#skallywagcigars

[broomclosetbrew]

A Costco find today the Woodford Reserve Master's Collection Batch Proof 128.3 proof bourbon. Paired with a Blackbird Cigar Co Crow cigar. The bourbon is warm with flavors of coffee, cedar, and dark chocolate. .... "And while the future's there for anyone to change, still you know it's seems, It would be easier sometimes to change the past." ~ Jackson Browne .... #cigar #CigarLover #CigarAfficionado #cigarphoto #cigarsnob #cigarlife #cigarsmoke #blackbirdcigar #skallywagcigars #sailorandsticks #cigarsandwhiskey #TapThatAsh #whiskey #bourbon #batchproof #woodfordreserve #masterscollection #whiskeylife #WhiskeyNeat #WhiskeyAfficionado #whiskeygram #WhiskeyLover #whiskeyphoto #whiskeyweather #quote #quotestagram #thirstythursday (at Coastal San Pedro) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQPopdksj2y/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thearizonawinemonk]

Today's wine is something a bit more local in nature: the 2014 Buena Suerte from @callaghanvineyards. This is a full-bodied red blend of 44% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Petit Verdot, 19% Tannat, and 17% Cabernet Franc, all from the Sonoita AVA in Southeastern Arizona. Kent Callaghan is well-known for his skill and knowledge here in Arizona, and all his accolades are well-earned. He's also an all-around awesome dude, and one of the founders of the @arizonavigneronsalliance. Aromas of black cherries, pencil shavings, juicy plums, black olives, sandalwood, toasted pecans, wild iris and tangerine form the nose, intermingling with just a hint of cedar smoke. The palate of the 2014 Buena Suerte ("good luck," or "fair chance" in Spanish) is, in a word, savory. Black cherry and rich plums continue, intermingling with blackberry, savory herbs, briny green olives, cedar, cigar wrapper, graphite, and earth. There's a fair amount of leathery tannins still present here; I'm inclined to agree with Kent's assessment that this wine will age without issue until 2027, possibly longer. The 2014 Buena Suerte is a stellar pairing with the cigar I've chosen today, the Grunt, from Line of Duty Cigars. This cigar is on the mild side, with a Nicaraguan Sun Grown wrapper. The filler is also Nicaraguan, and the binder is Ecuadorian. This is a fun combo, providing an easy smoke with mild flavor notes (earth, vanilla, graphite, almonds, and chamomile) that plays well both with the tannins and the fruit notes of the Buena Suerte. I won this cigar from a recent online auction from @skallywag_cigars; their humidor is well worth a visit if you're in Old Town Scottsdale. Tell both Chris and @heytaneur hello from me when you go. #azwine #petitverdot #cabernetsauvignon #cabernetfranc #tannat #wine #redwine #wineandcigars #lineofdutycigars #skallywagcigars #arizonawine #drinklocal #arizonavigneronsalliance #smokingwithhobbits #sonoitaava #arizonawine #callaghanvineyards #winereviews #wineporn https://www.instagram.com/p/B_iqbE0HbTu/?igshid=vmesqp0dnhrb

[broomclosetbrew]

We have water again! Celebrating with this bottle of Field Rye, a special fig flavored rye whiskey made for Chicago's Field Museum by Journeyman Distillery. I paired it with the always good Hrafn from Blackbird Cigar Co and the Skallywag Cigars crew. The whiskey is a nice rye that has a hint of fig sweetness. Not overwhelming like many flavored whiskeys, well balanced with the rye spice. .... Each of the dancers took a partner, the living with the dead, each to each. Bod reached out his hand and found himself touching fingers with, and gazing into the grey eyes of, the lady in the cobweb dress. She smiled at him. “Hello, Bod,” she said. “Hello,” he said, as he danced with her. “I don’t know your name.” “Names aren’t really important,” she said. “I love your horse. He’s so big! I never knew horses could be that big.” “He is gentle enough to bear the mightiest of you away on his broad back, and strong enough for the smallest of you as well.” “Can I ride him?” asked Bod. “One day,” she told him, and her cobweb skirts shimmered. “One day. Everybody does.” “Promise?” I promise. Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book ..... #halloweentime #october #spookyseason #TheGraveyardBook #cigar #CigarLover #CigarAfficionado #cigarphoto #cigarsnob #cigarlife #cigarsmoke #blackbirdcigar #skallywagcigars #sailorandsticks #cigarsandwhiskey #TapThatAsh #whiskey #ryewhiskey #journeymandistillery #whiskeylife #WhiskeyLover #whiskeyphoto #WhiskeyNeat #WhiskeyAfficionado #whiskeygram #quote #quotestagram #NeilGaiman #firelight #firepit (at Coastal San Pedro) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVmKLvyJu1p/?utm_medium=tumblr

