It's the perfect weather to enjoy your favorite cocktails with your favorite stogie. Check out some of our pairing cigars with alcohol suggestions to optimize your summer enjoyment.
Boat House Punch & Deadwood Crazy Alice
It's summertime and the smoking and drinking is easy when you mix a Boat House Punch Cocktail with Drew Estates insanely delicious Deadwood Crazy Alice cigar. Starting with this highly rated stick, Crazy Alice is an odd but intriguing creation with its unique 4 × 52 figurado shape. However, while it defies the classic standard cigar shape, this pigtail capped gem really hits it out of the park in the taste department. Alice is medium to full bodied in strength and oozing with scrumptious flavors of bittersweet chocolate, espresso, earth, dried fruit, and hints of pepper that simply scream Drew Estate! A cigar with this distinctly delicious flavor profile calls for the perfect summertime pairing to really shine, so say hello to Boat House Punch. This thirst-quenching concoction is citrussy, bubbly, delicious, and gorgeous to look at in a tall cup with ice and an orange wedge on top. The ingredients include sugar, American Gin, Aperol, St-Germain, lemon juice, orange juice, grapefruit juice, and about 6 oz. of Rosé Champagne. Pull out the lawn chairs, gather together some family or friends, and relax on a hot summer day with Boat House Punch and Deadwood Crazy Alice in hand, while creating some special summertime memories!
Hemingway Daquiri & Cabañas Robusto
The Hemmingway Daquiri calls for 2 ounces of white rum, 3/4-ounce fresh lime juice, 1/2-ounce fresh grapefruit juice, Hemingway Daiquiri, and a 1/2 ounce of maraschino liqueur. A lime wedge is optional but preferred. This popular summertime cocktail also calls for the perfect summertime cigar pairing, so we carefully chose the highly rated Cabañas Robusto cigar. Handmade in Nicaragua, the Cabañas Robusto cigar is produced by famed master blender Don Pepin Garcia with a gorgeous reddish-brown Habano Rosado wrapper embracing a core of fully aged Nicaraguan binder and long filler tobaccos. This medium to full bodied masterpiece delivers exceptionally smooth flavors of dark roast coffee, molasses, toasted almonds, and a healthy dose of sweet spice. We don't know if Hemingway ever drank his delicious namesake cocktail, but if he was around today, I'm sure he'd love to pair it with the luxurious Cabañas Robusto... and so will you!
Iced Caramel Vodka Coffee & Tabak Especial by Drew Estate Belicoso Negra
The Iced Caramel Vodka Coffee cocktail and the Tabak Especial by Drew Estate Belicoso Negra cigar is a summertime pairing that can best be described as a coffee lover's dream! The Iced Caramel Coffee is a three-note combination of creamy caramel, rich java, and smooth vodka. It's a simple concoction that uses 2 ounces of caramel vodka and 2 ounces of iced coffee. Add all ingredients into a rocks glass over ice and "boom" you're ready to pair it with this highly rated coffee inspired creation from Drew Estate. Tabak Especial Belicoso Negra features a rich, coal black Connecticut Broadleaf maduro wrapper over fully aged Nicaraguan tobaccos grown on the prestigious Drew Estate farms. The strength profile is medium, and these top-notch fillers, infused with premium Nicaraguan coffee beans, produce flavors, and aromas of sweet spice, dark chocolate, and rich dark roast coffee. It's a decadent summertime pairing that's not to be missed if the warm and inviting flavors of gourmet coffee are your cup of tea!
Ginger Ale Highball & Cohiba Royale Toro Royale
Cohiba Royale Toro Royale cigars feature a beautiful Nicaraguan broadleaf wrapper grown in the fertile Jalapa Valley region of the country. This stunning dark and oily crown surrounds a three-nation blend of tobaccos from Honduras, the Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua. This first-ever Honduran made Cohiba boasts a full-bodied strength profile that delivers rich and robust flavors of peppery spice, earth, cinnamon, and cocoa, all backed by a rich tobacco sweetness throughout. This Cuban-style beauty calls for a cocktail that will complement its powerful yet smooth nuances, so we chose the popular Ginger Ale Highball. The instructions are simple: Simply fill a highball glass with ice and add 2 ounces of whiskey, then, fill the rest of the glass with your favorite ginger ale, and you have the Ginger Ale Highball ready to pair with this luxury class premium cigar. The next time you're enjoying a summer evening with a box of hand rolled Cohiba Royale Toro Royale cigars and some friends, make up a batch of Ginger Ale Highballs, get out the torch lighter, and imagine you're sitting on a beach in the Caribbean!
Rhubarb Fizz & Romeo 1875 Nicaragua Toro
Rhubarb Fizz is a fun summer cocktail that's perfect for backyard sipping. It's made with a homemade rhubarb simple syrup, fresh lemon juice, sparkling pink moscato and gin. There's no doubt that it's delightful on its own, but when paired with the perfect premium cigar, it's truly an unforgettable experience. That's why we chose the Romeo y Julieta 1875 Nicaragua Toro cigar for this perfect summertime pairing. Produced by the renowned Plasencia family in Nicaragua, this prestigious manufacturer has put a modern spin on one of the most famous Cuban heritage brands when they created the Romeo y Julieta 1875 Nicaragua Toro. Using nothing but the best aged Cuban-seed tobaccos for the entire blend, this top of the line Nicaraguan puro delivers rich flavors of earth, cinnamon, baking spices, and coffee in a smooth slow burning, full bodied fashion. When the mercury spikes, there's not a better way to beat the heat than with a Rhubarb Fizz and a Romeo 1875 Nicaragua Toro enjoyed in the shade with your cigar smoking friends and family!