exbenedict
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Post by exbenedict on Mar 18, 2018 0:13:27 GMT -5
What is your favorite smoking beverage? I have to say I vacillate between single malt scotch and hot tea, just depending on my mood. Thoughts?
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Post by PhantomWolf on Mar 18, 2018 0:16:47 GMT -5
Hot tea, diet Barqs', and beer.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2018 0:22:16 GMT -5
Coffee with cream and/or ice water.
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Post by zambini on Mar 18, 2018 2:03:12 GMT -5
luke warm tap water
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Post by headrott on Mar 18, 2018 3:12:16 GMT -5
I am going to make it really, really complicated and state: It depends on the tobacco I am smoking. There are some classic pairings, IMO, such as:
1) SPC Mississippi River and really good lemonade.
2) Peter Stokkebye Luxury Bullseye Flake and a Hot Buttered Rum.
I will say that I keep trying beer and tobacco combinations, and there have been some hits and misses, but the above two are my favorite combinations so far.
We should compile a list of tobacco and alcoholic/non-alcoholic drinks that pair best with them.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2018 3:42:52 GMT -5
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Post by Dramatwist on Mar 18, 2018 4:01:03 GMT -5
Alcoholic.
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Post by Dramatwist on Mar 18, 2018 5:10:05 GMT -5
...strangely, grape soda seems to go with a lot of the tobaccos I smoke...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2018 5:13:34 GMT -5
Pretty much water or coffee any more. Scotch occasionally.
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Post by william on Mar 18, 2018 6:42:25 GMT -5
Usually coffee in the am, ice water in the pm......
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Post by william on Mar 18, 2018 6:43:21 GMT -5
...strangely, grape soda seems to go with a lot of the tobaccos I smoke... Go ahead and admit you are partial to that grape-flavored Captain Black.  |
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Post by scrooge on Mar 18, 2018 7:05:52 GMT -5
Coffee, Tea, Makers Mark
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Post by haebar on Mar 18, 2018 8:10:10 GMT -5
Myers Dark Rum and Blenheim Ginger Ale on ice
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Post by rblood on Mar 18, 2018 8:13:37 GMT -5
Coffee is by far my favorite drink with a pipe. Water or bourbon depending on mood would be second.
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Post by Legend Lover on Mar 18, 2018 10:48:49 GMT -5
a large pint of milk for me.
Don't judge!
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Post by JimInks on Mar 18, 2018 11:38:29 GMT -5
Ice water with plenty of floaty li'l icebergs.
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Post by slowroll on Mar 18, 2018 11:48:01 GMT -5
Coffee in the morning, tea in the afternoon. Red wine, followed by Expresso followed by Scotch or Cognac in the evening. Sometimes a Jägermeister if I need to tamp down dinner.
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Post by cigrmaster on Mar 18, 2018 14:21:40 GMT -5
Cafe Du Monde coffee and then some type of Snapple or Arizona or Luzianne iced tea.
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Post by exchef on Mar 18, 2018 15:31:15 GMT -5
A good dark roast coffee pairs well for me. Maybe once upon a time I would have said a 10+ year old Islay Single Malt, but those days are mostly past.
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Post by papipeguy on Mar 18, 2018 16:31:32 GMT -5
Coffee in the morning and scotch in the evening. It's no coincidence that most of my pipe buying is late at night.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2018 22:13:40 GMT -5
a large pint of milk for me. Don't judge! I actually think that milk goes well with English/Balkan blends in particular. |
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Post by djo on Mar 18, 2018 22:18:02 GMT -5
No beverage at all for me. I prefer to just zone out and let the pipe smoke itself without any distractions. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2018 23:47:05 GMT -5
Usually iced tea, but the cigar guys are converting me over to bourbon.
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Post by zambini on Mar 19, 2018 0:07:48 GMT -5
I'm willing to go as far as tepid water if you're willing to negotiate. Hehe. |
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Post by Scott W on Mar 24, 2018 11:17:48 GMT -5
Rum and coke or scotch neat. I also will occasionally smoke with a sherry or port
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Post by trailboss on Mar 24, 2018 12:38:41 GMT -5
Tasting a tobacco for the first time I find that club soda with mint leaf cleans the palate pretty well.
Day to day smokes it is usually fresh brewed tea be it China Mist or Lipton’s, no sugar.
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Post by slowroll on Mar 24, 2018 12:42:34 GMT -5
Tasting a tobacco for the first time I find that club soda with mint leaf cleans the palate pretty well. Day to day smokes it is usually fresh brewed tea be it China Mist or Lipton’s, no sugar. Sounds good. I like club soda with a little tonic added (sometimes with a little gin). |
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Post by steveinny on Mar 24, 2018 13:18:58 GMT -5
Coffee, Tea, Ice water.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2018 18:20:41 GMT -5
Usually iced tea, but the cigar guys are converting me over to bourbon. Now with a cigar, my favorite is a cliché, but nothing is better than cognac. |
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Post by PhantomWolf on Mar 24, 2018 18:41:34 GMT -5
More specifically: Va-Per with Barqs' root beer, cream soda or Dr Pepper. I like black tea- hot or iced, lightly sweetened to unsweetened with English blends. Ginger ale is also good with latakia blends. Aromatics are best with ice water.
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