Friday: Monte #4 courtesy of axe, and a little later I had about half of a Fuente Sungrown Double Chateau. Didn't care too much for the Fuente, but the Monte was infriggincredible. I must have more. 
Saturday: 858 maduro...always good
today: Ashton Aged Maduro #40, also always good.
Saturday: 858 maduro...always good
today: Ashton Aged Maduro #40, also always good.
Glad you liked the Monte Wolf
Spent the weekend with my dad, so naturally I looted his stash :wink:
VR Unicos
PSD4
Opus #5
ERDM Tainos
Punch Double Corona
I need to hang with pops more often :lol:
Spent the weekend with my dad, so naturally I looted his stash :wink:
VR Unicos
PSD4
Opus #5
ERDM Tainos
Punch Double Corona
I need to hang with pops more often :lol:
Friday I smoked a bunch of unbanded stuff. Sunday I tried the Cu Avana Natural. Really not a bad cigar. It was mild and pleasant and very consistent. Fairly one dimensional but sometimes I like a cigar that is strait forward.
With cigars like these out there, I wonder why anyone smokes Macanudo and the like.
With cigars like these out there, I wonder why anyone smokes Macanudo and the like.
Smoked a 5 Vegas Series A Artisan on the way home yesterday. The stick looked so nice I felt bad setting the torch to it, until I started enjoying the smoke. Full bodied smoke. Construction was great. Draw was pretty easy. Lots of spicy flavor, mellowed a little toward the middle. Good volume of smoke. Got 18 more sitting in the humi for a few more days before I start on them.
Just had a La Gloria Cubana Wavel (thanks to USMC6672) - real nice smoke, great draw and very smooth. Smoked her to the nub. I'm starting to really like the Robusto sized cigars more and more.
9/19
Went over Calibus's to watch the Cowboys play 30 minutes of football :roll:
Had 3 cigars:
5 Vegas "A" Artisan. Great smoke, except that the wrapper was flakier than a SoCal beach bunny (not that there's anything wrong with them :wink: ). But I'll be trying this one again.
Tierra Del Sol double corona by Perdomo. Pretty good for a bundled smoke, but it tasted a bit young.
LFD DL Chisel maduro...funny how this one went out on me as time ran out in the game. I didn't bother to relight it since there was only 1 1/2 inches left.
But the night still ended on a happy note because I took my picture for the box pass
Went over Calibus's to watch the Cowboys play 30 minutes of football :roll:
Had 3 cigars:
5 Vegas "A" Artisan. Great smoke, except that the wrapper was flakier than a SoCal beach bunny (not that there's anything wrong with them :wink: ). But I'll be trying this one again.
Tierra Del Sol double corona by Perdomo. Pretty good for a bundled smoke, but it tasted a bit young.
LFD DL Chisel maduro...funny how this one went out on me as time ran out in the game. I didn't bother to relight it since there was only 1 1/2 inches left.
But the night still ended on a happy note because I took my picture for the box pass
At 1959 hours, as I was finishing my third tasting of a new bourbon in the Bloofingtonian tasting department, and getting ready to watch The Factor, I lit one of the CAO Maduro Churchills that axegod75 sent me. If Bobberrific is on the line, this is one of those slow burners, so don't be reaching for a robusto if you only have half an hour. :sm_angel:
The first half of this cigar was marked by a soft, silky, powdery smoke tasting mostly of licorice. As the second half came on, the licorice split into strong spice, perhaps black pepper, with some sweet creamy notes and a few hints of grilled beef. As I left to walk down the hill to the A&P at 2150 hours it was still going, and near the end of the walk, at 2200 hours, it was finally done, with a bit of a head kick, nothing huge though. That's right folks, a Churchill that took two hours and one minute to smoke.
The first half of this cigar was marked by a soft, silky, powdery smoke tasting mostly of licorice. As the second half came on, the licorice split into strong spice, perhaps black pepper, with some sweet creamy notes and a few hints of grilled beef. As I left to walk down the hill to the A&P at 2150 hours it was still going, and near the end of the walk, at 2200 hours, it was finally done, with a bit of a head kick, nothing huge though. That's right folks, a Churchill that took two hours and one minute to smoke.
