CRESTVIEW DISTILLERY FIELD GUIDE
Barrels, Binders, and Burnish: Inside Crestview’s Whiskey-and-Cigar Workshop
A focused 90-minute experience at Timber Creek Distillery that pairs a distillery tour with hands-on cigar rolling and a guided whiskey tasting — this guide lays out what to expect and how the flavors connect.
Barrels, Binders, and Burnish: Inside Crestview’s Whiskey-and-Cigar Workshop.
In Crestview, Timber Creek Distillery invites a close look at two crafts that meet over smoke and oak: a concise tour of the distillery’s production followed by a classroom on tobacco—how leaf selection and aging shape flavor—and a hands-on session in which you roll your own cigar before closing with a guided whiskey tasting and pairing.
Highlights
Outing Highlights
Learn to Roll a Cigar
A practical lesson walks you through tobacco leaf selection and the mechanics of rolling so you leave with a cigar you made yourself plus two additional selections from the distillery’s collection.
Whiskey Tasting and Pairing
The experience concludes with a guided tasting that explores how whiskey flavor profiles complement cigar notes, allowing you to sample pairings and compare how tobacco and spirit interact.
Distillery Tour
A short tour of the distillery explains where whiskey flavor comes from—grain, fermentation, barrel and age—setting the stage for the tasting and cigar pairing that follow.
What the day feels like
What the 90-minute experience feels like
Over roughly an hour and a half you move from production floor to classroom to tasting table: a distillery walkthrough, a concise primer on the terroir and processing that shape tobacco, hands-on selection and rolling of leaves into your own cigar, and a final whiskey tasting that tests how spice, smoke and oak play together.
Suitability
Who it's for
Who gets the most out of this short, sensory-focused outing.
Practical planner
Details to review before reserving
The experience runs approximately 90 minutes.
Meet at 6451 Lake Ella Road, Crestview, FL 32539.
Bring a valid ID if required by the operator for tastings; dress comfortably for a short tour and classroom-style workshop.
Review cancellation policies before reserving.
Frequently asked questions
Planning Your Outing
How long is the tour?
The experience lasts about 90 minutes.
Where do I meet the group?
Meeting location is 6451 Lake Ella Road, Crestview, FL 32539.
Will I get to roll my own cigar?
Yes — the program includes instruction in leaf selection and rolling, and you take home the cigar you roll plus two additional cigars.
What will the whiskey tasting cover?
The tasting focuses on how whiskey flavor profiles interact with cigar notes to create complementary pairings.
What will I learn about tobacco?
The session covers how seed, growing region, fermentation and aging influence tobacco flavor—parallels the factors that shape wine or whiskey flavor.