El Presidente Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 I have been very much in the mood for an Upmann Tang Monarch (Churchill commissioned by David Tang of PCC in 2002). One of the great Churchills to my mind. I swore I had 5 of a cab left in my single section of the humidor but after a few weeks now of looking for it I have to assume it has indeed been smoked/opened/traded due to a "miscalculation" error. "Miscalculation errors" on my part are made up of two parts lack of records and three parts alcohol. Whereas Di and Lisa control all store stock levels like Fort Worth, my personal stock is a shambles/ Only kens section looks worse. But you know how it goes. You are heading away overseas and need to take something special. Good friends fly in and you want to share something special. A few drinks and you head into the humidor and all of a sudden it hits you..... ...............THAT IS WHEN I REMEMBERED WHAT HAPPENED TO MY TANG MONARCHS It was a great night post long lunch Friend from overseas plus two of his mates. Back to the deck for a few cigars. Popped into the humidor and put the Tangs Monarchs in my jacket pocket. Had four..............but handed the last to the Taxi driver on the way home Has anyone else done something similar 3
Habana Mike Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 Well I know I've pulled out and smoked a few cigars that would have been better left as breakfast smokes or at the least not after multiple others. Most recent was a pre-83 Bolivar RC. After dinner on our 30th anniversary last month I decided let's smoke something 30 years old. Not finding an '85 handy I pulled that one out. While it went well with the bubbly, I think the move to Remy XO following took a toll on what I could have got out of it as a first cigar of the day. Still, I enjoyed it for upward of 2 hours.
Colt45 Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 Not to worry - I've heard Smithy "replaced" your Tangs long before........
treberty Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 Smoked a couple of aged Monsdales with a friend after an extensive wine/scotch/rum/wine/champagne/port/scotch/miscellaneous tasting... I realized that I had wasted those cigars the next day when I walked by the patio table. The worst part is that they were only half smoked! I had no recollection of smoking it, neither did my friend. Lesson learned...
CUBANO Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 Never have had that problem. I use excel spreadsheet, the problem I have is finding the cigar I want to smoke cause I don't remember in which partial box I put it in. 1
Ken Gargett Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 "Miscalculation errors" on my part are made up of two parts lack of records and three parts alcohol. Whereas Di and Lisa control all store stock levels like Fort Worth, my personal stock is a shambles/ Only kens section looks worse. funny you say that. a while back i just wanted a quick smoke at home one night. nothing special. had a few singles rolling around in the humidor. pulled out the most non-descript one imaginable. no band. could not remember what it was but didn't care. after a few puffs i thought whacko, this was not the plan. what the hell is this? just a stunning smoke, out of the blue. one of the greats. no idea what it could have been. then about a week later it suddenly dawned. i'd brought home one or two of that very smoke - the tang monarch - and i had accidently stumbled on one. what a smoke. better than finding out the opposite. and no, they were not yours. mind you, this should read 'did i really drink that?'. the number of times.... not least yesterday. had a barolo tasting in the arvo. a cracker. did the spitting (mostly). then caught up with a few friends for some champers and a bite. 12 bottles and two magnums later. sitting at the airport feeling very sorry for myself. what a night. old pols, bollys back to 1973, a couple of stunning krugs - 88 and 00. and the two magnums - two of the greatest champers ever made - the pol "selection 2000' from 1990 (their millenium release) and the incredibly rare laurent perrier grand siecle "les reserves" 571J. the only info i could find on this was that they believed that there were less than 10 magnums left in the world. after yesterday, less than 9. apparently they were $2000 each on release (a mate turned up with it). worth every cent - as long as i wasn't paying.
Popular Post ayepatz Posted August 6, 2015 Popular Post Posted August 6, 2015 Not a special cigar particularly, but... Had a shocker in Brussels last year on the Belgian beers. It was my mate's birthday, so a bunch of us set off bowling at lunchtime. Had a few beers. Had some late lunch. Had some beers. Had some dinner. Had some beers. Had a filthy doner kebab. Had some beers. Had some more beers. Eventually I somehow staggered back to my place and passed out on the sofa. Next thing I know, two of my mates are banging on the front door. I let them in and, you guessed it, we had some beers. Then I had the bright idea of smoking some cigars, despite the fact that neither of my pals was a smoker. In an act of wanton, drunken generosity, I broke out the Punch Punch. Next morning, I awoke to find two near-dead bodies sprawled out in the lounge, a battalion of empty beer bottles, and an ashtray with two half-smoked cigars, and a third, mine, which had been scorched to hell at the foot, but which mysteriously still had the cap on it. I vaguely remember boring them stupid trying to explain the concept of a plugged cigar.... 7
Habana Mike Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 Next morning, I awoke to find two near-dead bodies sprawled out in the lounge, a battalion of empty beer bottles, and an ashtray with two half-smoked cigars, and a third, mine, which had been scorched to hell at the foot, but which mysteriously still had the cap on it. I vaguely remember boring them stupid trying to explain the concept of a plugged cigar.... That's some funny chit!
Ken Gargett Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 That's some funny chit! Next morning, I awoke to find two near-dead bodies sprawled out in the lounge, a battalion of empty beer bottles, and an ashtray with two half-smoked cigars, and a third, mine, which had been scorched to hell at the foot, but which mysteriously still had the cap on it. I vaguely remember boring them stupid trying to explain the concept of a plugged cigar.... i woke up with an american marine's passport in my pocket many years ago. i remember we were drinking in turkey and then i have no idea. the girlfriend of the time - to say she was not best pleased would be the understatement of the century - said i was carried home by half a dozen locals, all of us singing songs i'd taught them. they dumped me in the shower and that is where i woke up with the hangover to kill rhinos. the trip went downhill after that. as for my marine friend, absolutely no idea where he went or why i had his passport. i handed it in - the girlfriend decided the activity for the day would be a sea cruise on a boat called poseidon in a storm so while everyone else huddled in the warm interior, i was on hands and knees on the deck in the wind and raining hurling for my life - but no idea if he ever got it. 1
El Presidente Posted August 6, 2015 Author Posted August 6, 2015 i woke up with an american marine's passport in my pocket many years ago. I didn't read past that 4
polarbear Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 Not exactly the same, but kinda I insisted a good friend of mine share a cigar with me last birthday Forced my last 15 year old Cohiba Robusto into his hand, I even went as far cutting it and lighting it for him. I'd had close to 4 bottles of Red and some beer by that stage, so generous PB must have decided the sticks in my "moocher humidor" weren't good enough for him I woke up the next morning (on my front lawn) with a half smoked $1 bundle cigar still in my hand and found my last aged Robusto sitting in my ash tray, more or less looking the same as when I handed it to him. I threw up in the garden a few minuets later ...I'm not sure if it was related to the shock or not 1
Lotusguy Posted August 7, 2015 Posted August 7, 2015 Yup - had many a "special reserve" cigar vanish during wild nights. Last one I remember was 5 out of the 6 Upmann Robusto travel humidor cigars from my last box of those. Two of them went to non-smokers as their first cigar ever. I really need to put a lock on my humidor or one of those Breathalyzer thingies they put on the cars of drivers that got caught DUI 1
Fuzz Posted August 7, 2015 Posted August 7, 2015 Rob, you need to post several threads: "Did i really drink that?" "Did I really lose that?" "Did I really lose that?... again?!" "Did I really say that?" "Did I really give that away?"
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