[broomclosetbrew]

Sipping the silky smooth Basil Hayden Toast paired with a Blackbird Cigar Co Hrafn from the crew at Skallywag Cigars. .... It's good to be home again. I love travel and my jobbing no matter how far I go or how long I'm gone I'm always happy to come home to @renaratarot , my animals, and my little slice of heaven. This is my happy place. .... "My home is a happy place to be. I bless everyone who enters, myself included. Pleasant experiences fill every room." ~ Louise Hay .... #happyplace #laughingplace #cigar #CigarLover #CigarAfficionado #cigarphoto #cigarsnob #cigarlife #cigarsmoke #blackbirdcigar #skallywagcigars #sailorandsticks #cigarsandwhiskey #TapThatAsh #whiskey #bourbon #basilhayden #whiskeylife #WhiskeyLover #whiskeyphoto #WhiskeyNeat #WhiskeyAfficionado #whiskeygram #quote #quotestagram #firepit #homeagain #home (at Coastal San Pedro) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTvb3R4JzTQ/?utm_medium=tumblr

[broomclosetbrew]

Double tap today. Moved on to the Total Wine Private Release Barrell Bourbon "Pancakes at Dawn" paired with a Blackbird Cigar Co Hrafn from the crew at Skallywag Cigars. The bourbon has a nice maple syrup pancake flavor on the backend. Tasty! ..... "Tobacco is the plant that converts thoughts into dreams." ~ Victor Hugo ..... #cigar #CigarLover #CigarAfficionado #cigarphoto #cigarsnob #cigarlife #cigarsmoke #blackbirdcigar #skallywagcigars #sailorandsticks #cigarsandwhiskey #TapThatAsh #whiskey #bourbon #BarrellBourbon #WhiskeyNeat #WhiskeyAfficionado #whiskeylife #WhiskeyLover #whiskeyphoto #whiskeyweather #whiskeygram #saturday #saturdayvibes #quote #quotestagram (at Coastal San Pedro) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQUpUcpMkNX/?utm_medium=tumblr

[broomclosetbrew]

Long day of housework getting ready for the first family visits in more than a year so I decided to crack open the @cypresscraftbeer @orangecountybourbonsociety Peerless Kentucky Straight Bourbon Single Barrel pick paired with a Blackbird Cigar Co Hrafn. .... "The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind." ~ Humphrey Bogart .... #cigar #CigarLover #CigarAfficionado #cigarphoto #cigarsnob #cigarlife #cigarsmoke #blackbirdcigar #skallywagcigars #sailorandsticks #cigarsandwhiskey #TapThatAsh #whiskey #bourbon #singlebarrel #barrelproof #barrelpick #cypresscraftbeerandliquor #samsaysdrinkmorewhiskey #WhiskeyNeat #WhiskeyAfficionado #whiskeygram #WhiskeyLover #whiskeyphoto #singlebarrelsunday #sunday #sundayfunday #quote #quotestagram (at Coastal San Pedro) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPPMUHssOL9/?utm_medium=tumblr

[broomclosetbrew]

Celebrating a couple of friends early birthdays, world whiskey day, and Armed Forces Day with a glass of Maker's Mark Private Selection Crème Brulee and the Blackbird Cigar Co Hrafn. .... "You know, 1% of us is in the armed forces, protecting the other 99, and they're all volunteers." ~ Benjamin Walker .... #armedforcesday #worldwhiskeyday #cigar #CigarLover #CigarAfficionado #cigarphoto #cigarsnob #cigarlife #cigarsmoke #blackbirdcigar #skallywagcigars #sailorandsticks #cigarsandwhiskey #whiskey #bourbon #makersmark #makersmarkambassador #WhiskeyNeat #WhiskeyAfficionado #whiskeygram #WhiskeyLover #whiskeyphoto #whiskeyweather #quote #quotestagram (at Leimert Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CO6zAqJMizB/?igshid=zv2dbhur6hmy

[broomclosetbrew]

