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Completely agree. It's a standout. I got nothing! It's an atrocity.

Aaron is definitely not into pepper bomb cigars. His favourite cigars are nuanced, complex, layered. With that said he's the toughest scorer on the panel. For 2026 as we move to a blind panel, Aaron is out because he's doing the blind cigar backend work.

Great cigar pick. JRE really hit the mark with the 85th in my opinion.

YES! Too often, these guys are "X as Y character" (even some of the greats like Jack Nicholson falls into this--he's always Jack Nicholson). But the BEST actors are just THE CHARACTER. Tom Hanks, Denzel, Daniel Day Lewis. Hell, I don't think she's the best in the world, but Jennifer Lawrence is like this, too (look at her in Winter's Bone and her in her later work and tell me they're the same person). So much of this, in my view, is the ever present desire in Hollywood to have "your brand." They want the role to serve them rather than doing what is needed to serve the work. /rant.

I visited Arturo yesterday, great tip, I saw your post. Grabbed some Opus, and Ybor City. The Flor de Ybor city, sungrown wrapper, was very decent smoke for $6.50 None of that Cameroon funk. keith.

It’s a BIG place, humidor has many boutique brands. Humidor wasn’t jammed with cigars, sparse at some points. Staff nice, outside deck when it’s not freezing cold 😆 Henderson Ventura Adventura was my smoke. Pretty decent. keith.

Im with @griller on that point. Surprised no one mentioned the pleasant salinity which starts each 109 I smoke. Alas, palates do what palates will.

The vibe I get from these guys is that they've been trained their whole lives to be actors by stage acting instructors that wished they had been actors. Great movie actors like Tom Hanks don't give off a vibe at all. They just are the character they are playing. Great actors don't look like they're acting.

I met Anna a while back in LA, quite the character. She loves her cigars. keith.

Great idea 👍

That is totally-awesome-super-cool!!! 😀

I don’t get him, either. Or the obsession with Timothy Chalomet or Benedict Cumberbatch. They’re not good. And they’re just annoying

I didn't find any fault with their reviews. Each had their own perspective, and I get what they're saying. It's a smoother cigar than the other lines and I think that is reflected in general across the reviewers.

More of those El Dentes. Ah, the memories!

‘01 H. Upmann Super Coronas - 5 5/8 X 46 - smores right off the light. Retro is pure sumptuous graham cracker. The vitola that started my love affair with Upmann.

Maybe we should do a thread on Actors we think are awesome?

BBF.

Dude that’s awesome and good for you. Very few people know how hard what you accomplished is. A great example of taking control of a situation. Bravo.

There's actually another successful actor I just can't get, Tom Hiddleston. I don't even know if he's good or bad, I just never buy it when he's involved 🤔

2017 PLPC

Kinda weird, especially in Ocean's 11, where I thought everyone held their own style. If it weren't for Hotel Rwanda, he would be really questionable. Apparently he was in a two horse race with Cuba Gooding for the star role, good for him for making it happen, considering he was up against an academy award winner. Mission to Mars is a classic though, love that film.

Love the nails in the bottom of the old boxes; and then the unbanded cigars inside of em......a much more simple time. As fort he cigars, I've got some desDieux from that same month and year that have been real hit or miss for me. The good one have been amazing but the bad one are nothing but hot air.....

@Hammer Smokin' your post are an awesome inspiration! Thank you for sharing.