Cigar Weekly

Oregone · 06-25-2002, 04:17 PM

westsideelectric suggested I brew a beer for accompanying cigars, but the truth is there are already several out there that work well for me. My most recent discovery is a Belgian ale called Nostradamus, from a fairly new (12 y.o.) brewery called Caracole. Like many of the better Belgos, it comes in a nice big 750 ml bottle with a corked top -- a top that almost took out my eye, incidentally. I'm partial to big, rich brown ales like this, with plenty of alcohol, especially alongside a nice full cigar.

Although I say "rich" and "big", because it's Belgian, it's also fairly dry. Lots of flavor, but not cloyingly-sweet or too rich to drink. In fact, I managed to force down the entire bottle along with a HdM churchill. Lots of good yeast character and the subtle complexity that tells me the brewery was sneaking some spices into the kettle. Seek it out and ye shall be rewarded.

love_this · 06-25-2002, 05:47 PM

I take it this means you home brew as one of your hobbies ???

Stonewall · 06-25-2002, 05:48 PM

Sounds very, very good....but, I've grown mighty fond of my Guiness and a dark, oily maduro wrapped cigar. To my palate, they compliment each other perfectly. Nice description and post!!

"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." -Sigmund Freud, General Introduction to Psychoanalysis (1952)

Autococker007 · 06-25-2002, 06:21 PM

Oh yeah.... Guiness good... Murpheys too! YUM!!! For a beer you do not have to cut, Try to find Bayern.... they are a small Micro out of Missoula MT, and last I had they only sold kegs (at $135 but worth it) But I had a buddy tell me that they bottle now too.... they have a Dark and an amber, both of which are supurb.

dodom · 06-25-2002, 08:38 PM

My favorite is the one a friend buys for me

Johnboy · 06-26-2002, 04:49 AM

I brew to and would think a nice warming tankard full of a malty barleywine would do. Secondly i would try a nice hoppy porter.mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Johnboy

madal · 06-26-2002, 08:15 AM

McEwan's Scotch Ale is great for those medium to full bodied smokes, I really like IPA's so I usually get Harpoon or Magic Hat Blind Faith. Boddington's is a nice cream ale, now that I think about it.

SmokeAndSpice · 06-26-2002, 09:55 AM

Still the best I've found for accompanying a cigar is Samichlaus. Haven't tried strong Belgians (with cigars) but that does sound good.

I had thought hoppy beers wouldn't go well but recently had some Three Floyd's Alpha King (Chicago-area Indiana brewery) and homebrewed IPA with an Oliva "O" and it was good.

pcotton3 · 06-26-2002, 10:58 AM

I like Bud Ice with a cigar.

I am a member of the Cuban albino midget rapper posse." - Phabulous Phreak Philip

Oregone · 06-26-2002, 11:01 AM

Quote:

I like Bud Ice with a cigar.

That would have to be a hell of a cigar for me!

06-25-2002, 04:17 PM	#1
Oregone Herf Meister Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Portland, OR USA Posts: 6,545	westsideelectric suggested I brew a beer for accompanying cigars, but the truth is there are already several out there that work well for me. My most recent discovery is a Belgian ale called Nostradamus, from a fairly new (12 y.o.) brewery called Caracole. Like many of the better Belgos, it comes in a nice big 750 ml bottle with a corked top -- a top that almost took out my eye, incidentally. I'm partial to big, rich brown ales like this, with plenty of alcohol, especially alongside a nice full cigar. Although I say "rich" and "big", because it's Belgian, it's also fairly dry. Lots of flavor, but not cloyingly-sweet or too rich to drink. In fact, I managed to force down the entire bottle along with a HdM churchill. Lots of good yeast character and the subtle complexity that tells me the brewery was sneaking some spices into the kettle. Seek it out and ye shall be rewarded. __________________ "The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them." -- Mark Twain

06-25-2002, 05:48 PM	#3
Stonewall Club Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Palmetto, Georgia, C.S.A. Posts: 1,072	Sounds very, very good....but, I've grown mighty fond of my Guiness and a dark, oily maduro wrapped cigar. To my palate, they compliment each other perfectly. Nice description and post!! "A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." -Sigmund Freud, General Introduction to Psychoanalysis (1952) __________________ "No quarter to the violators of our homes and firesides! - Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson

06-25-2002, 06:21 PM	#4
Autococker007 Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Illesheim, Bavaria Germany Posts: 403	Oh yeah.... Guiness good... Murpheys too! YUM!!! For a beer you do not have to cut, Try to find Bayern.... they are a small Micro out of Missoula MT, and last I had they only sold kegs (at $135 but worth it) But I had a buddy tell me that they bottle now too.... they have a Dark and an amber, both of which are supurb. __________________ Jim And Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

06-26-2002, 08:15 AM	#7
madal Herf Meister Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Infront of the Monitor, behind Posts: 7,624	McEwan's Scotch Ale is great for those medium to full bodied smokes, I really like IPA's so I usually get Harpoon or Magic Hat Blind Faith. Boddington's is a nice cream ale, now that I think about it. __________________ Those are my principles. If you don't like them I have others.

06-26-2002, 09:55 AM	#8
SmokeAndSpice Club Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: downstate Illinois USA Posts: 2,005	Still the best I've found for accompanying a cigar is Samichlaus. Haven't tried strong Belgians (with cigars) but that does sound good. I had thought hoppy beers wouldn't go well but recently had some Three Floyd's Alpha King (Chicago-area Indiana brewery) and homebrewed IPA with an Oliva "O" and it was good. __________________ "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." - Charles Darwin

06-25-2002, 05:47 PM	#2
love_this Club Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,424	I take it this means you home brew as one of your hobbies ???

06-25-2002, 08:38 PM	#5
dodom Club Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Maumelle, AR USA Posts: 3,055	My favorite is the one a friend buys for me

06-26-2002, 04:49 AM	#6
Johnboy Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Keflavik, Iceland Posts: 371	I brew to and would think a nice warming tankard full of a malty barleywine would do. Secondly i would try a nice hoppy porter.mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Johnboy

06-26-2002, 10:58 AM	#9
pcotton3 Banned Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: P.O. Box 8871, Rocky Mount, NC 27804 USA Posts: 3,221	I like Bud Ice with a cigar. I am a member of the Cuban albino midget rapper posse." - Phabulous Phreak Philip