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I have a possibly lame question for everyone. How much does your cigar accompanying beverage budget affect your cigar budget? I am only asking about the beverages your enjoy with a stogie, not what you drink without smoking.
I smoke with either a crappy light beer (around $2), a Millstream Rootbeer (around $1.50), or a Starbucks style latte (around $3.50). I usually go with the rootbeer, so I average around $2 in beverages for every cigar I smoke. It got me to thinking that if I just drank water I could be smoking a $5 stick instead of a $3 stick, or a $10 stick instead of an $8 stick. In the end the drink adds enough in my mind to be worth it, but it got me to thinking about what everyone else does. Being on somewhat of a budget, the truth of it is, the fact that I spend $2 more per stick because of my beverage choice has a decent impact in what cigars I smoke.
So, per stick, what do you spend in beverages? Also, does that have an impact in your cigar budget?
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Budget, whats a budget?
I usually drink craft beer or port with my stogies, so it's usually in the $4-$6+ range. All depends on what I grab.
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My gun budget affects all my other budgets. I have so much alcohol in my house from entertaining that I cannot put a number on it.
I love a beverage when I smoke. Sometimes its coffee, sometimes, Coke or Coke Zero, sometimes its A&W Rootbeer, sometimes its a beer and that depends on stock on hand. I try many beers. And sometimes I love to sip a scotch or good rum and I always have ample supply on hand.
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Interesting question but I have no clue as to what I spend per cigar. I do like a beverage with my cigar but will usually choose a nice root beer or a cocktail. My guess would be $3-$5 per drink on average due to the alcohol. It really doesn't affect my cigar budget at all though.:?
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Huh. Interesting question. I've never really put a $$$ value on it before. Usually I drink good bourbon, rum, or Scotch in the $30-50 range . . . and mix 'em fairly strong. [lol]
I have no idea what it comes to but picked the spendy one just to be on the safe side. A weekend can easily see a fifth demolished and 7-8 cigars torched around here.
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A lot of the time I just have a coke zero with my cigar, if I want a mixed drink with my smoke its usually just Captain Morgan and the coke zero. But recently I have started trying a variety of beers and am starting to get hooked (last thing I need, another wallet drainer) but I usually don't venture out of the $2-$3 range .
Good question btw
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Im entirely too random with what I drink when, if at all when smoking when I do smoke, so I have no idea. I do know I haven't bought a bottle of liquor yet this month. [pimp]
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What i drink depends on the time of day, and the cigar I'm smoking, and the conditiions in which I smoke it. If it's after a long day at the shop, I'm going to grab a good smoke, and a libation I enjoy. Like now, I'm smoking a prerelease Cusano LXI with a year of age on it, after lighting, it begged to be smoked with some Ron Zacapa. usually it goes that way, I let the cigar tell me what will go best with it. Of course, if I'm smoking a yard gar, it's usually with water or a Diet Pepsi Max or something along those lines. If I'm at a large gathering, but not really a HERF per se, it's usually a good beer like a New Castle, or a Sam Adams, or lately, a Yuengling Black and Tan
For the record, my defacto libation of choice is Four Roses Single Barell, that stuff is like candy to a baby, I can't get enough[bravo][bravo]
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Usually coffee. I get a pound of fresh roasted coffee for $10. That makes about 30 presses, which equates to about 100 cups of coffee.
10 cents a cup.
pretty economical.
