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Mai Tai for Cigars
Philip Ili Barake brings us his pairing called "Mai Tai for Cigars" in the November 2020 issue of "Got Rum?" where he pairs a Mai Tai using an H. Upmann Magnum 50 cigar. Read more
Fall
Philip Ili Barake brings us his pairing called "Fall" in the October 2020 issue of "Got Rum?" where he pairs a Rum Espresso Martini using 10 Cane Rum with a Coloniales cigar from Trinidad de Cuba (44 x 132). Read more
10 Lot 23
Philip Ili Barake brings us his pairing called "10 Lot 23" in the September 2020 issue of "Got Rum?" where he pairs Bacardi Gran Reserva 10 Year Old Rum with a Toro (6” x 50) from the Lot 23 line from Perdomo Cigars. Read more
White Pirate #2
Philip Ili Barake brings us his pairing called "White Pirate #2" in the July 2020 issue of "Got Rum?" where he pairs a simple cocktail recipe using Oakheart Spiced Rum with a Double Gordo cigar from Quorum Classic. Read more
Erythromycin
Philip Ili Barake brings us his pairing called "Erythromycin" in the June 2020 issue of "Got Rum?" where he pairs a simple cocktail recipe using Mount Gay Eclipse Black Rum with an Arturo Fuente Gran Reserva Maduro cigar from the Dominican Republic. Read more
Orange Toast
Philip Ili Barake brings us his pairing called "Orange Toast" in the May 2020 issue of "Got Rum?" where he pairs a Super Toro from Perdomo with a simple cocktail recipe using both Rhum Dillon, a “Tres Vieux”, and Rhum Orange from Santa Teresa. Read more
Quarantine
Philip Ili Barake brings us his pairing called "Quarantine" in the April 2020 issue of "Got Rum?" where he pairs a Magnum 50 Cigar from H Upmann from Cuba with a simple cocktail recipe using both Ron Pampero Aniversario and Bacardi Oakheart Rum. Read more
A Southern Classic
Philip Ili Barake brings us his pairing called "A Southern Classic" in the March 2020 issue of "Got Rum?" where he pairs a Rum Old Fashioned using Havana Club 7 Year Old, from Cuba with a Partagás Serie D N°6. Read more
Exclusive
Philip Ili Barake brings us his pairing called "Exclusive" in the February 2020 issue where he pairs two rums, Abuelo XV and Demerara Port Morant from 1999, with a Habano Edición Regional del Medio Oriente (Middle East Regional Edition) cigar. Read more
Closing the Year Well
Philip Ili Barake brings us his pairing called "Closing the Year Well" in the January 2020 issue where he pairs a Rum and Apple Juice Martini (using El Dorado 15 Rum from Guyana) with a Cohiba Robusto cigar. Read more