Sam Heughan, star of the TV Series Outlander, and his favourite cigar

[JohnS]

Sam Heughan is a Scottish actor who is currently starring in the TV Series, 'Outlander'. According to his Wikipedia page; Heughan and his Outlander co-star Graham McTavish co-wrote Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other which reached number one on the New York Times' Best Seller List for hardcover nonfiction, and combined print and e-book nonfiction in November 2020. The same year Heughan launched his own whisky brand, The Sassenach (named after his Outlander character's nickname for his wife, Claire), winning consecutive double golds in the 2020 and 2021 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.

So, apart from knowing his whisky, he also enjoys a good cigar. Read more below...

My Favorite Cigar

Cigar aficionados describe their smoke of choice

Jul 18, 2024 - By David Savona

Sam Heughan • Actor • Partagás Serie D No. 4

Sam Heughan walks into the dining room of New York’s Metropolitan Club wearing a kilt, broadsword in hand, dramatically shouting about slaying the haggis. It’s a great show. The 44-year-old Scottish actor, best known for his starring role in the series “Outlander,” is in his element, a Keepers of the Quaich dinner focused around Scotch whisky. He has his own, called The Sassenach. “I was drinking a lot of Asian blends, I thought they were incredible, really well-balanced,” he says. “I thought Scotland doesn’t really have one like that.” The Sassenach is a blend of three different malts, plus a 19-year-old grain whisky. “You can buy some incredible aged grain whiskeys, they’re just so full of fruit, toffee and caramel—they’re great sippers,” he explains. “You have to be careful with a cigar; the cigar can sometimes dominate them.”

He’s loved cigars for about six years. His go-to is the Partagás Serie D No. 4, but he loves lanceros, and waxes poetic about El Rey del Mundo La Reinas and OpusX Lanceros. He tends to shop at No. 6 Cavendish in London.

He’s in Scotland now filming the eighth and final season of his show. “It’s been almost 11 years now. It’s crazy, the emotions, the memories that keep coming back,” he says. “I think probably the way I’m going to celebrate is with a good cigar.”

Source: https://www.cigaraficionado.com/article/my-favorite-cigar-3dd767

[puromaniac]

Good actor, great show. Nice to see he enjoys the fine things in life.

[Chibearsv]

If he's such a good actor, you'd think he could act like he was enjoying that cigar. 😁