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Another Christmas comes, and I reach for the trusty BBF, but that’s not the only thing I’m smoking. Got a prime rib in the smoke cabinet for family. Full disclosure, I forgot to take a pic of the cigar, but I did get one of the roast! Cold draw is delicious graham cracker and ginger, some faint barnyard. Light-up puff is holiday cake heaven, and some stout around the edges. First third is mostly dominated by some nuttiness, creamy stout, and whisps of raisin around the edges. A little bit of barnyard funk, just enough. Antique store mustiness comes in, old leather, grandpa’s shaving kit. Second third is more of the gingerbread, notes of leather here and there, and honeyed Graham cracker. Extremely creamy texture. Some anise coming in a little earlier than usual, around the midpoint, but it’s giving me awesome fruitcake and holiday spice vibes. There is a bit of a dull moment right before the last third, or it could be I’m distracted, tending to the roast. Either way, the last third comes in with a vengeance, more leather, more ginger, more cream, and finally some great citrus crème. I love my BBF’s, and this one was great, minus a brief hiatus in flavor after the midpoint. I hope you all got to smoke something extraordinary this Christmas, whether it was a roast or a cigar!

Warning! warning! Do NOT feed the @Ethernut , you may risk unleashing the fury of his legendaryness upon this forum, and I think in today’s day and age it would be too much dopamine overload for those unaccustomed to these type of things! *he knows I am just joking, nice to see you post old friend, let’s catch up soon please, it’s been too long. **Do take him seriously on all things Whiskey/Bourbon—he is a genuine expert on the subject.

I wonder why the Petit Lancero has become so scarce. It used to be readily available

If you can find JSK FDA 2022, you can find 5 year old Tat black 😄 🤣 😂

I sat in the Front Row at Oakland Coliseum. I am told it was a good show 🍺 🍻 😵‍💫. I do remember that Strat tone of David. He is just a notch below Jeff Beck in that regard IMO. Even in a black out I remembered his solos lol.

My new foo foo drink tumbler my lady friend in North Carolina made me! I love me a good cold brew!

Is that on the way to Quality Knob mountain or Wooloomooloo?

Dude I may be dead in 8 to 9 weeks! Y'all young bucks and your aging lol. Unless you're like @JohnS and have 9000 boxes! 🤣

I used to have to take a whole day just to decompress from my crazy nieces every time I would go to my sister's. I will NEVER house sit for her again. Those delinquents did everything they weren't supposed to!

Persistence beats resistance every time. I’ve found a couple years on those sticks makes all the difference. Hope a few from the first batch were smokable to help scratch the itch.

I don't hate any of my relatives enough to give their kids karaoke machines. 😆

Sounds fresh. Black Label, esp CG, is an interpretation of a farm roll that Pete had years ago in Cuba. YMMV, but i shoot for 8-9 years on Black.

Thanks matey, it took 6 months of sawing at the vendor and UPS but I got there to have the damaged/ stolen from box replaced!! 😅

Does the robusto have a pepper note? I tried the corona gorda recently and got a pepper blast in the first half.

This Christmas beach vacation (reviews coming): PLPC EML ‘15 HUSW TRU AGO ‘18

@Droper69 - any info on the last cigar would be appreciated! Available in the US? I really like Italian cigars but besides Tuscanos, they are hard to acquire…

Por Larrañaga picadores 2023. Amazing unit. Linear but sweet and fruity.

I think those are Juan Carlos I of Spain coat of arms, he resides in the UAE.

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Brother got his bulls! Congrats!!

70' Punch Petit Punch (Until the mid 1980s, the cigars in dress and slide-lid boxes were named "Petit Punch de Luxe" 40 × 102 mm (4″) I have had this box over 15 years and from time to time I break into the box, knowing that I will be greeted with a tasty treat! The pre-draw is sweet with a slight bit of Chocolaty mint. 1st third The cigar starts out with a sweet slight minty flavor, going quickly into a chocolate cherry flavor! 2nd third Ok here comes the marshmallow, it's like eating a toasted marshmallow right off the stick. Now is when the clove flavor starts to kick in, its a very rich flavor! Last third Here comes the cherry flavor, its like a cherry coke but heavy on the cherry syrup! This little cigar is a flavor bomb of sweetness and candy flavors (it is what I look for in every cigar) sweet rich flavor in every cigar I smoke! Heavenly!