Fighting Cock Cigar and Red Snapper Roasted Pale Ale: Pairing

Fighting Cock Cigar and Red Snapper Roasted Pale Ale

Named after the Philippine national sport of cock fighting. 

I remember when this was out on the market back in the 90’s.  I was not all that bad of a smoke and then they stopped making the line.  Somewhere along the way they started to make them again.  Felipe Gregorio makes them in Nicaragua instead of the Philippines.  Just a side note; I can’t name two cigars that I like from Felipe.

I bought these from Cigars International a few years ago.  They were cheap, I remembered them from the past and I needed some cigars to smoke while throwing horseshoes.  I have not smoked one in a 12 or 18 months.  Since I have a bottle of Red Snapper Ale left it just seems a perfect pairing.

This cigar truly is nothing special.  It has a mild-medium body that exhibits flavors of soft soil and lightly toasted tobacco.  The cigar burns well and holds a firm salt and pepper colored ash.  This is a pretty simple cigar.  Actually this cigar should pair very well with some IPAs and Pale Ales. 

The Ale

Red Snapper

Arbor Brewing Co.

Corner Brewery

Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA

Arborbrewing.com

12 oz bottle

5.2% abv

41 IBU

Appearance: murky amber with a fine two finger light tan head that has plenty of lacing on the side of the glass.

Aroma: notes of pine from the hops when I first opened the bottle and changed to an earthy-dusty hop, nice malty backbone,

Flavors: roasted grains, earthy dry hop bitterness,

Mouthfeel: wool like feel, dry finish, bitter note on mid and back palate, lingering pale ale like bitterness on aftertaste (little pine like and/or citrus rind).