Fellow apes, I am now officially a Young Ape so I can use that salutation, anyway am always on the hunt for an interesting libation. Was in one of my local spirit shops talking cigars and booze with a pretty knowledgeable proprietor... we were talking traditional spirits; Ports, Brandies, Bourbons, etc. Being a southern boy have always had a fondness for the latter, when he hit me with one that made sense in the kinda cosmic scheme of things regarding cigars; rum and cigars should go together considering the Caribbean connection between the two. I agreed and stopped looking at brandies and cognacs and bourbons and let him lead me to the rum selection. He put me on this Haitian rum called Rhum Barbancourt. Aged 8 years in oak barrels. After working my way through the better part of a fifth over the last week I can say he knows what he is talking about. Definitely a snifter spirit. I would challenge anyone to distinguish this from a high end cognac. Have been drinking it neat in a snifter but I think would hold up on the rocks. A cubre libre would be sacrilege with this rum. I consider this a great partner with a good cigar. Really worth checking out. Frank B