Okay, I was mistaken. I had purchased a Belicoso for $10.10. I also looked at (but, did not buy) a Fuente Fuente for $14.35. I think I'll make a trip to the smoke shop and get a Fuente Fuente, as well.
In that case, you need to take ALL THE MONEY YOU HAVE IN THIS WORLD, and just go down to that place and buy as many as you can. :cryinlaugh:
As far as peaking, yes, everything of that nature, cigars, wine, etc., has a peak. An example is the Carbonell Gigantes (10x58) I bought many years ago. After a year and a half to two years, they were still tasting great. The last one was almost three years old by the time I smoked it and it tasted just like breathing.
As far as peaking, yes, everything of that nature, cigars, wine, etc., has a peak. An example is the Carbonell Gigantes (10x58) I bought many years ago. After a year and a half to two years, they were still tasting great. The last one was almost three years old by the time I smoked it and it tasted just like breathing.
Bloofington said:
Is Opus X Belicoso for $10.10 such a huge savings? I purchased from a well know chain. Rhymes with Gin Fur Ox.
I just got a churchill size for $27 and am saving it for a special occasion.
Of course if it is as good as they say the smoking it will BE the special occasion
Of course if it is as good as they say the smoking it will BE the special occasion
Sounds like MSRP to me, Brenda. And you are free to mention the web site's real name here. I used to do it. Out of deference to our friends/affiliates at Cigar.com, I don't anymore, but it's just to be polite and respectful. There is really nothing wrong with posting sources here, unless you're talking about Cubans. People can talk about smoking Cuban cigars around here, but extended discussions about purchasing them, or posting of sources, etc., cannot be allowed to stand.
I bought 3 opus x (the max) for around $30 a stick. Was all excited to try. Maybe my expectations were to high, but it was not that good. After posting my disappointment, others said I needed to let them sit for a while. I have 2 in the humi. I think I will have one the first nice day of spring when I can sit outside and really enjoy it. That should be in about 6 months!!
Man, what I wouldn't give to be out in Montana on a trout stream, this spring, smoking an Opus X.
:shock: thanks for the warning, Bloofington. What am I doing on the computer? I've got some smoking to do. . .Bloofington said:
mmmm....Opus......I have been letting mine sit for a while, I was smoking them a lot this summer, but now I thought I'd let them sleep for a few years, some might only get a peaceful rest..
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Someone sent me one that had been aged a true seven years at least, not in cellophane. It tasted like paper. I hear some are good at that time, some evidently fall flat on their face. The only one that was fairly fresh that didn't make me feel like I walked into Earnie Shavers' right hand was aged by me for five months. It was wonderful tasting, and I didn't go down for the 10 count.
Brenda said:
somebody showing their age ( mine too) Earnie was a great tough
fighter of about 25 or more years ago
I just looked him up and read that Shavers fought (and lost to) Muhammad Ali at the Madison Square Garden on September 29, 1977. I have some Ali fights on video. I'll check to see if I have this one. Thanks dinoa2.dinoa2 said:
Earnie Shavers is the man regarded by most boxing experts as being the hardest single-punch heavyweight in history, with guys like Foreman and Joe Louis being up there as well. Shavers sneaky right hand was legendary, and he put Larry Holmes dead on his ass one night in the middle of a tremendous fight, at the time Holmes was the reigning heavyweight king. Holmes, due to his tremendous year-round conditioning and superior boxing skills, got up and won a couple rounds later.
Shavers and his people claimed that Holmes thumbed him and cried foul requesting a rematch. He never got it. The accusations made by Shavers people were also made by Scott LeDoux and his people after a game LeDoux lost to Holmes in a short fight. It is entirely possible that Holmes inadvertantly thumbed a few guys in his career, as his uppercut was one of his bread and butter punches, and depending on how it's thrown and the type of gloves being used, thumbing a guy is entirely possible.
LeDoux's protest was also denied, and being a big Holmes fan myself, these incidents, while containing some possible credibility, do nothing to take away from Holmes superiority during his six year reign over the heavyweight division. He was, because of his all around boxing skills, and tremendous attention to conditioning on a year-round basis, the best of his time.
But as for Earnie Shavers, who also hung out with some bodybuilding gym friends of mine, no one could throw a single punch as hard as he. That's what some cigars make me feel like, particularly Cubans.
Shavers and his people claimed that Holmes thumbed him and cried foul requesting a rematch. He never got it. The accusations made by Shavers people were also made by Scott LeDoux and his people after a game LeDoux lost to Holmes in a short fight. It is entirely possible that Holmes inadvertantly thumbed a few guys in his career, as his uppercut was one of his bread and butter punches, and depending on how it's thrown and the type of gloves being used, thumbing a guy is entirely possible.
LeDoux's protest was also denied, and being a big Holmes fan myself, these incidents, while containing some possible credibility, do nothing to take away from Holmes superiority during his six year reign over the heavyweight division. He was, because of his all around boxing skills, and tremendous attention to conditioning on a year-round basis, the best of his time.
But as for Earnie Shavers, who also hung out with some bodybuilding gym friends of mine, no one could throw a single punch as hard as he. That's what some cigars make me feel like, particularly Cubans.