El Presidente

I will be updating this daily Tapping this out 8am while enjoying a Nudies Ninfa and three black coffees in the courtyard of the Marriott Residences in Kuwait. Kuwait day one. I landed into Kuwait yesterday around noon. Honestly the 18hrs to get here were pretty smooth and so I unpacked and had a quick kip. Rob Fox and Alex Groom were arriving around 6PM and Hamlet was to arrive around 8PM. Hamlet was carrying all the cigars for the BR events we are undertaking in Kuwait and so he was the one we were all relying (sweating!) upon as the 50 cigar limit for entry wasn't really going to cut it for us. Kuwait customs clearance for a first timer can be a little daunting. Fingerprints, scanners, visa control but I had little to worry about. Hammy was the concern for me but he is Cuban and I know the man can talk his way out of anything. I mean, I probably should have told him about the limits but the worst thing that would happen is that the BR events would be as dry as the drinking...and I would be posting bail for him sometime next week...preferably after I had left Cyprus for home. He made it. We celebrated like we had won the lottery. He thought we were just happy to see him. We caught up with our gracious host Mohhamed Al Mansour at The Cabinet Club Kuwait for evening cigars. Great cigar club and one of our events will be held there tomorrow. Trinidad Casildas all around (excellent), but come 11PM we were knackered and headed home for an early night. Mohammed has arranged a trip to the desert today for the four of us as we have a function free day. I have no idea what to expect but I will post up some photos progressively. .

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Almost to Kuwait. Tough flight.

SIGLO 1 REYES DAYLIGHT Monte Media Corona MONTE 5 SC PRINCIPE BOCJ RASCC SHORTS HUHC

I will go with a Padron 1926 Anni Principe Maduro (46x4.5) over a Cohiba Siglo 1 these days. $13 V $26. Painful to say.

It's not the ageing aspect that peeves me. In the end I think peeps are achieving 92/93 point experiences but are waiting/believing there is a 95/96 point experience in there. That's what I am reading. $150 cigar should be a 95+ point experience every time in my eyes. Every time. No BS about it's a handrolled product and so you the consumer should expect some variability. No, at the super premium price point the manufacturer has taken on the responsibility for a perfect QC experience every time + the blend is spot on cigar to cigar.

The difference between dogs and your wife: You put your dog and your wife into the trunk of your car and then drive around the city for two hours before going back to the trunk and opening it up. .....who's happy to see you?

Great photos

.....I am not sure I have anything remaining to play a CD

Fancy, but I think they have actually gone to some effort here. On top of that the value proposition isn't bad. No idea about the cigars. Perhaps you good folk can fill us in. Read the Full Charlie HW Article HERE

LR3 was the first Land Rover under Ford. They actually put some effort in. One of the better Land/Range Rovers.

Happy Thanksgiving folks

No. Take a photo, post it on Insta. Then rub it, take another photo next day...and post it on Insta again. Then traumatise your friends at lunch.

Christmas gift for Ken sorted.

So what have the "Hands of Time" done with the Cohiba Talisman? This is a new series where we take a cigar that may have had somewhat mixed reviews upon release and see where they are now with a little water under the bridge. Released late 2017 these Sublimes No 1 sold like hotcakes. They sold so well that the pigs in the trough decided "limited edicion" could be strtched by rolling and releasing another 200,000 in 2019. Didn't that raise a controversy! Overall the cigar was well received but there were plenty of QC complaints at the time and that was mostly in relation to the 2017 release. So a couple of questions to our esteemed Cohiba loving members. 1. How has the Talisman aged/transitioned since 2017/19 ? Is it ageing well? What do you think its ageing sweet spot will be? 2. If you have experienced both releases (17/19), can you tell any difference between the releases?