I was about to post this in the Zaya rum thread, but didn't want to thread-jack a thread-jack ... :smiley17:
Last week I was picking up some wine to haul to the family stress-fest, and I bought my first bottle of rum since, well, junior high. (It was a lot easier to buy booze underage back then - I was buying rye at 13.)
I don't drink very often these days, but there is all this talk about "cigar-libation" pairings, so I thought I should see what I'm missing. Water or coffee is what I usually drink when I smoke cigars. Cognac seems to go well with cigars the few times I've had them together, but I don't have the "consumer confidence" necessary to buy cognac!
Havana Club 7 is one of the spirits that is mentioned often, so I picked up a bottle. It wasn't expensive or anything - about the same price as Johnny Walker Red - and that isn't what I would call a great Scotch. Is HC7 a case of forbidden fruit tasting better?
So, after having some HC7, I'm thinking - I wouldn't want to drink this along with most of the cigars that I smoke. About the only cigar that I could think of were Por Larraņaga Montecarlo's ...
Any suggestions, please?
Or am I missing something and should really be making some kind of cocktail with this stuff to drink it with a cigar?
BTW, my other pickup was Alberta Premium, which is about the only Canadian Rye Whisky left. I doubt anyone drinks that here, but if you do, suggestions on pairings welcome as well.
