What's your latest NC purchase?

[Lant63]

Aside from the Nudies which I know little about, the rest of the NCs posted on this page are of the bold variety?  Wow.  The rg on these cigars also looks hefty but photos can fool you.

I really can't comment on what others are purchasing, however part of the reason I have started smoking more NC is due to the discontinuation of some of my favorite Cuban cigars. Many Coronas, lonsdales, churchills that I enjoyed are gone and the ones that are left are very expensive. Cohiba Esplendido-- and Lancero 675 and 525 respectively, Sir Winston $525, fundadores 425, Monte especiales 400. I can get a good to great NC Lancero for ten bucks. Dont get me wrong I still have boxes of all the Cubans mentioned. But, the advent of NC companies making solid small ring guage cigars at competitive prices has drawn me back in.


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[JoeyBones777]

On 12/13/2019 at 6:15 AM, Lant63 said:

Part 2 of my ... order. A nice box of Illusione Epernay Coronas.


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Love me some Epernay! 

[joey rockets]

7 hours ago, Lant63 said:

I really can't comment on what others are purchasing, however part of the reason I have started smoking more NC is due to the discontinuation of some of my favorite Cuban cigars. Many Coronas, lonsdales, churchills that I enjoyed are gone and the ones that are left are very expensive. Cohiba Esplendido-- and Lancero 675 and 525 respectively, Sir Winston $525, fundadores 425, Monte especiales 400. I can get a good to great NC Lancero for ten bucks. Dont get me wrong I still have boxes of all the Cubans mentioned. But, the advent of NC companies making solid small ring guage cigars at competitive prices has drawn me back in.


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And I only discovered the relative ease of purchasing CCs about 3 years ago when I grew unhappy with the ever increasing girth and length of cigars hitting the USA market to the point where I was near hanging it up.  Granted, the taste of Cuba is expensive but I generally keep my regular parameters in the $10 per stick range.

[Thirds]

Put together a Lancero sampler pack and a few tag alongs....

[alloy]

4 hours ago, Thirds said:

Put together a Lancero sampler pack and a few tag alongs....

Nice line up! I recognize those cigar bags and they are very familiar. ?

[Thirds]

2 hours ago, alloy said:

recognize those cigar bags and they are very familiar. ?

Best source for NC cigars as far as I’m concerned.   Quality and condition has been exceptional. 

[inter4alia]

16 minutes ago, Thirds said:

Best source for NC cigars as far as I’m concerned.   Quality and condition has been exceptional. 

Could not agree more. 

[lovethehaze]

 

[akpreacher]

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[irratebass]

8 hours ago, akpreacher said:

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Those Black Friday's are really good this year Tim.

[Fuzz]

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[Habana Mike]

Haven't purchased a box of NC for quite some time.

Picked up an Undercrown Shade Robusto at the …….. last night. Perfect camouflage for the CoRo I brought to smoke

Also picked up an LFD Andalusian Bull to see what they're about. Probably going to be way strong for my current tastes from what I've heard. May have played well when I was on my Opus/VSG/Chisel Double Ligero kick a few years back....

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[leafdream54]

Arrival!

[cbenham73]

Should I open or leave alone for a while?

[Burningman]

1 minute ago, cbenham73 said:

Should I open or leave alone for a while?

No time like the present! The Padron Series benefits from some years of rest. You'll find that they taste similar to the higher end Padrons once aged. The rest are ready to rock!

[cbenham73]

[Skypilot]

I was able to hunt down the tyrannical Buc. I only sought it out because of the video review on here and the corona that was reviewed was sold out in a lot of places. The ones in the black packaging are Habano wrapper vs Connecticut on the singles. also a few warped sticks to round it out. 
 

 

[Wookie]

10 hours ago, Skypilot said:

I was able to hunt down the tyrannical Buc. I only sought it out because of the video review on here and the corona that was reviewed was sold out in a lot of places. The ones in the black packaging are Habano wrapper vs Connecticut on the singles. also a few warped sticks to round it out. 
 

 

What did you think of the JSK TB? I tried a 60rg and wasn't blown away. Good but non-descript. But that was ROTT and I don't like bigger than 54rg usually.

[parabola66]

On 12/9/2019 at 2:22 PM, dobbs said:

yeah, the n3 was my choice when i was considering buying only one, but caved and got the lancero as well

-dobbs

same lol

[Skypilot]

On 12/29/2019 at 7:14 AM, Wookie said:

What did you think of the JSK TB? I tried a 60rg and wasn't blown away. Good but non-descript. But that was ROTT and I don't like bigger than 54rg usually.

I have not dipped into them yet. I will report back once I smoke one. The Connecticut wrappers are corona sized and the Habano wrapper is a toro I believe.  I expect more from the corona but enjoy comparing different types of wrappers and the habano only comes in that large size so I figured what the hell let’s check them out.  My nudies have arrived as well and man do those look good!

[dobbs]

welp, my nudies finally hit home, or work, rather:

-dobbs

[Guest Nekhyludov]

Fratello DMV 2019 Delaware. Brazilian Aripiraca wrapper, Ecuadorian binder and Dominican and Nicaraguan filler. Very excited for this one.

And a box of Fratello Navetta Discovery, and an Illusione Singulare Anannuki.

[cbenham73]

[srbuck]

Nudies.. Observing the 3 mo mandated downtime...And Kitty Caws Tiger Paws from the Feds..Very good Light wrapped smoke with a funny name!!!

[nKostyan]