At last years Christmas party I got a Centennial Hops Cigar which I really don’t think I will ever smoke. I was wondering about shredding it and dry-hopping a batch of something (suggestions?) with it. Would this be an interesting flavor addition or would the tobacco just make it nasty? I don’t know the ratio of hops to tobacco. Could be hops mixed with tobacco in the filler or maybe just hops in a tobacco leaf cigar roll-up.
Have you ever chewed tobacco? It’s not something you want to be swallowing.
IMO, tobacco beer = nasty.
I’d rather smoke that cigar and sip a nice old ale, stout or dopplebock. Or bourbon.
Yeah, I hear ya. Wouldn’t want to chew the tobacco. But, then again, I wouldn’t really want to chew the hops either.
+1
I can see a hint of tobacco aroma being a nice note in a substantial beer but no, I highly doubt you would find the flavor appealing in a beer… and this is coming from someone that appreciates a nice stogie and still enjoys a little pinch between the cheek and gum from time to time.
I think the dry-‘spanish cedar’ cigar box idea that was going around a couple weeks ago sounds like a much better approach.
Nicotine is very toxic stuff. While I enjoy the taste and aroma of a fine cigar, I would not recommend ever using tobacco in any sort of food product.
throw it away
get a good cigar
get a good beer
sit on deck by fire
enjoy
THIS^^^
Don’t do it, Doug.
I ordered for Easter a sampler of Artisan du Chocolat’s bars. One of them included the Heston Blumenthal-inspired Tobacco chocolate. http://artisanduchocolat.com/tobacco-dark-bar.html
It was pretty tasty, actually. In a beer it might work. But don’t just put the tobacco itself in there.
You could chew tobacco and make a chicha with the tobacco spit!!! 
just to get the sensation of how rough this can be. go try some niacin which is a nicotinic acid. (prescription is niaspan) but there is otc. very poorly tolerated medicine.
I think I just about lost my lunch.
Being a cigar aficionado, I have to say that I love a great cigar but I don’t think it belongs in a beer. I suggest smoking good cigars and drinking good craft beer. They should be mutually exclusive as products but can be enjoyed together, only smoke the cigar and drink the beer. Just my opinion.
As I think about this, I’ve read lots of wine reviews that say “flavors of tobacco” along with other things like leather that you would never actually put in the wine.
Perhaps the flavors come from the oak? There’s probably ways to get a similar flavor without actually adding tobacco.
As far as tobacco spit, I’ve seen people drink it by mistake… nasty. Do not spit your dip into an empty beer bottle.
Oak, certain hops, and certain yeasts (saisons and Brett come to mind) can potentially give some of that leathery/tobacco aroma & flavor. I also pick up tobacco notes from many of the best dark chocolates. While none of these will necessarily leave you with a big tobacco flavor, they can all contribute a subtle hint.
Okay, I’m convinced. It was just a passing thought. Actually, it was something I dreamt last night. Maybe it was a nightmare. ???
On the other hand, using the wood shavings from a cigar box made of Spanish Cedar might be a good choice…
I once had a dream about a beer. When I woke up I formulated a recipe for it and brewed it a week later. Turned out to be one of the worst beers I’ve ever brewed…
Ah, but it was still the beer of your dreams…
Literally LOLed.
Tasted more like a nightmare!
I spent about a half year in Tifton, GA on a hazardous waste cleanup. The site was next door to a tobacco leaf wholesaler’s barn. When the crop came in, the aroma was great. Rich and pleasing aroma. But its just so hard to fathom how bad that aroma becomes when smoked. I wouldn’t mind the aroma of fresh-cured leaf in a beer, but the other tobacco constituents would probably not be welcome.