Cocktails & Cigars – The Perfect Summer Pairing
Who doesn’t like to sit back and relax with a coffee or cocktail with a luscious smoke in the shade with a cool breeze amid summer, right?
Whether you’ve got the sun glaring down on your sunglasses in the beach or soaking up the views from a fancy rooftop bar, no warm-weather smoke should go down without a cocktail in hand!
We have curated a selection of pairing suggestions that you can try out to beat this heat!
#1 Classic Mojito x Montecristo Open Master
The iconic Havana classic, perfectly refreshing and balanced with a simple recipe that can be tuned to your taste or your favourite cigar.
Pair with the velvety smooth, nutty yet creamy and chocolatey profiles of Montecristo Open Master cutting through the bright and bubbly sweetness of the rum.
Alternatively for a darker, stronger cigar, just replace the white rum with a dark rum!
Ingredients:
3 Mint Leaves
2 oz White Rum
½ oz simply syrup
¾ oz Fresh Lime Juice
Club Soda
Mint sprig (Garnish)
Lime wheel (Garnish)
3 Mint Leaves
2 oz White Rum
½ oz simply syrup
¾ oz Fresh Lime Juice
Club Soda
Mint sprig (Garnish)
Lime wheel (Garnish)
Recipe:
Muddle the mint lightly in a shaker. Add rum, lime juice, simple syrup, and ice. Give it a brief shake. Strain into a highball glass and top up with club soda. Garnish with mint sprig & lime.
Muddle the mint lightly in a shaker. Add rum, lime juice, simple syrup, and ice. Give it a brief shake. Strain into a highball glass and top up with club soda. Garnish with mint sprig & lime.
#2 Cuba Libre x Cuaba Divinos
Another Cuban classic and simple cocktail known across the world.
Expressive flavours from the cola bringing out the sweetness and complexity of the rum.
Perfect with the earthy yet toasted notes of caramel and wood from the Cuaba Divinos, the more you smoke the intense the taste profile gets.
Ingredients:
50ml White Rum
100ml Cola
1 Lime Wedge
Lime Wedge (Garnish)
50ml White Rum
100ml Cola
1 Lime Wedge
Lime Wedge (Garnish)
Recipe:
Fill a highball glass with ice cubes. Add the rum and top up with cola. Squeeze the juice from the lime wedge into the glass. Garnish with another lime wedge.
Fill a highball glass with ice cubes. Add the rum and top up with cola. Squeeze the juice from the lime wedge into the glass. Garnish with another lime wedge.
#3 Negroni x Davidoff Escurio Gran Perfecto
One of the most well-known and well-loved drinks from all over the world (also one of our favourites).
Let the explosion of oak, liquorice, salt, and leather flavours intertwine beautifully with the bittersweet characteristics of the Negroni leaving your palate without a moment of dullness.
Ingredients:
25ml Campari
25ml Sweet Vermouth
25ml Gin
Orange Peel (Garnish)
25ml Campari
25ml Sweet Vermouth
25ml Gin
Orange Peel (Garnish)
Recipe:
Stir ingredients in a mixing glass with ice. Strain into a rocks glass filled with a large ice cube and garnish.
Stir ingredients in a mixing glass with ice. Strain into a rocks glass filled with a large ice cube and garnish.
#4 Daquiri x Padrón 1926 No. 2 Maduro
An extremely popular rum-based drink with many variations all over the globe since gaining popularity.
Its freshness cools the palate warmed up by the cigar, keeping you off the summer heat.
Complex flavours of cinnamon spice, leather, and black coffee with a nutty finish.
The Daiquiri cleanses the palate in every sip making the Padrón 5000 Maduro even more enjoyable.
Ingredients:
20ml Simple Syrup
25ml Fresh Lime Juice
50ml Light Rum
Lime twist (Garnish)
20ml Simple Syrup
25ml Fresh Lime Juice
50ml Light Rum
Lime twist (Garnish)
Recipe:
Fill cocktail shaker with ice, combine rum, lime juice and simple syrup.
Shake vigorously then strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish with lime twist.
Fill cocktail shaker with ice, combine rum, lime juice and simple syrup.
Shake vigorously then strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish with lime twist.
#5 Aperol Spritz x Romeo y Julieta Wide Churchills
The perfect drink for a cocktail party or a poolside afternoon, with its slightly bitter profile and a citrusy accent mingling seamlessly with the spicy and zesty notes of lemon, honey, and cedar from Romeo y Julieta Wide Churchills. A go drink for aficionados who don’t want too much alcohol content!
Ingredients:
Prosecco
Aperol
Soda Water
Orange wheel (Garnish)
Prosecco
Aperol
Soda Water
Orange wheel (Garnish)
Recipe:
Combine all ingredients in a wine glass with ice and stir.
Garnish with an orange wheel.
