tsolomon

When I met up with friends out in California, I handed out several of the Desnudo Queen Coronas and everyone liked them.

The wife and I smoked the Queen Corona N5 and we really enjoyed them. They were really good right from the beginning and the taste was like an H. Upmann Mag 46 at the start. The taste profile changed as we smoked them and just got richer in taste. I only got them a month ago, but they might be our new favorite.

My wife and I smoked the Carlota last night and it was great. The draw was perfect and the flavor profile was really good. It does have a Cuban taste that just keeps better as you go. I think it's our favorite, but we smoke a lot of the Desnudo sizes and will probably post some additional reviews.

We tried them ROTT and they are very good. A little spicier than the Lancero and Petit Corona, but full bodied and a really good smoke. My wife and I both tried them, and they smoked very well and just had a lot of good flavors to them.

Haven't tried the Marevas, but we also like the Nudies Desnudo IV Petit Corona. Just ordered a box of the Carlottas and can't wait to try them.

We smoked a couple of them the other day and really liked them. They were smooth and delicious with great flavor, we really like lanceros and will buy more of them.

The wife and I smoked a couple last night, and even with them ROTT they were very good. A lot of flavor and they smoked very well.

I just got a bundle and can't wait to try one even if it's ROTT.

I have to go with pig because of bacon and pulled pork. Porkchops are too lean these days and often tough unless I cook them on the smoker. On the other hand, smoked brisket is really good and sometimes I make pastrami which is really good, so it's a close to a tie as to which is better. My wife makes a steak Diane which is fantastic and I'm very conflicted as to which is really better, pork or beef. Now veal is also beef and there's veal marsala and scallopini and when the veal is tender both are excellent, so it might just come down to the last one I ate as to which is best.

I'm in The Villages and still smoking on the lanai with the wife most nights, love being able to sit outside and not have to deal with mosquitos. I'm willing to travel to meet up with some folks for a herf.

This is our first hurricane since we moved to central Florida about 18 months ago and it has been an interesting learning experience. The day by day changes in where the hurricane is going and the strength of the storm is very stressful and worse than I could imagine. We continue to hope Dorian stays offshore and continues to move farther east as it moves north.

I'm going to disagree with the humidity issue as the solution to plugged cigars as my wife and I smoke 2 cigars almost every night out of the same box and one usually smokes well and the other usually has a tighter draw or is plugged to some degree. I keep all of my cigars at 60% humidity and will often dry box a plugged cigar for weeks and even months and it's still plugged. I do find that the perfect draw can fix most of these cigars, so that's my main solution, but I still think CCs tend towards tighter draws than NCs. Time does seem to help, but I think there is a real issue with quality. I find it rare to cut a CC and find that it is too loose or has a wide open draw, but I find most NCs to have an open draw that I don't like either.

I like John but my memories of the Plastic Ono Band with Yoko singing made me vote for Paul.

Couldn't vote on this one, there needed to be Apple phone/iPad with a Windows PC choice.

Behmor 1600+, Rocky Rancillo grinder and Clever coffee dripper and beans from Sweet Maria's. I like to switch around what beans we are roasting and brewing, but Kenya AA is one of our favorites. I have roasted some Gesha lately and like it, but can't drink it everyday. Last batch was Ethiopian and I roasted to just when it started the second crack and it was spectacular. I use the Roastmaster app on my phone to track my inventory of green beans and my roasting times.