coffee with ODF or Aged Burley. Occasionally with a tot of Baileys in there. Similarly nice with a stout.

For Virginias or VaPer blends, I think they match well with a cold beer in the summer. Stronger ones maybe with a soda (Dr.Pepper or A&W Rootbeer).

English or Orientals I can go with a G+T, maybe a nice port, a sweeter scotch ale, root beer, Bourbon or whiskey.

I love tea (the Chinese/Japanese kinds without milk), but I rarely drink it with tobacco. I can see it sweet lemon ice-tea working well though.

Being diabetic most of these are very rare treats. Mostly it's water that I'm drinking while smoking.

 

[Scottishgaucho]

The drink I have most when smoking is coffee with a beer later in the day if the weather is hot . In the evening I do like to smoke something strong when I'm finishing the red wine I had with my dinner. I find a strong baccy goes well with red wine....and even better with whisky.

 

[pinchoftobacco]

black coffee for me

 

[GDWTVB]

Bourbon, usually Maker's Mark or Four Roses.

Grizz

 

[uzzi101]

I find a glass of cold water suited me best. Every now and again I’ll have my pipe with a coke. Delicious.

 

[RKRoadie1960]

Hot Black tea with lemon

 

[scottbtdmb]

I love coffee with pretty much any tobacco, but I will say specifically a good cup of Colombian goes great with a burley. There’s a lot of nice complementary chocolate like flavors that the two share.

For the beer lovers, I’ve found that a nice tangy Virginia goes great with a Flemish red (i.e. Rodenbach Grand Cru). Again a lot of similar flavors between the two that complement well.

With liquor, I tend to prefer a cigar, as bourbons and scotch tend to overwhelm pipe tobacco. Latakia works well with a peaty scotch though, and stronger tobaccos will fare a little better with liquors (i.e. Gawith ropes).

Finally, with tea, you absolutely cannot beat Earl Grey with Gawith Hoggarth Dark Flake scented. The bergamot goes so well with the traditional Lakeland flavors. If you’re more of a fan of the Dark Flake unscented, it works well as a contrast, as the unscented actually takes on qualities of the scented version with the tea contributing the aromatic bergamot flavors.

 

[smknron]

Coffee is definitely my #1 to go with my pipe tobacco, and tea too. Some days I can drink coffee almost up to dinner time, but if it's 95 degrees outside (usually where I am) I can drink a lot of tea.

 

[Skatutakee]

With a pipe it's usually coffee or water. Whisk(e)y of any kind is nice with a cigar, of course, but on a warm summer afternoon there's nothing better than a cigar and a Dr Pepper, and I am 100% serious about that.

 

[troyniss]

Depends on my mood. I don't pair specific drinks with pipes, but whatever I feel like it at the moment. Tonight I had some beer. Last night I had a sugar and calorie free cider (in Korea cider is equivalent to what Sprite/7-up is) and the night before that I had some cold brew tangerine peel tea from Jeju Island.

 

[mparker762]

Lemonade, for both pipes and cigars. I never have found any alcohol that I thought actually enhanced the taste of the tobacco.

 

[Christos D. Tsatsaronis]

I have stopped driniking alcohol a few years ago, so now it is:
- coffee in the morning (Turkish/Greek coffee with spices)
- juice combinations in the evening (e.g. apple with sparkling water in the summer, red grape juice mixed with spices - served hot, in the winter)

Cheers!

 

[JOHN72]

Rum, Whiskey, Coffee, Brandy. Hot infusion and water for the most part.................