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Kilkerran 12 Year Old alongside Arturo Fuente Hemingway Short Story

A Campbeltown malt alongside a short Dominican perfecto. The dry pepper in the finish of the whisky is the hinge here.

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Bottle of Kilkerran 12 Year Old, whisky

From the shelf

The bottle

Kilkerran comes from the Glengyle distillery in Campbeltown and is bottled by the house itself. This twelve-year-old matured for about seventy percent in bourbon casks and thirty percent in sherry casks, and is bottled at 46% ABV. The finish is long and dry with pepper, against a sweetish background of vanilla.

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The combination

Why this works together

The Short Story has a Cameroon wrapper, which gives a sweetish spiciness rather than sharp pepper. The dry pepper is therefore in the glass and not in the cigar, so the two complement each other instead of doubling the same note. The perfecto format tapers at both ends: the cigar smokes more concentrated at first and then opens up.

Beside the glass

The cigar

We do not sell cigars; we supply the whisky. These cigars go well alongside this bottle.

Tekening van het formaat perfectoAan beide einden smal, met een buik in het midden. De voet ligt links, de kop rechts.voetkop
This is what the size of the Arturo Fuente Hemingway Short Story looks like: perfecto format, narrow at both ends, with a belly in the middle. This is our own drawing in our house style, not a photo of the brand; we do not sell cigars.
Bundles of cigars, tied together with a paper band, on a wooden counter
Mood image: bundles of cigars in a tobacco house. These are not the recommended cigars; the actual size is in the drawing alongside.
  • Arturo Fuente Hemingway Short Story Short Dominican perfecto under a Cameroon wrapper; sweetish spiciness set against the dry pepper of the malt.
  • Arturo Fuente Hemingway Signature The same blend in a longer perfecto, for those who sit for more than half an hour.
  • Oliva Serie G Nicaraguan cigar, also with a Cameroon wrapper, medium in strength and widely available.
  • Davidoff Nicaragua Short Corona Short size with Nicaraguan tobacco; peppier than the Fuentes and therefore the strongest of this group.

In the glass

Serving

Neat in a tulip-shaped glass. At 46 percent ABV, a few drops of water can bring out the vanilla without the pepper disappearing. Taste first without smoke and then drink between puffs.

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