Weekend Best Burn photo and Longest Ash Competition.

[El Presidente]

Get your Cigar Zen On! 

Four  prizes with the Best Burn and Longest Ash determined by members but all entries go into the  random draw for a sampler. Members who accompany their photo with a review get an additional ticket in the random draw. 

You can start posting now. 

Last entry 5 pm local Monday. 

Members can vote from this point onward until 9am Tuesday when the winners will be announced. 

So we need pictures of Best Burn and/or Longest Ash  (can't be a prior photo!). 

Post on this thread 

 

[THEMISCHMAN]

APO NOV 09 RyJ Cedro De Luxe No. 1

This was the best burning cigar I’ve had in a while. I’m a big fan of this size in a Cuban cigar. The ash made it to a little over two inches before it decided to disembark missing the ashtray and landing in my lap. Overall, I got a nice toasted tobacco flavor with some molasses/burnt sugar sweetness, cedar, floral notes, moist topsoil on the retro and maybe even a little of the cherry everyone talks about. It continued to burn almost perfectly straight through the rest of the cigar. Very enjoyable.

[nsills]

I started with a BBF. Ended with this Romeo I Julieta Exhibition no. 4 ABO JUN 17 that surprised the hell out of me. Not only a perfect draw but went half the cigar before the ash fell (about 2.5 inches). No ash king but definitely respectable on the first go around with these. 

First third notes of cherry and biscuit right from the get go. 

Second third didn't let up. Paired with Ohishi Whiskey Sherry it maintained a light to medium body with full flavor. The sweetness has built up with strong background tobacco. 

Final third is still all Morello cherry and by my up to a medium body. I suspect the youthfulness is coming in but I don't mind it. I love a bit of mongral and it is showing here yet it is still balanced with its flavor. 

It hasn't been the most complex of cigars but very enjoyable throughout. I would give a 89/100 with potential to improve a few points with age, although I fear the flavor wouldn't delineate too much. It is fine as is. 

[El Corojo]

 

This nice NC was from a trade; my first one of these, also my first crazy long ash in 17 years of enjoying cigars. 

[ElJavi76]

Behike 52 / Cohiba MS / Connie A / HURR / Monte Petit No 2

Take your pick... Mine is the HURR.

[pdxcigarguy]

Cohina Behike ?

[pdxcigarguy]

Perfect burn 

[Islandboy]

I’m gonna go out on a limb and guess there’s a whole lotta this going on all weekend.

[luckme10]

I believe the longest ash award goes... to the state of California.

[jmg]

LFDC Grandiosos ROL JUL 13

these were my first purchase from FoH back in 2014. floral cream through and through. smooth and sweet. definitely have gotten better with time. not too complex where it grabs my attention but an easy going smoke that allows me to just relax, which is what i needed last night. im surprised the ash didnt fall off when i took the bands off.

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[Derboesekoenig]

 

 

Actually went all the way with this one. But didn't get a picture at the very end.

LGC RE Espana that just came out recently. Can tell that it is young, but I also see these aging into something very good. Some really great flavors packed into it.

Enjoyed it for a good 1:15-1:20

[bpm32]

Epi 2

[nealnyc]

ULA MAR 15 Partagas Shorts

Beautiful day outside...so far.

[PigFish]

Needs a ring gauge multiplier! I mean I have put commercial building on micro piles smaller than the rings of some of those cigars!!! -LOL

-Piggy

[topdiesel]

Diplomaticos No.2  EML JUL 14 (PSP)

These are smoking well right now.  Paired with a double shot Nespresso whole milk iced mocha (fantastic pairing this morning) while watching the kids swim.  The coffee certainly dulled the usual baking spices.  But the cigar's dark coffee/dark chocolate bitterness really enhanced the Iced Mocha's cream and milk chocolate flavors.  It was not my intent to do the long ash thing, since I was smoking outdoors.  However, the wind died down, I remembered the competition and the Diplomaticos No. 2 ring guage lends itself to a longer ash.

first 3rd was smooth, sweet and tasted great as the first cigar of the morning.

second 3rd flavors intensified and so did the body.  Nice thick smoke, which is always a satisfying treat for me.

final 3rd, the draw really opened up after the ash dropped.  Not the longest ash, but much longer than I normally allow (going for the long ash takes away from my smoking experience).  No rough edges and minor flavor changes (mainly the introduction of cinnamon).  this third certainly entered the medium full body range.

 

 

[OllyBond]

On 7/27/2018 at 8:32 AM, ElJavi76 said:

Behike 52 / Cohiba MS / Connie A / HURR / Monte Petit No 2

Take your pick... Mine is the HURR.

The connie A. That ash is so tight and sharp looking. I would go as far as say it's a PSP ash

[TheLiquidGator]

[TheLiquidGator]

I had a very steady hand that day.

[TBird55]

[mikeyjb]

Enjoying a Liga Privada No. 9

Soon after it dropped all over my shirt

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[prodigy]

Amazing clearance siglo 1. The box has been blowing my mind with the quality.

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[dangolf18]

Time for me to whip out a Monte A....

[Drguano]

Fabulous H.Upmann Magnum 56. Full of Upmann flavor all the way to the nub. Nutty, bread with a hint of cardamom and croissant and a touch of charcoal grilled steak. Burn was constant and an ash that stuck there almost to the end.

[ElJavi76]

7 hours ago, OllyBond said:

The connie A. That ash is so tight and sharp looking. I would go as far as say it's a PSP ash

Believe it or not... That ash went for another inch. As I was reaching for the phone to snap a pic, BANG! It fell all over me. I'm like, damn.... So close. It was beautiful tight and super white ash. One of my fav smokes.

[havanaclub]

2007 HDM regalos EL
Paired it with my favourite rum.


This cigar surprised me with its body, I figured after 11 years it would have lost some flavours but I would say it was a touch over medium.
Aged tobacco, leather and spice. Nice long finish.
Towards the final third I was getting a nice cream and nutty profile with a floral note.
Also surprised I didn’t get that classic hoyo clove note that I do in epicure no2.
Performed very well. I guess I got a good one with a wrapper that wasn’t fireproof.



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