Perfect Pairings

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 ...

Montelobos Mezcal ORIGIN: OAXACA ABV. 43.2% AGAVE VARIETAL: AGAVE ESPADÍN Horse-Drawn Mashing No artisanal process would be complete without incorporating a horse-drawn something right? That’s ...