After dinner heaven
Cigar whiskies to go with a good smoke have become popular,we have a look at some of the best.
It is one of those classic silver screen moments. The bar doors flap closed behind him and the dusty clothed baddie enters the bar ready to pick his fight.
A chiselled jawed and weather beaten Eastwood squints over his hand of cards at the stranger, puts his drink down and quietly readies his gun.
Then, and always in slow motion, he pushes his chair back, puts two slugs into the baddie before he can even reach for his weapon.
Eastwood then simply bites off the end of his cheroot, lights up and goes back to quietly sipping his bourbon or rye.
Lets face it there is no better way to finish off a good evening than relaxing with friends over a decent whisky with a your favourite cigar, and you do not even need to have just polished off your nemesis to deserve it.
The relationship between the two luxury items has been cememted of late with various whisky companies releasing cigar malts, and identifying expressions and premium blends as marrying well with cigars.
So we have decided to look at some of the iconic Cuban cigars on the market, all of which are pretty much medium to full bodied in flavour.
It is true to say that you need a good strong whisky to work well with the stronger cigars, so appearing in the whisky corner to start with we have the cigar smokers’ favourites the Auchentoshan Three Wood and the Dalmore Cigar Malt.
Rather than a huge tasting we have tried to suggest pairings that we like here at Whisky Magazine.
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By Rob Allanson
Section : Whisky and Cigars
Page number : 32
