El Presidente

Happy Bastille Day to Gil, Guy and all our French brethren

Completely agree! Smoke one ROTT. It is a great way to get a baseline on a cigar and to understand the 30 day acclimatisation transition

Di and I head off later today with great mates PJ and Meaghan to Athens/Kythira/Mykonos/Dubrovnik/Split. Lisa will be looking after 2424 in our absence and you know she does a superb job . I will start a travel thread this evening to keep you up to date So to the question! For those that have visited any one of these locales.......what would be your one recommendation as a "must do!" Athens/Kythira/Mykonos/Dubrovnik/Split...... You know my likes....Restaurants/Bar recommendationas are always welcome

EAR: Email Assistance Required. " ....you know my thoughts on freezing cigars. I can taste the difference. I know you see plenty of boxes but I am wondering when is the last time you actually saw a live beetle from a box of PCC supplied cigars?" I am going to break this one up into two questions:. 1. When is the last time you have seen a live tobacco beetle in a Cuban Box of cigars outside of Cuba. 2. Do you notice a subtle (or not so subtle) change in flavour of your cigars after you freeze them?

This series seeks to explore whether a particular cigar is humidor worthy. Cost these days is an issue for many so let's see if we can highlight some absolute standouts. This should particularly assist those new to the cigar world. To be fair, most of the cigars we have featured to date have scored exceptionally well. Surprisingly well! Scoring is: 1-3 (Poor) 4-6 (Average to good) 7-10 (very good to excellent) Use the Poll. You are more than free to comment away Now I love a Belicoso and the Sancho Panza is no exception. However, not all members feel the same. Which way do you swing? Today: Sancho Panza Belicoso Outside of the poll, which do you prefer and why? Let us know in this thread

OK consider it done. We will commence registrations early September

We were initially aiming for something along the lines of Lusi meets Winston

....now that is a cigar knife! As for the Monte 4

For those who have seen them at LCDH, fill us in on the cost of the Trini Short tin. Very cool!

I respect the different whacky offerings that Punch (NC) put out. They are consistent in their offerings being "oddball". Kudos to their marketing arm for running a fun and well orchestrated program.

I have nicknamed her Medusa What a riot

Great Masterclass session. Thanks Ken, thanks all. It will be up next week