Tobacco & Rum
Coffee Split
Philip Ili Barake brings us a pairing called "Coffee Split" in the February 2024 issue where he pairs an aged rum and Irish Velvet coffee liqueur to make a Coffee Split cocktail with a Fuller cigar made by a Chilean. Read more
“Cola de Mono” (Monkey Tail)
Philip Ili Barake brings us a pairing called "“Cola de Mono” (Monkey Tail)" in the January 2024 issue where he pairs a Monkey Tail prepared with either Aguardiente de Vino or overproof rum with a Montecristo Open Eagle (54 x 150mm) cigar. Read more
Fuller Cigars
Philip Ili Barake brings us a pairing called "Fuller Cigars" in the November 2023 issue where he pairs a Rum Old Fashioned using Mulata 12 Year Old from Cuba with a cigar from the Valles de Chile line. Read more
VS Rhumhattan
Philip Ili Barake brings us a pairing called "VS Rhumhattan" in the October 2023 issue where he pairs a Clément Rhum VSOP with Robusto (50 X 5) from Vegafina’s Nicaragua line. Read more
More Dark Than Stormy
Philip Ili Barake brings us a pairing called "More Dark Than Stormy" in the September 2023 issue where he pairs a new version of a Dark 'N Stormy (using Captain Morgan Private Stock Rum in the cocktail) along with a Crusader Robusto cigar. Read more
Frozen Espresso
Philip Ili Barake brings us a pairing called "Frozen Espresso" in the August 2023 issue where he pairs a frozen espresso using a Zacapa 12 Ambar Rum with a Churchill from VegasFinas, from their clásica line. Read more
Coffee Ball
Philip Ili Barake brings us a pairing called "Coffee Ball" where he pairs a frozen espresso sphere with two rums, Clement 10 Year Old Rhum from Martinique and Zacapa 23 from Guatemala, along with a Cohiba Toro cigar from the Blue Line portfolio. Read more
Dirty RumHattan
Philip Ili Barake brings us a pairing called "Dirty RumHattan" where he pairs a Bacardi 10 Year Old Rum with a Partagás Serie P N°2 cigar. Read more
French Coffee
Philip Ili Barake brings us a pairing called "French Coffee" where he pairs a Rum Espresso Martini (using Rhum Isautier 10 Ans D’âge from Reunión) with a Churchill Montecristo cigar (Platinum series, Selection I) from the Dominican Republic. Read more