Doing an early F-rye-day this Thirsty Thursday with an excellent bottle via Sam and the gang at @cypresscraftbeer . This Rye from Nashville Barrel Company is a mix of two sourced ryes (4 and 8 years) from an Indiana distillery. This is complex with flavors of vanilla, caramel, oak, mint, and even some jalapeños minus the heat. Just a bunch of flavors mixing and mingling through the course of tasting with a nice lingering finish. Paired this bottle with a Blackbird Cigar Co Hrafn from the crew at Skallywag Cigars. .... Toasting a happy birthday to my little brother and a congratulations to adding another youngling to the clan. .... "OH, I LIKE smoking, I do. I smoke for my health, my mental health. Tobacco gives you little pauses, a rest from life. I don't suppose anyone smoking a pipe would have road rage, would they?" ~ David Hockney .... #cigar #CigarLover #CigarAfficionado #cigarphoto #cigarsnob #cigarlife #blackbirdcigar #skallywagcigars #sailorandsticks #cigarsandwhiskey #TapThatAsh #whiskey #ryewhiskey #nashvillebarrelco #cypresscraftbeerandliquor #samsaysdrinkmorewhiskey #WhiskeyNeat #WhiskeyAfficionado #whiskeygram #WhiskeyLover #whiskeyphoto #whiskeylife #quote #quotestagram (at Coastal San Pedro) https://www.instagram.com/p/CORdo3rsORH/?igshid=667d99ilrnbw

[broomclosetbrew]

It is Wednesday right? My days are melted together. Sipping the Thomas S Moore Chardonnay Cask bourbon. This cask finish brings notes of citrus, grapefruit, and toasted oak. Paired with a cigar that I'm pretty sure is a Sinistro Butcher. .... "Tobacco and alcohol, delicious fathers of abiding friendships and fertile reveries." ~ Luis Bunuel .... #cigar #CigarLover #CigarAfficionado #cigarphoto #cigarsnob #cigarlife #sinistrocigars #skallywagcigars #cigarsandwhiskey #sailorandsticks #TapThatAsh #whiskey #bourbon #bartondistillery #whiskeylife #WhiskeyLover #whiskeyphoto #WhiskeyNeat #WhiskeyAfficionado #whiskeywednesday #quote #quotestagram #firepit (at Coastal San Pedro) https://www.instagram.com/p/COOuLnJMQgb/?igshid=l5nn13lqu6cs

[broomclosetbrew]

Spent three and a half hours today running the inaugural Coast Guard half marathon, my first half marathon, virtually on my treadmill. Needless to say I've been looking forward to my cigar tonight. This evening I'm drinking Jacob's Pardon 8 year old small batch American Whiskey. This is a sourced whiskey made from Indiana and Tennessee made whiskeys. I get lots of brown sugar and vanilla. It's pretty good but I think it's a little pricey if you consider there are higher age statements and higher proofs for under the price point of this bottle. Pairing the whiskey with an Honor Among Thieves from Sinistro via the Skallywag Cigars crew. .... "My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them." ~ Winston Churchill .... #cigar #CigarLover #CigarAfficionado #cigarphoto #cigarsnob #cigarlife #sinistrocigars #skallywagcigars #cigarsandwhiskey #sailorandsticks #TapThatAsh #whiskey #americanwhiskey #jacobspardon #whiskeylife #WhiskeyLover #whiskeyphoto #WhiskeyNeat #WhiskeyAfficionado #whiskeygram #saturday #saturdayvibes #quote #quotestagram #cigarquotes #coastguard #uscg #uscoastguard #halfmarathon (at Coastal San Pedro) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMGhQnVsn9n/?igshid=jc1uzx85pkc3

[broomclosetbrew]

Sitting at sunset sipping the Aberlour A' Bunadh Alba a bourbon oak cask strength Islay paired with a Yellow Rose from Crowned Heads. The cigar pairs well with the creamy 117.4 proof cask strength whisky. .... "Every moment of life is unique-a kiss, a sunset, a dance, a joke. None will ever recur in quite the same way. Each happens only once in the history of the universe." ~ Stephen Nachmanovitch .... #cigar #CigarLover #CigarAfficionado #cigarphoto #cigarsnob #cigarlife #crownedheadscigars #skallywagcigars #sailorandsticks #cigarsandwhisky #TapThatAsh #whisky #whiskywednesday #whiskyweather #WhiskyAfficionado #WhiskyNeat #aberlourdistillery #whiskyphoto #WhiskyLover #sunset #endoftheday #quote #quotestagram (at Coastal San Pedro) https://www.instagram.com/p/CL5mVKhM49e/?igshid=1by4dvpr6h0mi

[broomclosetbrew]

Sipping the 2020 version of the George Dickel Bottled-in-Bond and smoking a Spyglass from Skallywag Cigars. Autumn is on the breeze here with cool air and as close to fall weather as Southern California gets. I'm getting into a Halloween mood. ......... "I notice that Autumn is more the season of the soul than of nature." ~ Friedrich Nietzsche ......... #cigar #CigarLifestyle #cigarlife #cigarphotography #cigarafficionado #cigarlover #cigarstagram #cigarsmoke #skallywagcigars #cigarsandwhiskey #sailorandsticks #TapThatAsh #whiskey #tennesseewhiskey #bottledinbond #dickel #georgedickel #whiskeylife #whiskeyneat #WhiskeyAfficionado #WhiskeyLover #whiskeylifestyle #quote #quotestagram #firepit #firelight (at Coastal San Pedro) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFD5fjcsXYo/?igshid=1s65xuevm7wym

