What Is The Best Alcohol With A Pipe In The Evening Time ?
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It depends on the tobacco....I like Lagavulin or Laphroiag with Balkan blends, I prefer Bourbon with Burleys, Pussers rum is quite nice with certain Virginas and I like beers and ales with lighter English mixtures. However I drink iced tea or water most of the time, I really only drink alcohol with my pipes when I have time to really settle in and relax.
I think red wine is terrible with just about any tobacco. I don't know why.
Never really drink white wines.
I don't do beers, lagers, stouts, porters, ales, or IPA's. (Hops is not my friend, apparently.)
Also don't do clear liquor. Bleck.
I like Sailor Jerry's Spiced Rum with sweet Virginia Flakes, and a good Scotch or Irish whiskey with English blends, and dark flakes like ODF.
Never really drink white wines.
I don't do beers, lagers, stouts, porters, ales, or IPA's. (Hops is not my friend, apparently.)
Also don't do clear liquor. Bleck.
I like Sailor Jerry's Spiced Rum with sweet Virginia Flakes, and a good Scotch or Irish whiskey with English blends, and dark flakes like ODF.
Most drinks are good with a smoke. My preference is J Walker double Black, neat. Also consider Bourbon, Cognac, Meyer's Rum, a heavier beer.
I like an old vine zinfandel with all latakia blends. Cleans my palate for each puff and doesn't hurt my tongue the way a carbonated beer can, when I smoke. I've never enjoyed heavy alcohols. And, weighing in at 110lbs, they don't like me, either.
The one thing you don't want is for your drink of choice to overpower the tobacco. To me aged rum goes nice with a VaPer, but a peaty Scotch, Rye or a super hoppy IPA would be to much. Change that to a latakia heavy blend now Scotch, Bourbon, Rye and robust beers come into play. In the end its all personal taste, buy some of the tiny airplane bottles, experiment and have fun.
I'm not much of a spirits kinda guy, I prefer beers (preferably wheats or saisons) but when I do drink liquor it's Maker's Mark.
Sailor Jerry. It's a tribute to Norman Collins, a famous tattooer of sailors, and a known pipe smoker. Can't really go wrong.
Bourbon is a nice crisp accompaniment, on ice a little colder than I might enjoy by itself. Beer coats the mouth
way too much. Wine tends to compete with tobacco flavors and block at least some of a good blend. Scotch
has a litte too much going on in itself and makes me want the drink or the pipe but not both. Black or green
tea sans alcohol is often the best.
way too much. Wine tends to compete with tobacco flavors and block at least some of a good blend. Scotch
has a litte too much going on in itself and makes me want the drink or the pipe but not both. Black or green
tea sans alcohol is often the best.
My tastes in alcohol and tobacco pairings are somewhat polar opposite. On the one hand, I like a nice, hoppy, somewhat piney/bitter IPA. On the other hand, I like a sweet liqueur like Jack Daniels Honey or 43 over ice.
I agree with previous posters that wine makes a poor pairing, for the reasons already stated. Too much going on. However, I used to always enjoy a Port with a cigar and I've been experimenting with Port as an accompaniment to certain pipe tobacco blends.
I agree with previous posters that wine makes a poor pairing, for the reasons already stated. Too much going on. However, I used to always enjoy a Port with a cigar and I've been experimenting with Port as an accompaniment to certain pipe tobacco blends.
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