Pilsner is a type of pale lager, originally brewed in Bohemia, but is now the most popular style of beer in the world. With so many Pilsners to choose from, there is certainly a wide array of cigars to pair with each one. We've come up with some suggestions that we're sure you'll enjoy.
Sixpoint The Crisp & Avo Classic
Winner of hundreds of tasting awards, the top-rated Crisp is a German-style Pilsner beer brewed by Sixpoint Brewery in Brooklyn, NY, that's just begging to be paired with the perfect handmade premium cigar. With that in mind we chose to couple The Crisp with none other than the world famous Avo Classic No. 2 cigar that's deftly rolled in a classic 6.50 × 50 Toro size. Handmade in the Dominican Republic, the highly-sought-after Avo Classic No. 2 features a gorgeous, silky blonde Ecuadorian-seed Connecticut wrapper atop a deeply aged blend of Dominican binder and long filler tobaccos. Produced by Davidoff, and inspired by Avo Uvezian, the famed jazz music composer and cigar aficionado, the Classic No.2 is a mellow to medium bodied masterpiece that delivers warm and inviting flavors of cedar, coffee, some floral tones, and hints of spice. Sixpoint The Crisp pours a pale gold color with a frothy white head, that delivers vivid notes of bready malt, cereal grain, lemon bitter herb, and the same floral tones found on the Avo Classic No.2. Simply put, Perfect Pairings don't come any better than Sixpoint The Crisp and the decadent Avo Classic No.2 cigar!
Victory Prima Pils & Montecristo Volume I: 100 Days
Victory Prima Pils is a crisp yet distinct Pilsner beer brewed with German hops that bring vibrant notes of floral and spice, backed by nuances of citrus and lemon. This truly brilliant blend offers a highly complex drinking experience that's further enhanced when paired with the perfect handmade cigar; namely, the award-winning Montecristo Volume 1: 100 Days Toro. Expertly blended by the famed Grupo de Maestros from Altadis U.S.A, Montecristo Volume 1: 100 Days Toro uses the best tobaccos available, many of which were aged for 10 years. This top-of-the-line cigar was inspired by the 100 Days chapter from Andre Dumas' famous Count of Monte Cristo novel, and, in accordance, each cigar is aged an additional 100 days in aromatic cedar bins after rolling. Medium bodied in strength, this luxurious Monte serves up intricate flavors of coffee, wood, and tangy spices all backed by a natural tobacco sweetness throughout. Beer and cigar connoisseurs looking to expand their palates will take pleasure in pairing the Victory Prima Pils with the Montecristo Volume I: 100 Days Toro. It's a coupling that most certainly will have you coming back for more.
Half Acre Pony & Camacho Connecticut
A great premium cigar pairing calls for a fantastic craft beer, so for this Perfect Pairing we chose to couple the Half Acre Pony with the savory Camacho Connecticut Toro cigar. Half Acre Pony is a Pilsner – a German style beer brewed by Half Acre Beer Company in Chicago that delivers vivid tasting notes of citrus, lemon skin, light grass, mint, grain sweetness, and some dryness towards the finish. An elegant medium-bodied cigar, Camacho Connecticut Toro is poised to offer you a highly complex smoking experience. Its Dominican and Honduran aged tobaccos make it smooth and creamy with hints of cocoa, damp earth, caramel, and naturally sweet tobacco. Then, the Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper adds a touch of pepper and spice to give it that extra kick. The beauty of pairing the Half Acre Pony with the Camacho Connecticut cigar is that their rich and satisfying flavors beautifully complement each other without one profile dominating the other.
Dogfish Head My Antonia & Undercrown Shade
It's a good time to be a beer drinker and a cigar aficionado with so many Perfect Pairings to be had, including one of our top choices for February. Namely, the Dogfish Head My Antonia and the Undercrown Shade Robusto cigar. The Undercrown Shade Robusto cigar is an enormously popular follow-up to Drew Estate's original Undercrown line. This lush 5 x 54 Liga consists of an Ecuadoran Connecticut wrapper, Sumatran binder, and a medium bodied blend of premium Dominican and Nicaraguan long fillers. Dogfish Head My Antonia pours a slightly hazed gold with a thick frothy white head. Its inviting tasting notes include sweet bready malts and hops, backed by a citrusy finish with a bittersweet aftertaste.These crisp and balanced tasting notes combined with the Undercrown Shade's flavors of cream roasted, nuts, warm spice, and honey, provide a Perfect Pairing that you'll want to savor time and time again.
Two Roads Ol' Factory Pils & Oliva Connecticut Reserve
Brewed by Two Roads Brewing Company in Stratford, Connecticut, Two Roads Ol' Factory Pils, is a German-style Pilsner that we chose to pair with the wildly popular Oliva Connecticut ReserveChurchill cigar. Ol' Factory Pils is a combination of classic German as well as American hops and malt varieties. The result is flavors of lemony hops backed by bready malt, toasted cereal, some spice, and faint hints of ripe banana.Produced by the largest growers of tobacco in all of Nicaragua, Oliva Connecticut ReserveChurchill features a stunning golden-brown Connecticut wrapper surrounding the finest aged tobaccos from the Dominican Republic. Mellow to medium bodied in strength, its delightfully smooth flavors of coffee, leather, cream, and just the perfect touches of spice, fully complement the taste of Ol' Factory Pils in a most rewarding way.This Connecticut style combo is a Perfect Pairing that you will want to share with your cigar and beer drinking family and friends.