[broomclosetbrew]

I was in the mood for scotch, scotch, scotch so I grabbed this bottle of The BenRiach 10 year. It's a great Speyside at a good price point with nice flavor profiles. I always than the crew at Cuban Creations Cigar Bar in New Orleans for turning me on to this dram. Pairing it with a stick that I got from Skallywag Cigars, the Emilio AF2 which is quite tasty as well. ........ "My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky." ~ William Faulkner ......... #cigar #CigarLifestyle #cigarlife #cigarphotography #cigarafficionado #CiagrLover #cigarstagram #emiliocigars #skallywagcigars #cigarbarnola #cigarsandwhisky #TapThatAsh #whisky #WhiskyAfficionado #whiskyphoto #benriach #whiskywednesday #whiskylifestyle #scotch #speyside #whiskeyquotes #quote #quotestagram (at Coastal San Pedro) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEGCuFin18s/?igshid=3q2hb6s31rsv

[broomclosetbrew]

Smoking a Blackbird Cigar Co Hrafn and sipping on a single barrel pick of Cali Distillery's Mavricks Doublewood American Whiskey. ..... "Cigars must be smoked one at a time, peaceably, with all the leisure in the world. Cigarettes are of the instant, Cigars are for eternity." ~ Guillermo Cabrera Infante ..... #cigar #CigarLover #CigarAfficionado #cigarphoto #cigarsnob #cigarlife #cigarsmoke #blackbirdcigar #skallywagcigars #sailorandsticks #cigarsandwhiskey #TapThatAsh #whiskey #americanwhiskey #calidistillery #singlebarrel #WhiskeyAfficionado #whiskeylife #WhiskeyLover #whiskeyphoto #WhiskeyNeat (at Coastal San Pedro) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWRncbqvY33/?utm_medium=tumblr

[broomclosetbrew]

This ain't your daddy's Jack Daniel's. This 10 year old Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey is the first 10 year old, Ol No. 7 release from the distillery in more than 100 years. Batch 1 is made up of 200 barrels, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 97 proof. I taste the core of the Jack, those familiar flavors are there and dialed up a notch. It's just a richer, drier flavor with a longer finish. Paired with the always excellent Blackbird Cigar Co Hrafn from the crew at Skallywag Cigars. ... "That’s how a scary story works. It echoes some ancient fear. It re-creates some forgotten terror. Something we’d like to think we’ve grown beyond. But it can still scare us to tears. It’s something you’d hoped was healed." ~ Chuck Palahniuk .... #october #spookyseason #halloweentime #cigar #CigarLover #CigarAfficionado #cigarphoto #cigarsnob #cigarlife #cigarsmoke #blackbirdcigar #skallywagcigars #sailorandsticks #cigarsandwhiskey #TapThatAsh #whiskey #tennesseewhiskey #jackdaniels #whiskeylife #WhiskeyLover #whiskeyphoto #WhiskeyNeat #WhiskeyAfficionado #whiskeygram #quote #quotestagram #firepit #firelight #whiskywednesday (at Coastal San Pedro) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUtm01zrdbm/?utm_medium=tumblr

[broomclosetbrew]

Well, it's been a day. Took me several hours to log into a system this morning and my seven month old treadmill decided it needed to just stop and throw an error code so it's down for at least a week minimum. Yup, feeling those Friday the 13th vibes so I'm rocking out to the Friday the 13th Camp Counselor playlist on Spotify (link in the comments) while I slurp a glass of Rabbit Hole Boxergrail Kentucky Straight Rye and smoke a Hrafn from Blackbird Cigar Co and the Skallywag Cigars crew. Remember the rules, keep your shoes laced up tight, and never say you'll be right back. .... "Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational - but how much does it cost you to knock on wood?" ~ Judith Viorst .... #friday13th #fridaythe13th #chachachahahaha #cigar #CigarLover #CigarAfficionado #cigarphoto #cigarsnob #cigarlife #cigarsmoke #blackbirdcigar #skallywagcigars #sailorandsticks #cigarsandwhiskey #TapThatAsh #whiskey #ryewhiskey #fryeday #rabbitholedistillery #whiskeylife #WhiskeyLover #whiskeyphoto #WhiskeyNeat #WhiskeyAfficionado #whiskeygram #quote #quotestagram #firepit #friday (at Coastal San Pedro) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSif57PHF2P/?utm_medium=tumblr