The Importance of a Clean Palate

illinoisgolf99

I was just watching the ccom interactive video for this week and Alex and Tim mentioned the importance of having a clean palate when smoking cigars. They reccomended Club Soda to keep it as clean as possible when smoking, anyone else use CS for this?

kuzi16

Goldy

Sweet! Another excuse to drink more CS.

Goldy

Wow, 600 posts, where does the time go.

kuzi16

wwhwang

Wow. Never thought club soda would be that good for smoking cigars. I usually just drink chocolate milk with maduros or water for everything else.

RampMonkey

Club soda huh. Would have to do my hardest not to have any other type of liquor to be mixed with it. Well its worth a shot. Ill have to try it next time or later this evening.

kuzi16

docbp87

Water is the only thing I will drink unless I'm specifically trying to pair a cigar with a certain drink.

Krieg

Krieg

I usually drink a coke with a cigar, but I am now gonna have to give CS a try.

Pacman84

Yeah I at times drink a dr pepper with a cigar. I'm gonna try the cs soon.

surfingzeeko

kuzi16

aron325

ill drink diet pepsi or water other than that thats all. i may have to try the cs though.

jship079

I no its common in wine taseting to cleanse your palate by useing white bread (including crackers) or cheese also by drinking plenty of water you can also use lite sorbet. pallet cleansing is more about cleansing befor trying something different so you dont confuse the flavors with the other taste and flavors in your mouth and to wake up your taste buds

phobicsquirrel

club soda, never thought of it. milk then water is a good idea too. I know crackers and or pieces of chocolate are a good.

illinoisgolf99

just had a Gurkha Legend with some club soda and I gotta say it really does make a difference, I could taste the flavors much better and kept your palate refreshed.

ThinBluLine06

Although its not a neutral flavored drink....I like Ginger Ale...I think the flavor is not too overbearing, yet it still has the qualities to cleanse the palate

fla-gypsy

I usually drink some sort of cola or coffee and it seems to work for me. Not a club soda fan at all.

kuzi16

Big T smokes

I think as adults you know what you like best with a cigar. These gentleman enjoy a cllub soda. Ice Water is also reccomended. I like to drink beers with my cigars and I've heard "ugghhh... ruins a cigar..." a thousand times... but I'm a grown up and I get to decide what ruins what for me :-)

Matt Marvel

Big T smokes:

I think as adults you know what you like best with a cigar. These gentleman enjoy a cllub soda. Ice Water is also reccomended. I like to drink beers with my cigars and I've heard "ugghhh... ruins a cigar..." a thousand times... but I'm a grown up and I get to decide what ruins what for me :-)

Beer doesn't always ruin a cigar. Like any drink/cigar pairing, it's good to try and have a good contrast. Beers can go quite well with a smoke. The same goes for scotch, rum, whiskey, etc. However, this, like most cigar discussion regarding taste, boils down to personal preference. What works for some doesn't work for others.

kuzi16

Fourtotheflush

wwestern

I'm a cigarette smoker as well as a cigar smoker, anyone know if club soda will help clear out the cigarette taste? Usually I just wait like an hour after a cigarette to smoke a cigar.

illinoisgolf99

wwestern:

I'm a cigarette smoker as well as a cigar smoker, anyone know if club soda will help clear out the cigarette taste? Usually I just wait like an hour after a cigarette to smoke a cigar.

Club Soda is supposed to help cleanse and refresh your pallete, I just started drinking it while smoking and it seems to help, welcome by the way, stick around!

kuzi16

bigbgballz

Yap,cigarettes change the flavour of everything,but i still smoke them,when i have quited for a awhile before i can see my taste buds gi back to normal,everything taste so much better!

Fourtotheflush

Does anyone have any feedback after trying out the club soda?

wwestern