Well, golly gee effin willikers. :evil: Last night (Monday) I fell asleep on the couch with about three minutes left watching my Cowboys and getting a sinking feeling. All day today, I kept forgetting to log on to espn.com to check what happened. Then, remembering The God of The Axe's post about watching the Boys with Calibus, and being that the Cowboys and Raiders are my other two favorite teams, I went to espn.com.
NOW I'M REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, MAD!!!
:evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
Now, I find out that ANOTHER EX-JET, SANTANA "I said they shoulda kept him" MOSS won it with two late TD catches. Great, my Jets win a real ugly stinker against a lousy Effin Fish team, then my No. 2 and 2A lose to the zebras AND EX-JETS!!!!
NOW I'M REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, MAD!!!
:evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
NOW I'M REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, MAD!!!
:evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
Now, I find out that ANOTHER EX-JET, SANTANA "I said they shoulda kept him" MOSS won it with two late TD catches. Great, my Jets win a real ugly stinker against a lousy Effin Fish team, then my No. 2 and 2A lose to the zebras AND EX-JETS!!!!
NOW I'M REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, MAD!!!
:evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
Piperoom.com Middle Earth Blend last night. Good stuff, had to keep relighting because it tends to be damp.
Had a short story this morning Good stuff all around!
Had a short story this morning
Good stuff all around!Today i had my first Diploma. Creamy, with a great leathery taste that faded to a nice spicy coffee toward the end. Was a royal PITA to keep it lit towards the end, for some reason, though. Still a fantastic, fantastic smoke.
...
I think i'm in love.
Somehow i've managed to go from the milds (Ashton, Rocky Patel, etc) To Diplomas in the three months or so i've been smoking. Still enjoy a nice and mild cigar every now and again, but damn, i was missing out.
Three thumbs up for Diplomas!
...
I think i'm in love.
Somehow i've managed to go from the milds (Ashton, Rocky Patel, etc) To Diplomas in the three months or so i've been smoking. Still enjoy a nice and mild cigar every now and again, but damn, i was missing out.
Three thumbs up for Diplomas!
Edge maduro torpedo. Real harsh for the first inch and a half but thats usual. Mellowed out to a nice chocolate and then pecan.
Patel Sun Grown torpedo. Tasted like dirt, had to pitch it an inch in. I liked em before so I think it was just a fluke.
Patel Sun Grown torpedo. Tasted like dirt, had to pitch it an inch in. I liked em before so I think it was just a fluke.
I went to the Hard Rock Casino down here in Tampa last night. I lit up a Fuente 8-5-8 while playing Black Jack. I didn't do too bad, but my wife ended up winning some money. We then went to eat in a really nice restaraunt to celebrate our three year anniversary. Dinner was pretty good. We then went back to the floor where I lit up the Diploma I had been saving from JiHiggs. What a great smoke! I ended up winning over $4,000 on a friggin Wheel of Fortune slot machine. What a great day!
Had one of my favorites yesterday, a CAO Brazilia GOL. Every one I've had has been good. Construction, draw, flavor were all very good.
Then while grilling last night I had a Gurkha Platinum Churchill. Unusual smoke. I guess I'm not much into flavored cigars. The aroma was sort of a berry scent. The construction and draw were good. Amount of smoke was good. The flavor didn't do much for me. I could taste the cognac faintly and it seemed to play out after a couple of inches, which was a good thing. Not something I'll buy.
Then while grilling last night I had a Gurkha Platinum Churchill. Unusual smoke. I guess I'm not much into flavored cigars. The aroma was sort of a berry scent. The construction and draw were good. Amount of smoke was good. The flavor didn't do much for me. I could taste the cognac faintly and it seemed to play out after a couple of inches, which was a good thing. Not something I'll buy.
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dbrad4d said:
I have to agree - after hearing so much hype here about it, I was afraid that my expectations would be too high. But, after having two of them recently, I'm hooked.
Now the next big one on my list of super-hyped cigars is the diploma. Haven't seen any in the smoke shops around here yet, but when I do, I'll have to give it a shot.
after i get my insurance payment out of the way next month ill be buying a few boxes, brazillia gol is on that list. the other boxes are cooban
