FOH'ers Daily Smoke

[earthson]

'08 Cohiba CE. Surprised at the pepper that arose and fell during the middle - much more than I'm used to for a Cohiba. Now it keeps changing with every puff as I finish it out. Christmas cake, orange with cocoa, slight dulce de Leche and espresso. Not my favorite Cohiba, but shows legs to continue to develop into something amazing.

 

P.S.: The band on this excellent cigar? All of the letters of 'COHIBA' aren't raised evenly. The black ink bled a little and all of the white squares aren't perfectly, well, square. The paper was cut such that the lines of squares aren't perfectly parallel to the long edge of the band.

Why do I bring this up? Because I am confident of the provenance of these cigars (personal trade) and if they're fake, I'd hate to try a real CCE, because this was outstanding. I see a lot of newbies post suspected fakes based upon how the band looks. While HSA has made strides in standardizing band printing and designed more intricacies for most brand labels, the alignment of the band and how it looks are actually very poor indicators of authenticity, especially for something of this age or older. The only true test is the level of enjoyment - if it's excellent, it's probably a legit HSA product.

[Mr.T]

A beautiful night in the upper Midwest and enjoying a great Monte 2 along with a nice bourbon while listening to Tom Jobim...life is good


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[ChefBoyRG54]

08 Lusi

[Fugu]

14 hours ago, planetary said:

That said, I think they're smoking well, better than last year.  Felt more settled, maintaining dense smoke and rich flavors, though slightly reduced in body (still above medium, though).  Nic hit still well above average for a Habanos cigar.  For those who have a box, I'd recommend dipping in and taking a sample.

Many thanks planetary!

[Cerebrum]

ERDM CS from JUN 15
Sweet!


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[Danimalia]

Is it cheating if I report what I had yesterday?

 

I had an Aging Room Quattro F55: The first few sticks I'd tried had burn issues, but this one was pretty flawless. The highlight of these is the 16 year old Sumatra (actually from Sumatra, not Ecuador) wrapper. Really a fine example of the best that wrapper leaf offers. Has a very nice, peppery smoothness. Lots of flavor

 

Later, I had a San Lotano Maduro: These are quite good. Really awesome San Andres wrapper. Fairly typical Nicaraguan earthiness and spice. Extreme box press, which I like sometimes. Probably could have used a little dry box time, but can't complain. Just well done, all around.

[Akela3rd]

Traffic report : M25 on Friday evening made bearable by Monte 5 and Lemmy.

[Aardwolf]

RP Royale corona:

[ethosan]

2 hours ago, Aardwolf said:

RP Royale corona:

how are these? I'm not a huge fan of most rockys, with exception to the new 20th. They have been smoking so well that I've been curious about other new releases.

[Cep]

whats with the knives that I keep seeing?   Is that what you are using as a cutter?

 

[Lotusguy]

Cohiba Exquisitos and an outstanding BCE from a 50 cab with a buddy in Germany. Great evening





My wife had her usual Monte Open Junior.

[noreaster]

Celebrating another Friday(and birthday weekend) with a personal "white whale"...

[ethosan]

Just got into the shop. Start work with a HdM LE 2013

[planetary]

Trinidad Vigia, my first out of a PSP box from RMU FEB 16, which has had 6 weeks of humidor rest.

I normally don't truck with petit robustos or >52 gauge sticks, but I am intrigued by Trinidad as a marca and was willing to give its latest vitola a try in a 12-count box.

Initial impression: at ~6 months of age, too young.  Had a somewhat Partagas-like sense of spice at the fore.   A bit more of what I would expect from Trinidad appeared mid-way through, with the spice easing off a bit.  Body seemed medium+.  Final part of the smoke was a return to spice joined by an onset of youthfulness.  The box goes back into the humidor and I'll try another one next winter!

[ethosan]

1 hour ago, noreaster said:

Celebrating another Friday(and birthday weekend) with a personal "white whale"...

Is this a custom roll? Never heard of this. Someone learn me somthin' 

[Aardwolf]

1 hour ago, ethosan said:

how are these? I'm not a huge fan of most rockys, with exception to the new 20th. They have been smoking so well that I've been curious about other new releases.

One of like three RP's I'll smoke, but the 20th's are definitely better.

1 hour ago, Cep said:

whats with the knives that I keep seeing?   Is that what you are using as a cutter?

 

In a pinch, but generally no.  If they're offensive, I'll stop putting them in the pics 

[torsion]

Trying this since it was just released.I like it,non CC but who cares with excellent flavours and long finish

[TheLiquidGator]

A bit of an "ugly duckling", but is was very tasty. I can never get enough of these and always have 3-4 cabs on hand.

[earthson]

42 minutes ago, ethosan said:

Is this a custom roll? Never heard of this. Someone learn me somthin' 

Regional Editions for Mexico from a few years back.  They created the brand for those releases.

 

Customs don't typically come with bands.

[Firebender]

Celebrating start of weekend with nice RyJ Ex#4 POU 14

[ChrisMG]

PLPC ROTT should be really nice once they have some down time!

[ThePolskiOgorki]

Had these for a few years now and never touched them. Pretty happy right now. 

[LLC]

Sometimes you hold a cigar before cutting and lighting and it just feels perfect. Nice to smoke it and see that your felling was right and it is a perfectly crafted cigar hitting all the right notes. What an awesome cigar.

[Cubatabaco]

02 MdO #3 and a dram of Bookers

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[billh1]

Last night I got a chance to have a smoke with Jason.  He had the CORO and I had my first Cazadores...

Tonight I'm having my first Picadores...

Cheers!

Bill