| Are you one of those who believe that cigars are | | | | very rewarding. If you don't have a lot of experience |
| only for the wealthy elite? Many people have an | | | | with beers or cigars you may need a little assistance |
| image of some stuffed shirt chubby guy sitting back | | | | in order to be successful in a good match up. If you |
| in an easy chair with a stogie in one hand a glass of | | | | have a lot of experience in experimenting with |
| fine Scotch or brandy in the other. Of course, I can | | | | various flavors or beers and cigars then you will no |
| remember the character of Archie Bunker who was | | | | doubt have no problem making the appropriate |
| seldom seen without a cigar in his mouth. If you are | | | | choices. |
| curious or interested in trying them for yourself | | | | One of the great difficulties with matching up these |
| check out the information below. | | | | two products is that most cigars tend to have such |
| Almost invariably you see cigars matched together | | | | powerful flavors and therefore make it tough to find |
| with alcoholic beverages such as Scotch, brandy, or | | | | a beer that will be able to equal the taste of the |
| rum. For many people the proper combination is to | | | | stogie. A good starting point for most cigars is to |
| match up a good cigar with a sweet tasting alcoholic | | | | choose a good barley based beverage or a single |
| drink. The more experienced cigar aficionados have | | | | malt scotch. If you like wine and you have a |
| known this and have taken pleasure in the | | | | relatively spicy cigar you may want to consider a |
| experience. One of the experiences that has been | | | | barley wine which has a fruity flavor that will go |
| vastly underrated is that of smoking cigars and | | | | nicely with the flavor of the cigar. Combining a spicy |
| drinking fine quality beer with them. This is changing | | | | stogie with a beer that has a fruity flavor or a wine |
| now with the trend moving in the direction of | | | | can enhance the experience by bringing out the best |
| matching up fine cigars with high quality varieties of | | | | in both products. |
| beer. As a connoisseur of fine beers myself, I can't | | | | There is really no cut and dry right way to do this so |
| think of a better way to experience a fine cigar than | | | | have fun and experiment. Look around and choose a |
| with a good, cold beer. | | | | cigar that you like and then experiment with different |
| If you share my love for good beer and want to | | | | flavors of beer until you find the one that best suits |
| experience the match up of a quality stogie with a | | | | the stogie you have chosen. |
| fine lager then read on. It isn't an easy task, but it is | | | | |
