Tag: Perfect Pairings

Old Forester ORIGIN: Shively, KY ABV. 50% First in the bottle Adulteration of spirits is a problem as old as the spirit itself. In the …

Zafra Master Reserve ORIGIN: Panama ABV. 40% What’s in a word? The word zafra is one of those rare, ubiquitous words that shows up in …

ORIGIN: LAWRENCEBURG, KY ABV. 50% Cinderella of Bourbon Four Roses Bourbon hasn’t had an easy life; its history is murky, no one really knows where …

You’ve undoubtedly noticed that, in recent years, we’ve incorporated more wine into the Perfect Pairings section. Nothing in Cigar Snob happens by chance. We’d been …

New Riff Single Barrel ORIGIN: NEWPORT, KY. ABV. 56.3% The new guy is going old school One of the newest players in the bourbon game …

Corley Family State Lane The Corley family has been involved in the Napa wine business since 1969 when Jay Corley turned his master’s degree thesis …

Diplomatico Rum We usually have to work a little harder to come up with spirit and cigar pairings. We typically start with a spirit and …

Adelbert’s Black Rhino Nine o’clock at night on a Tuesday and we’d just landed in the Big D. We were ready for a busy couple …

Particulares Cremas ORIGIN: LOUISVILLE, KY. ABV. 45.7 % America’s revolutionary bourbon The cigar world is replete with brands that boast long histories spanning as far …

Luminar Mezcal Añejo ORIGIN: ZACATECAS ABV. 40% AGAVE VARIETAL: A. TEQUILANA What, No Worm? I know you’ve been thinking about it. You’ve been thinking, “When …