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I had that earlier this summer and really enjoyed it!

I am about halfway through and it gets better as it goes. Pairs well with my favorite drink.6899FA64-5F5D-4E3F-949F-A0BBA4C0B2CF (resized).jpeg

From last night. Still one of my favorite RPs

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For my money, these Undercrowns are supremely enjoyable!

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Undercrowns are excellent smokes

Ice cream and a smoke tonight. Took the band off. Was a partagas.

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At a local lounge. I’m normally sequestered to the deck or fire pit. So, I’m having a cigar indoors for the first time in a long time. It’s been raining here for the better part of two days now, and my wife is out of town. I’m enjoying a My Father Connecticut toro, some Bulleit 10yr, and a strange Star Wars novel on my last working day of retirement. After 15 months gone, My old company gave me an offer I couldn’t refuse. Happy Friday.

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Finally got started on the Fuente box. Delicious on one of the last days in the mid 50s this year likely. Got some stuff done in the garage tonight. DavidLee coming by with a reprint of my Touchdown backglass.

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It’s been awhile

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Tonight’s selection (RASS):

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Can't go wrong with that one!

Scott!!!

Happy Halloween! Tonight my first Sancho Panza Habano. This happens to be the Belicosos, part of a trade with PlanetExpress . I’m really looking forward to this!!

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I hate looking at wrappers that are starting to come undone. Problem? Solved!

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So, what did you think? I find the salty driftwood flavor profile to be so unique… not sure how salty can be a tobacco flavor.

FINALLY got a chance to catch up with USMCSGT0331 to check out his local shop. Very impressive and glad it’s on the other side of town or I’d be there more than I care to admit. Found a couple extra sticks to add to the stash there including their own brand which I’ll try tomorrow. Also got to trade some smokes as well which I’m excited to post here later on.

Here is tonight’s action (I’m on the left) I went with a short one tonight.

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I had to try one of these, so I picked one up at the local shop.
Damn good smoke!

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It's always a good time hanging out at Tobacco Grove! Pretty excited about the new cigars I got from @EJS, there's a few I've never had before, thanks again! I picked up a box of Joya de Nicaragua Dos Cientos and lit one up, it's pretty great smoke!

I highly recommend that everyone here finds one of the Dos Cientos cigars and joins the Joya de Nicaragua virtual event on the 18th. I have no idea what it will entail, but everyone will be smoking that cigar and probably drinking rum or tequila. Here's a link to the virtual event, just sign up and tune in on the 18th!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dos-cientos-virtual-launch-event-tickets-196646875097?aff=efbneb

Here's a link to some Dos Cientos cigars if you can't find them at a local shop:

https://www.niceashcigars.com/Joya-de-Nicaragua-Dos-Cientos-s/3238.htm

Been looking forward to this one all day. Came recommended by USMCSGT0331 and is an in house brand (is that the accurate description?)

Out the gate lots of leathery flavor I’m about half done at the moment and starting to get a little sweet.

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Replacement coin door got a Siglo III upgrade

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Enjoying a very nice Por Larranaga Montecarlos received in trade from PlanetExpress . Great cigar. I have some of this cigar’s little brother, the short Panetelas. Very elegant smoke!

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You east cost folks have some great outdoor smoking weather on the way. Enjoying my first stick from my trade this week.

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First time trying the Benriach Smoky 10… dang this is a nice dram! Picked it up at Costco on my way home from Expo, I can’t remember if it was $30, but I think it was around there. If you like peat with fruit, pick a bottle up. Matured in bourbon, rum and virgin oak casks… I am a sucker for peaty malts in rum casks.

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Really spicy at the beginning then goes down several notches after 5 minutes or so. Pretty smooth the rest of the way. Nice added flavor on the last 3rd. Glad I bought a box too!

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Almost forgot the picture! Was busy cleaning legs tonight. Still a favorite among the short smokes in the Cuban humi

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Looking to try some new brands, I always end up buying My Father, Fuente, and Davidoff because I know I love em. Anyone have a manufacture that makes medium bodied cigars that I absolutely have to try?

A few suggestions that I don’t think you could go wrong with:
La Palina- Goldie
Illusione- Rothchildes
Crowned Heads- Four Kicks
Padron- Family Reserve (any of the editions is great, but a bit $)

If you’re looking to CCs in a reasonable price range:
Trinidad- Reyes
Juan Lopez- No 2

Thanks man!

I just went to do some browsing and found what looks to be a crazy deal.

400ish bucks off of Cohiba boxes and add a leather carrying case for a buck: https://www.cigarsinternational.com/1-day-deal/

I’ve never tried that cigar, so I can’t speak to it. Just don’t get too caught up in their marketing, the domestic brand copies of Cuban brands tend to set MSRP sky high, then put them on “sale” for 80% off. Same marketing Gurkha uses (nobody is paying $50 a stick). To get a feel for actual value, take a look at CigarBid and see what people are bidding: https://www.cigarbid.com/shop/endingsoon/2069144/?f_BrandName.raw=Cohiba&s=Views_Desc

Gotcha, thanks for the info

From the Fuente box. Almost too mild for me but I’m only 20% done

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Yeah, this one was quite mild as well and went out on me a couple of times. Decent smoke though.

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My Caldwell sample pack is getting down there. One left after this one. Midnight Express. I’d buy a box.

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Dammit all, I am living vicariously through you’re cigar pics guys. Sars Cov 2 has left me with a weird phenomenon where some things smell completely different than they used to. The main things are coffee smells like burnt plastic and a lit cigar smells like an old moldy rag or something. It is any cigar, cheap expensive flavored doesn’t matter they all smell exactly the same and it is not good. Supposedly this can resolve in 3-6 months. What a bite. Anyway enough whining, I will keep an eye on your cigar experiences until I can enjoy my own again. Hopefully.

swillie you will be better before you know it. One of my friends who lives down the street from me had a nasty experience with the virus last year and had zero taste or smell. He stuck his head under the gas stove and couldn’t smell a thing. That’s some scary stuff in my opinion. Fast forward a year (it took him a month tho) he’s getting all those notes from a mild Cuban. You’ll be posting pics soon.

On another subject I know there are several veterans in this thread so a big shout out to you all today, and every day. I do contract work at the VA hospital and see things could use a lot of improvement so I always hope my trips there make things just a little better.

My son had it, and it impacted his taste. He said eating peanut butter was like chewing on silly putty. Godspeed!

Happy Friday!

Starting off with my first monster mash stick. Really delicious. Watching sheriff Bob Fletcher live stream tonight

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One step to the left in the box (3rd from the right). Pretty good….I like it…but not something I’d go running to.

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These have been sitting in the humidor for over a year, with a 3/20 box date. Finally decided to crack it open. Here’s to a fine Hoyo Epi #2.

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I went to the far right side of the Monster Mash box to even things out. It tastes exactly how it looks

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