Quote Originally Posted by badwhale View Post
How would you know anything would go great with a cigar, I mean being a self proclaimed noobler and all...

I'm pretty sure nobody "ages" beer in bourbon, brandy, or whiskey. Maybe in the casks, but not in the spirit.
I consider myself a newbie but have had around 100 cigars. I like how the imperial stouts with their coffee/molasses/chocolate bring out those flavors in a cigar. The beer isn't aged in the spirit itself, but rather in the spent barrels. As you may know, to make bourbon they age the young spirit in charred american oak barrels for various amount of years. Once emptied they can not use the barrels again as they have to use fresh ones every time. Some breweries buy these spent barrels and fill them up with beer to age generally from 3-12 months. There is still some of the spirits left in the wood (angel's share) that impart their flavors into the beer and hence being called bourbon aged beer. Hope that clarifies things :)