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Well hello everybody, BlkCigarCzar is back in the blogging world after a healthy hiatus! Things have changed and so have I so enjoy a review on cigars and beer and kick back and learn a thing or two!I'm starting off right away with a missed favorite of mines, an Avo 787!
Of all the cigars I could possibly start back blogging about, I have chosen the Avo 787! It is a cigar with a lot of complex earthy notes and just a enough spicy notes on the palate to always tease you to want another! It is a back to back cigar for the fairly experienced cigar smoker and it won't bite the less experienced too bad...unless you smoke it way too fast!
This cigar pairs up nicely with a cold glass of Blue Moon which is something I would have never done on my own but like I said, things are changing. So anybody who ever gets the chance to put these two together should enjoy a very good combo made for the a palate most deserving.
Avo 787 is a medium to full-bodied blend consisting of a mixture of Dominican grown Piloto Cubano, San Vicente, and Olor long fillers. The earthy and toasty notes on the aftertaste are pleasing without being overbearing. An Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper was added which is darker than a true Connecticut wrapper which brings out the spicy notes to the palate. Complex, yet satisfyingly smooth, Avo 787 is not as earthy in my opinion as the Avo 80Th which always seem to be "young" tasting to me and it was a major turn off even though this was a popular cigar.
Avo across the board pairs nicely with medium to full bodied red wines of all complexities however I would keep a bottle of water close when drinking a dry red wine as so not to get "cotton mouth" and the possibility of missing out on an exciting complex pairing of cigar and wine.
Pairing with a Blue Moon beer, a Belgian-style witbier brewed by Coors Brewery in Colorado was introduced in 1995 and was originally called Bellyslide Belgian White, it was created by Keith Villa, a brewer at Coor's Field's Sandlot Brewery (which is owned by the Molson Coors Brewing company).
I stumbled onto this pairing by accident a while back when the Avo 787 was fairly new on the market and I was already smoking the Avo when I was offered a Blue Moon. First sip was a little more wheaty than I prefer but it was tolerable and then a friend added the orange slice (eye brow raises) and then a draw on my cigar with a swallow of the Blue Moon was a match I could learn to like! Both had the right amount of "everything" for my palate and soon I was hooked! I don't get the chance often to bring these two back together but when I do it's always a treat in my mouth! So for those of you who like to pair cigars with beer, I suggest you try the Blue Moon with the Avo 787 and see if you agree that this is an accidental pairing that works!!!
So the BlkCigarCzar is back and doing some new things here and there and hopefully you will get to hear what I have to say about cigars I like.
I will review some, show you what I'm smoking from time to time, tweeting on Twitter and posting to Facebook
So feel free to stop by and show me some love and I promise I won't steer you wrong in the world of enjoying fine cigars!
Ciao!!!
Smoke Em' If You Got Em'!!!
