FOHrensics Ep 2: Which drink pairs best with a cigar?

[Ferrero]

Grab a cigar and your favourite drink... 

 

 

 

[inter4alia]

Shocked by the results. Can someone link the thread here with everyone's guesses about what they expected the results to be? I couldn't find it with search and it would be fun to compare the guesses with the final results. I can't remember now what I guessed but I'm pretty certain that OJ was not on my list. 

Great experiment! 

[Artin]

Really liked ep. 1, excited for this one


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[99call]

5 hours ago, Ferrero said:

Grab a cigar and your favourite drink

At the 15 min mark Smithy posed a question, what drinks actually featured the most favour notes in common with cigars?

I would argue you were missing drink that has most in common is;

Jose Cuervo 1800 Anejo

Cedar, Caramel, spiciness, citrus, grassiness, honey it's all there. 

[David88]

Well I didn’t see that coming! I need to put this to the test myself this weekend 

[Pommy Puffer]

I read somewhere that Winston Churchill spent a day in Cuba smoking cigars and eating oranges, so must be something there!

For me it's gotta be a nice smooth aged rum from Barbados (Mount Gay XO, Doorly's XO, Doorly's 12, Rum Sixty Six), or St Lucia (Chairmans Reserve, Admiral Rodney).

But mostly I reach for Doorly's XO.

[MigsG]

Really enjoying watching this, and I intend to replicate this experiment with a couple of cigar buddies.

BTW I enjoy most nowadays with a cigar:  honey bourbon (really honey Tennessee whiskey) OR bourbon with a spoonful of honey OR an Irish whiskey with a spoonful of honey. Seems to bring out the flavors way way better than a scotch or plain bourbon or whiskey. Must be the sweetness of the honey that I like.  Now onto orange juice!

[ayepatz]

Further suggestions - Champagne, Riesling (sweet), and dry English cider.

Oh, and Malmsey Madeira.

[LLC]

I’ll have to try a Monty 4 with OJ one morning this weekend. The most common pairing for me is a black Americano but also enjoy rum and cognac.

If you do another test with other drinks it would be interesting to see your comments on an XO cognac.


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[rckymtn22]

Would be interesting to do this test with a different cigar to see if you get the same results.

[LLC]

I should have added Port to the list if things to try next time.


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[benfica_77]

12 hours ago, juri said:

crazy i always use to drink OJ with my cigars now its more of whatever is on hand but i always felt OJ went the best with cigars 

You need to try with this bad boy a san pellegrino aranciata. One of my favourites. 

[MD Puffer]

The combination doesn't sound so odd when you consider:

 

I intend trying OJ,  But I mostly drink water when I smoke- or coffee if it's not too late.  Good video.

[benfica_77]

On your follow up  video try Port and Champagne @Elpresidente

[El Presidente]

7 minutes ago, benfica_77 said:

On your follow up  video try Port and Champagne @Elpresidente

Port is similar to muscat (not as good )

Ken and i will do an oj and champagne showdown in next vid

[MD Puffer]

1 minute ago, El Presidente said:

Port is similar to muscat (not as good )

Ken and i will do an oj and champagne showdown in next vid

separately or à la mimosa?

[El Presidente]

Both 

[Euripidespants]

Amontillado.

[Hammer Smokin']

my favourite, and most common pairing:

 

[MD Puffer]

Not a Schweppes man, eh?

[JoeyBones777]

OJ, that's crazy! I typically drink coffee, water or Port mostly. I'll have to try Muscat and OJ. Fun video, gents. Thank you.

[Phillys]

Quite enjoy stout and rum with cigars, never thought about having orange juice though. 

The Fohrensics videos are great, keep up the good "work" guys!

[Islandboy]

Interesting results, and surprising with the OJ factor. I’ve always enjoyed a Margarita with cigars, perhaps this is similar to the OJ effect.

Consistent with the results, I’ve struggled to find a red wine that pairs well with a cigar, but a recent suggestion to try a shiraz, or syrah, given it’s sweet and smokey nature, seems to be working fairly well.

[KavalanWhisky]

I'm going to try this tomorrow and see which OJ makes a real difference, totally shocked with the results but glad Coffee is still a good pairing as I normally have that with most of my cigars.

[Derboesekoenig]

I have never tried OJ because I always assumed that the acidity would drown out any flavors I might get out of a cigar. That being said, I've paired with many other fruit juices, and even smoothies and milkshakes with great results.