cigars and root beer
 

Do NOT compliment each other, blegh, time to make some coffee.

that is all. :p
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I like them both, so why not? Root beer can be divine when well made.

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i do too, especially the one made by the saint arnolds brewery. but together oh no. maybe with a mild cigar, but with the essencia i had it kinda ruined the commute this morning.
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Ive tried several kinds and have yet to find a true root beer that i can stomach.

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Barq's is excellent with a good maddie. :ss
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Root Beer or Dr Pepper are my favorites with a cigar.

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IBC is my favorite for a production Root Beer. Its great with a stick.

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see i like dr pepper with any cigar i have ever tried. but this experience was so bad i dont know if ill try another combo.
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+1. Diet IBC is my go-to non-alcoholic drink with a cigar. I prefer booze, but when it is a morning or afternoon smoke, root beer is great.

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I love Virgil's, but I can never make it last long enough to last lighting a cigar, let alone sitting through an entire one :r

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:tpd:

Jones Soda's Root Beer is not bad either. Their Cream Soda goes well with a smoke too.

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Souix City Sarsasparilla, Cream Soda or Rootbeer are all nice with every cigar I have tried them with. :tu

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Root beer is good....cream soda is better!

If I'm not drinking an alcoholic beverage or coffee, that's the other drink of choice for me.

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Really?

Don't tell Ratters that. ;)

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i will or won't tell based on a small fee just about anything to anyone. im kinda an asshole. :)
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Well said. It made me lol, too. :tu

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I think root beer and ginger ale or the two best carbonated beverages with cigars and probably better than coffee at bringing out cigar flavors.

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:tpd: Root beer seems to cleanse the palate and enhance some of the subtle flavors in a cigar.

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Had a Goose Island root beer at the MoB Herf last week and it complemented the cigars just fine. :)

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I'm a fan of Mug rootbeer with my cigars, I find it compliments most sticks pretty well. Never tried it with an Escencia, though.

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I am a root beer, beer, booze, etc. and cigars fan. :ss

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Love me some root beer and cigars

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Sprecher's Root Beer or Cream Soda and a stick. Yummmmmm.

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Had a root beer with a CAO America. NOT a good combo

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Its the second half of that combo that killed it, not the first. :D

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I haven't tried root beer with a stick yet. I do have a barq's that I'm enjoying right now (one of the few root beers with caffeine).

A surprising match I found a while back was an erin go bragh irish whiskey with a handful of jelly beans.

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Enjoying a Party PCE and root beer as I type. :ss

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A&W Root Beer, Cream Soda, and Dr Pepper...great with a nice maduro. :dr :dr

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I tend to smoke a lot of maduros and if I'm not drinking whiskey or coffee, root beer and diet coke are my drinks of choice. weird thing is I like Barq's root beer the most, but not with cigars, then I prefer the sweeter root beers like mug or a&w. I guess the sweeter drinks compliments the flavors more in my opinion. Will have to try root beer with other cigars and see if it compliments their flavors.

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OK true that!

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I give you guys credit, i've found root beer just makes my cigars taste more like the root beer than the cigar. I have had dr pepper with some before as well but it just didn't do it for me. Booze, coffee or water on this side of the tracks.

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I have smoked many of an esencia with a virgils or jones root beer and loved it. Leaves more for me I guess.

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Dr. Pepper, a definite - yes.

A Yoohoo - never again!

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yoohoo, gag just for the yoohoo, but chocalate milk and a cigar? not even for a bet. well maybe.
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I find both of these posts very intriguing. What flavors does it bring out for you?

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root beer flavors. :p

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Sioux City diet sassparilla or diet Dr. Pepper for me if bourbon, rum, stout, or coffee are not available. Diet cola would be a rung down the ladder from those.

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I can answer for me: usually the vanilla or creamy notes. My best rootbeer pairings are with the Connecticut or Ecuador wrapped sticks. With maduros, I think it accentuates more of the raisiny-fruit and sometimes provides a nice sweet balance to the spiciness.

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I Usually Have An A&W Diet RB With Most Of My Sticks! Love It!:tu

I like Sprite or ginger ale with a corojo. It brings out the cedar or citrus notes.
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In your opinion, is it the drink doing the influencing or that the cigar in fact has those flavors?

El Mejor Emerald is a favorite of mine, and they definitely have cedar flavor. Pairing with a Sprite seems to accentuate that flavor. With water it's much more of a background thing, the Sprite makes it "pop."
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I love rootbeer with a mild cigar. In that combination there would no overlapping of taste.

this was my hypothesis this morning

results:

blegh. this is just not a combo for me
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Yep, that's what I find. I usually drink Barq's but I like most rootbeers. Pretty much rootbeer and peach Snapple are all I have with cigars. I've been fasting sodas the past couple weeks and cigars definitely aren't as good with just water. :ss

Oh, and for flavors it brings out caramel and vanilla notes, sweetness, and just enhances the whole cigar.

I don't smoke mild stuff though so maybe it overpowers the smoke?

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Hmm. I can't do Dr. Pepper with any cigar. Just don't like the combo. To each his/her own! :sh

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Not all combos will go together well in my experience. I like a spicey cigar with my RB. That's a good combo.

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Root beer, Dr. Pepper, and Coke are my usual complements
with a cigar. Even OJ is good, but may be overpowering.

A cigar bar in the nearby city introduced me to Napolean Brandy
with my cigars, and Cognac and Calvados also sound good. But
I don't often drink liquer. Maybe this year I'll get a bottle of brandy
or cognac to sip with my smokes. Might be a nice change of pace.
Those bottles aren't cheap, though!

Chemyst :cool2:

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:tpd: :tu

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Srsly. :r He's well armed and doesn't travel without root beer...ever!

I actually think they do OK together myself.