With the help of Privada Cigar Club, the tastemakers behind our monthly LCA (Limited Cigar Association) releases, we’re unlocking a deeper kind of cigar experience at Chesapeake Pipe & Cigar. Privada is known for hunting down rare cigars with genuine stories, aging them properly, and curating releases from some of the finest manufacturers in the world. This isn’t about piling…
Tag: Tasting
ESTEBAN CARRERAS MR. BROWNSTONE MADURO
We’re always on the look-out for cigars that might fly under most people’s radar. This time, we came across a relatively unknown cigar from the folks at Esteban Carreras called Mr. Brownstone. It only took a few puffs for us to know that we had come across something special. Released in 2017, Esteban Carreras Mr. Brownstone premium handmade cigars introduced…
Pairing Cigars With Beer
Of all the questions I get while helping customers in the humidor, the question of what cigar pairs well with “beer” is sometimes the most difficult to answer. The reason it’s difficult is that it depends — depends on the beer. While it’s hard to stray too far off the mark when pairing the typical cigar with the typical beer,…
The Art Of Tasting Spirits
A few years ago, I had the pleasure of attending a class on the Art Of Tasting Scotch given by The Dalmore’s Master Blender, Richard Patterson. The primary thing I remember from that class is that you “hold” the spirit your tasting in your mouth, as Patterson describes in this video, for one second for every year of aging. So,…