Perfect Pairings: Cognac and Cigars

[El Presidente]

You have to have a chuckle 

While I am not a Cognac drinker ...I appreciate that these Cognacs are excellent indeed. 

However....while you may draw a "perfect" line between Red Dot Cohiba or Don Tomas to pond scum....you are stretching it making them a perfect match to any Cognac.

 

http://www.craveonline.com/culture/1269753-perfect-pairings-cognac-and-cigars

[Colt45]

Bloggers (of all kinds) blog. I've pretty much found that cigar and drink "pairings" are usually subjective. I mean, there are heathens that drink red wine with cigars - crikey.

In this day and age, promoting cigars in any fashion is a plus.....

Where do you find these things? 

[El Presidente]

5 minutes ago, Colt45 said:

 I mean, there are heathens that drink red wine with cigars - crikey.

God Bless Them 

 

.....my taste for wine has returned!

[Colt45]

9 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

.....my taste for wine has returned!

Thanks be, mate 

[retrofail]

Call me a Neanderthal or heathen or just meat head, but I could taste the pretentiousness in that blog...like looking down on me and pointing from the deck of their 100 foot yacht pretentious! 

Maybe it's just me...

[Guest Nekhyludov]

I can't speak to the cognac, but some of those cigar recommendations are so egregious that it actually makes me think less of Graycliff as a company. 

[Habana Mike]

Some decent Cognacs there, pairings not so much.....

[JohnS]

1 hour ago, Habana Mike said:

Some decent Cognacs there, pairings not so much.....

Yes, agreed...what Mike said!

[Ken Gargett]

6 hours ago, El Presidente said:

God Bless Them 

 

.....my taste for wine has returned!

i'll open the cask in celebration...

[Duxnutz]

3 hours ago, JohnS said:

Yes, agreed...what Mike said!

When is cognac night!?!? 

[AndrewNR]

I'll admit to having a wine and a cigar once or twice.. But blasphemy is a friend of mine and I was made to sin..

Although, Pairings are kind of lost with me as far as cigars go.. some cocktails seem to do well.. For me most of the time pairing with cigars is just ensuring I've got a drink while I smoke!

[sengjc]

I'll admit to having a wine and a cigar once or twice.. But blasphemy is a friend of mine and I was made to sin..

Although, Pairings are kind of lost with me as far as cigars go.. some cocktails seem to do well.. For me most of the time pairing with cigars is just ensuring I've got a drink while I smoke!

Agreed, smoking a cigar can dry-out the tonsils a bit. Some fine 'neck lubrication', in whatever form, especially when enjoyed in good company, does help increase the overall enjoyment.

[99call]

The dangers of Brandy addiction. I would explain, but then again......I am .......very...........very Drunk!

 

[laficion]

10 hours ago, Habana Mike said:

Some decent Cognacs there, pairings not so much.....

For me ,at least, as a Cognac drinker ,i would say yes to the articule but as a cigar smoker who has tried most of those cigars.

I wouldn"t even have a Coke with those cigars.

There are better N.C.'s out there then those in my opinion.

Guy

[mwaller]

Davidoff Nicaragua is one of the better NCs in my opinion. 

And I do think that Cognac is one of the best pairings for cigars. Perhaps I am in the minority. 

[LLC]

A top notch cognac with a cigar is one of my favorite pairings if alcohol is involved. Can't comment on the NC's as I don't smoke them but with a Cuban cigar after a nice dinner works for me.


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[JohnS]

16 hours ago, Duxnutz said:

When is cognac night!?!? 

Right on...let's make it happen, dear friend!  

[Fuzz]

19 hours ago, JohnS said:

Yes, agreed...what Mike said!

 

16 hours ago, Duxnutz said:

When is cognac night!?!? 

 

6 minutes ago, JohnS said:

Right on...let's make it happen, dear friend!  

Wasn't that a few weeks ago? The two of us made a hefty dent in my 1L bottle!

[JohnS]

Just now, Fuzz said:

Wasn't that a few weeks ago? The two of us made a hefty dent in my 1L bottle!

Yes, I didn't realise how much went of that 30 year old Otard VSOP bottle, but what a quality drop. So easy to drink over the course of 6 to 7 hours!  

[Fuzz]

2 hours ago, JohnS said:

Yes, I didn't realise how much went of that 30 year old Otard VSOP bottle, but what a quality drop. So easy to drink over the course of 6 to 7 hours!  

Still got 2 more bottles...

[jay8354]

1 hour ago, Fuzz said:

Still got 2 more bottles...

Where is my invite?

[Fuzz]

10 minutes ago, jay8354 said:

Where is my invite?

You're always busy or not available.