| The cigar has long been seen as a luxury of the rich | | | | likelihood need help in mating your particular cigar with |
| and famous. Pictures of well-heeled men drawing on | | | | the proper beer. If you have a more knowledgeable |
| different types of cigars and nursing a glass of aged | | | | taste, and you recognize what you like, you can |
| brandy have been well documented and immortalized | | | | probably make a connection between certain types |
| in movies and TV. If you are getting curious about | | | | of cigars and a great beer. |
| cigars and want to loosen up with a stogie and an | | | | As cigars are so strong and flavorsome, one of the |
| adult beverage after a hard day's work, here are a | | | | challenges is to find a beer that complements the |
| few hints to get you going. | | | | strength of many types of cigars. For that reason, |
| Traditionally, cigars have been mated with a hard | | | | many types of cigars will match nicely with a good |
| liquor. Popular liquors include brandy, rum, and | | | | barley wine or a single malt scotch. If your cigar can |
| whiskey. It has been debated that good cigars | | | | be distinguished as spicy, woody, with a hint of |
| should always be matched with a potent drink that | | | | cedar, try matching it with a barley wine. The fruity |
| has a suggestion of sweetness. Cigar smokers have | | | | tinge of a barely wine ought to complement nicely |
| long savored these popular unions. For ages, the | | | | with the pungent flavor of your cigar. The |
| idea of pairing different types of cigars with beer has | | | | combination of a savory cigar with a somewhat |
| gone overlooked. | | | | fruity beer can also create a taste that heightens the |
| But why overlook good old beer? Recently, the | | | | qualities in each significantly. |
| trend has been to pair cigars with various varieties of | | | | If you don't have a clue as to which flavor |
| beer as it seems that as cigars have entered the | | | | combinations could work, try out different ones. |
| mainstream. What better way to enjoy a puff of | | | | First, come up with the types of cigars that you |
| this newly popularized delicacy than to mate it with | | | | like. Then try to distinguish the characteristics that |
| beer? Pairing a better cigar with a satisfactory beer | | | | you enjoy about it. Only then find a beer whose |
| is not an easy feat, but when attained is well worth | | | | flavor you think might go well with the cigar. Many |
| the effort. Much of the pairing off has to do with | | | | unthinkable combinations have been arrived at this |
| your expertise. If you are a beginner, you will in all | | | | way. |