Re: cigars and root beer
 

It brings out many of the flavors that are in the rootbeer, if they are already present in the cigar, at least for me. A good, natural, hand-crafted rootbeer is pretty complex and has a lot of distinct ingredients. Vanilla, cream, anise, molasses, nuttiness, sarsaparilla, ginger... Depends on the cigar for me. If you think about some of the cigar tastings offered in B&Ms, they will pair the cigar with things to enhance the flavor of the stick in question. Usually they will offer some sort of complimentary liquer or candy. For example, when the La Aroma de Cuba mi Amor was released, Mission Pipe Shop paired it with dark chocolate and dry coconut. Do these things bring out the flavor or enhance it? One must decide for themselves. Personally, I think these things compliment the flavor. So does a good rootbeer.

Re: cigars and root beer
 

Smoking a Goviado Blue Lancero right now with a Mug diet root beer. So far I like it. It gives the cigar an extra "creamy" note and helps to bring out the citrus notes I'm getting from the cigar.:tu

Re: cigars and root beer
 

I'm a fan of root beer with my cigars. I prefer Capt'n Eli's root beer when I can find it. Boylans root beer and creamy red birch beer are also favorites of mine.

Re: cigars and root beer
 

I always try to avoid soda and other sweet drinks with cigars. I just don't think they pair well. Almost like it over works your mouth making it harder for me to taste the cigar.