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BOTL provided this lovely Lanceros for Christmas. Wonderful cigar. Cheers

Coloniales and too many highballs to count.

You could do a lot worse than a Dip 2 as a daily smoke. Generously gifted by a brother. If P2 and HU2 had a kid. Punchy in flavor and lighter in body. Yum. I might follow up with 1 from my stash just because I need more.

Ambar - GES NOV 23

‘23 Esmerelda - these are so damn good fresh. They will be spectacular somewhere down the line. 10-15 years? Rich brioche French toast. Heavenly sweet baking spice retro. 1:45

The 2021 JL 1 was the winner of the bunch. Flat out banger, I hope this box doesn't change anymore.

Finally a morning warm enough for a smoke! Sig1? Sig2? idk

Quai d’Orsay Corona Claro (MSU JUN19).

Sig III. Delicious. Thanks @griller

Bond Roberts 109 Linea D No. 1. First time tasting, smooth as silk.

H. Upmann Magnum 54 (UTL FEB19).

Thanks JD.

NC

OEG 22 Epicure 2.

Monte Gran Piramides

Coming along

Last night's Cigars 08' El Rey del Mundo Choix Supreme Milk Chocolate, Nutmeg, Cinnamon 14' H.Upmann Petit Coronas Licorice, Espresso, Shortbread Cookies Blah Ok Good Tasty Heavenly

Bolivar Coronas Extra, USU VC2 (August, 98, Villa Clara). Punch exposed a well-bunched cigar that burned like a dream! Leathery spice and medium-bodied out of the gate, went on a linear progression and finished full-bodied/flavored.

Cazadores Lusitania

LGC Serie D No. 5 RE España '17 @ Shantou - Love being in 潮汕

URL AGO ‘01 RG Lonsdales - sourdough, cinnamon, raisins - medium full - slightly tight draw but still great smoke production. 2 hours of vintage Cuban smoking pleasure.

Past couple of smokes. The RASS was the last of my TUA Oct 20 box. I have appreciated their service 😆

Last night's H. Upmann No. 2 (2016) & now smoking a Punch 48 (2018). Both from our gracious host.

'19 Monte 2. Sigh. Just don't love 'em.

Last night's Cigars 13' Montecristo Double Edmundo Cocoa, Cinnamon, Toffee 14' Por Larrañaga Picadores No.1 Caramel, Almond, Honey Blah Ok Good Tasty Heavenly

Ramon Allones Allones Specially Selected 2024

CoRo - OEG JUL 23

Saturday morning with number 13 out of the box. Best one so far.

Romeo y Julieta Línea de Oro Nobles EPO JUL22. Many thanks to my Secret Santa @NYGuido for this wonderful smoke!

2021 D4 from our host

One of Rob and Hamlet's Churchills. Construction and burn was on point. More than I can say for the Punch.

'24 RyJ Petit Corona. Tasty.

Punch Punch - ALO Mar 2016...

Christmas gift from the wife. Not bad, but a bit young.

Hello all I have been busy with work and travel and not too active on the forum for several weeks ... I wanted to share an overdue update. Habanos and their lawyers had YouTube remove my channel -Habanos Chris- towards the end of 2025. Someone (not ha_banos believe it or not lol) even suggested that it was somehow Kirby Allison who was worried about my upcoming top 5 review 🤣 I highly doubt I was on Kirby's radar and anyhow, the Kirby review is actually quite positive and was near completed when my channel was removed. The truth is Habanos and YouTube said this was all due to copyright issues. I guess using the name Habanos and some of the likeness of their logo wasn't the best idea in hindsight. Also, Habanos had removed my Instagram a long time ago. I think I even mentioned this in the interview with Rob and feelings that they may come for my channel. So in other words, I had plenty of time to defend against this by changing my channel name and logo etc. So call it being stubborn or lazy but I didn't want to change my name. Also, even with worry they would yank my channel, I didn't even back up some of my reviews. So if there are any "superfans" out there that downloaded my reviews reach out to me as I missing a few. However, I was able to find most of my reviews and was thinking of doing a re-boot under Havana Chris. I created a channel and made a new bumper (below). I know people are fatigued with cigar reviews and I am a bit myself but I felt my channel was slightly different in some ways with some brand history and somewhat unique video editing. I will keep you all posted if/when resume making YouTube cigar content. http://www.youtube.com/@havanachris I do really appreciate the friends I made through the channel, all the support, and getting to meet some of my cigar world heroes!

Last night's Cigars 17' Cohiba Robusto Citrus, Cinnamon Graham Cracker, Cocoa 01' Saint Luis Rey Petit Coronas Tubes Stonefruit, Molasses, Cake Blah Ok Good Tasty Heavenly

MUR Nov 2012 Cohiba Piramides Extra...

First cigar of 2026 Sig 1

Cazadores + Harmony Collection Macallan for dinner.

2011 unbelievable I take it back, EPC can make a cigar

Trinity Robusto. Salty and sweet.

Juan López Selección No.1 - ESU Oct 2024...

Patoro, great flavor. Low on the spice, incredible construction.

CigarKings Wide White 5 x 55 a mate brought back from his travels in Germany.

'16 Espy. Fantastic! Thanks T!