Spring has finally Sprung, so now’s the perfect month to set up the lawn chairs on the patio deck, invite some friends over, and enjoy a choice of five fine beer and cigar pairings that we feel will make any gathering a very delightful one … cheers!
Cinderlands Beer Co. Grizzled Canary & Herrera Esteli Boxed Pressed Cuadrado
Cinderlands Beer Co. Grizzled Canary is a Farmhouse Ale brewed in Pennsylvania. It’s made with pilsner malt, flaked wheat, and flaked barley & fermented with Voss Kveik, a Norwegian farmhouse strain.
The beer pours a hazy golden color with a frothy white head and delivers notes of citrus, graham cracker, and some herbal tones, followed by a white grape sweetness on the finish.
A Cuban-style offering from the highly talented team at Drew Estate, Herrera Esteli Boxed Pressed Cuadrado features Nicaraguan long-fillers bunched inside a Honduran binder and finished with a beautiful reddish brown Ecuadorian Habano wrapper.
This is a medium-bodied smoke whose flavors of earth, leather, cinnamon, and cocoa, match up splendidly with Cinderlands Beer Co. Grizzled Canary.
Rogue Ales Gumberoo & RoMa Craft Intemperance BA XXI Ambition
Gumberoo is an American IPA-style beer brewed by Rogue Ales in Newport, Oregon with Row, Munich, Wheat, Mosaic, Simcoe, Belma, Idaho 7, and Pacman Yeast.
This decadent IPA pours a pale amber-golden color with a foamy white head. Flavors and aromas of grapefruit, and papaya, punctuated with notes of pine and black tea, are further enhanced when paired with an equally piquant handmade premium cigar.
For this unique pairing, we chose the RoMa Craft Intemperance BA XXI Ambition cigar. Handmade in Nicaragua, this flawlessly rolled 5.5 x 54 Robusto utilizes long-fillers from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua complemented with an Indonesian binder and a beautiful dark brown Brazilian Arapiraca wrapper.
This zesty top leaf adds a layer of dark peppery spice to a full-bodied mix of espresso, leather, and lemon zest.
This citrusy and spicy combo makes Rogue Ales Gumberoo & RoMa Craft Intemperance BA XXI Ambition a perfect pairing for the warmer months ahead.
Hopewell Brewing Company First Pils & Oliva Master Blends 3 Robusto
First Pils is a Bohemian / Czech Pilsner-style beer brewed by Hopewell Brewing Co. in Chicago, Illinois. This Pilsner-style Lager pours a hazy brown color with a two-finger head and produces a bready malt profile and a snappy noble hop finish. Tastes great anytime — especially when paired with a premium cigar that compliments yet never overpowers its delectable tasting notes.
Answering the call for this Perfect Pairing is the rare and exquisite Oliva Master Blends 3 Robusto cigar. Always in very high demand, Master Blends 3 Robusto is one of the most highly regarded cigars in the star-studded Oliva brand portfolio. Every year, the Oliva family cultivates a limited amount of estate-grown tobacco to create a limited-edition series of super-premium cigars.
Oliva Master Blends 3 cigars are the third offering in this artisanal series. Oliva Master Blends 3 Robusto cigars feature bold Nicaraguan ligero long-fillers joined by a Nicaraguan Habano binder, and an oily, dark, Broadleaf Sungrown Maduro wrapper.
This full-bodied taste sensation offers lush notes of anise, leather, earth, and hints of black cherry, which makes First Pils & Oliva Master Blends 3 Robusto a perfect Spring pairing that you won’t soon forget.
Brewery Ommegang Neon Neon Rainbows & Zino Nicaragua Short Torpedo
Neon Rainbows is a vibrant New England-style Double IPA coming from the Ommegang Brewery in Cooperstown, NY. This top-rated IPA is brewed with Mosaic, Simcoe, Citra, Centennial, and Topaz for a full hop flavor and aroma spectrum. Bright notes of pineapple, citrus, and mango magnificently shine when accompanied by a premium cigar with a compatible flavor profile.
Knowing that this decadent IPA needs a top-notch smoking companion, we chose to pair it with the 90-plus rated Zino Nicaragua Short Torpedo.
The Zino Nicaragua Short Torpedo cigar is a stunning example of expert craftsmanship and award-winning flavors. The cigar starts off with a gorgeous golden brown Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper followed by a rare Semilla 56 Seco binder from Nicaragua.
The rest of the blend uses the finest aged tobacco sourced from Honduras, the Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua. This well-refined epicurean masterpiece provides rich, highly complex tasting notes of pepper, leather, cashews, and hints of lemon zest, around a core of signature Nicaraguan spice.
With a frosty mug of Neon Neon in one hand and Zino Nicaragua Short Torpedo in the other, you’ll quickly come to realize that Spring is a great time to enjoy a Perfect Pairing with your smoking friends and family.
Czig Meister The Miner & Romeo y Julieta Devocion Lust Robusto
Czig Meister Brewery is a production craft brewery, based in Hackettstown NJ, with an old-world style tasting room and a beautiful outdoor biergarten. The Miner is an intensely delicious black ale that pours a very dark brown, with a cream-colored head.
A nice hoppy aroma and medium-strength flavors of chocolate, coffee, and carbonated cola are delivered with a creamy mouthfeel that lingers on the palate.
Offering rich flavor expressions that pair splendidly with the Miner, Romeo y Julieta Devocion Lust Robusto cigars are next on tap for this final Perfect Pairing.
Romeo y Julieta Devocion Lust Robusto is the next delicious chapter to the original line of Devocion cigars. This deftly rolled cigar features a Honduran binder and long fillers, followed by the star of the show— a beautiful, seamless, Connecticut-seed Ecuadorian wrapper.
This 5.5 x 48 Robusto once again gives a nod to the care, devotion, and dedication that goes into making every Devocion cigar.
A medium-bodied flavor profile of spice, graham crackers, roasted nuts, and chocolate, will have you lusting for more, especially when coupled with a nice frosty mug of Czig Meister the Miner.
