Guide: Pairing Cigars with Brandy
Pairing cigars with Cognac, Armagnac or Brandy. We can help point you in the right direction wether it's Italian brandy, French brandy, Spanish brandy or brandy from the new world.
How to Pair Cigars & Drinks
Hands-on reviews of cigars paired with scotch, whisky, rum, cognac, port, wine and beer — what we smoked, what we poured, and how they played together.
Pairing Paul Stulac Red Screaming Sun + Dillon’s Small Batch Gin
The experience is smooth, complex and aristocratic with a cool edginess to it. Neither of them overpower the other. It’s an excellent match.
Mount Gay Rum 1703 + Paul Stulac Lord of Albany
It's no surprise that we enjoy all of the Paul Stulac cigars that we've been able to try so far, so this one was one I was very excited about. As for…
About the Edición Limitada
Towards the end of the 1990s something had to be done about Cuban cigars. The quality had gone downhill fast and the market was beginning to turn away from Cubans. The Edición…
List of Edición Limitadas
Full listing of Habano's S.A. Edicion Limitadas since 2000.
Larressingle XO Armagnac + Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure Especial
I've wanted to do an Armagnac pair for a long time ever since first trying Armagnac du Montal (although I had intended to do that drink with a much darker cigar, the…
The Perfect 3-Way
This contest ended at midnight August 10th. A random number was selected and the winner was @briankolb . One other entrant was drawn prior to this but you did not follow us…
Cigar Rests: A friendly review!
Over the last year three great products have been introduced by #botl, for #botl. At Cigars & Spirits we love the creativity and initiative in the cigar community. We have three 'competitors'…
Glenmorangie Original + Liga Privada No. 9
I typically pair wines with my cigars and I wanted to try something a little different. After researching and tasting this spirit I found that it's quite versatile and its softness and…
#ashOnly Contest Rules
Show us your longest ash! Post an original photo between July 18, 2013 to July 27 2013 with the longest ash you can produce from a single cigar! The ash does not…
Carlito's Stogie Nubber
Cigar nubbing is an interesting hobby to me. Why is it that we insist on burning our fingers and moustache hairs to enjoy the last 1" of a cigar? Why do we…
Pairing Dom Pérignon 2003 + Perdomo 10th Anniversary Champaign
This pair came together quite slowly actually. It started with the cigar when we visited Perdomo with our pair group back in March. We all ended up buying both the Champaign 10th…