FOH'ers Daily Smoke

[99call]

19 hours ago, JohnS said:

ABR Oct 11 Sancho Panza Molinos which I enjoyed together (sharing another one) with my dear friend @Luca. Salted cream and wood, in a word...delicious! Interestingly, both these cigars burnt along the wrapper, but thankfully there weren't any significant burn issues.

The first of my boxes from 2000 finally arrived yesterday (thank god). Although it looks as if the supplier has done something pretty naughty in hodgpotching two boxes together, 15 of them being a nice sandy rosado, and 10 being claro (even bands very slightly different shades) I'm would complain, but sending them back to where they came from, would be the equivalent of dropping them into a black hole. 

Anyway smoked one of the rosado ones today and they were truely magical.  cream, pencil shavings and quite uniquely a strong marzipan that almost bordered on blue marker pen, ketone chemical flavor. Which whilst sounding terrible, was delicious. I'll get a review in shortly

[dozer996]

Nubbed 2 Cigars last night

[Fugu]

10 hours ago, PigFish said:

...so my wildlife and smoking concepts are rubbing off...! Great pic my friend! Been kind of a bad year for Monarchs this year (butterflies). -R

Yep, I feel wildlife and a good smoke go very nicely together.... Been already sadly missing your Monarchs pics this year, Piggy!

[Fugu]

1 hour ago, Akela3rd said:

As Britain is in the grip of a "weather bomb" according to sections of the media (sorry, WEATHER BOMB!!!) I've taken refuge in the back garden with a Partagas Short. As has Boris, my avatar.

Always wondered, who may be Boris - if you mind telling....

[Aardwolf]

HdM Du Roi (URL November 00):

[99call]

1 hour ago, Fugu said:

Always wondered, who may be Boris - if you mind telling....

This is Boris, half tory inbred, half albino chimp

 

 

[Fugu]

I suspect, Akela wouldn't raise a monument for THAT Boris 

[BuzzArd]

On 10/20/2017 at 1:00 PM, Fugu said:

Congrats! 

Thank you, Sir. 

[Fugu]

Brazilian Alonso Menéndez No.10 (from the descendants of Montecristo-founder and H.Upmann rescuer and long time co-owner Alonso). Truly nicely made stick in a Cervantes format sporting a pigtail. Great format, perfect (Cuban) draw, excellent burn. But lacking in the flavour department. Sweetish, woody toasted tobacco but not much more. No real depth, no changes during the course of the smoke, no story being told as you'd expect from a Lonsdale. Not at all unpleasant but a bit boring. It's a shame, you feel the love and passion that goes into the making of these well-priced cigars, and it is a great tragedy of history that the family, like so many others, had to flee the island.

Followed by a great No.4 to keep me satisfied. At about half the crossectional area of the previous stick displaying what feels like four times the flavour intensity and complexity. It's all in the tobacco folks.

[Akela3rd]

Always wondered, who may be Boris - if you mind telling....

He was a wedding gift from my best mate Phil and through some dark days of recovery Boris was my sounding board. He's solid, dependable, a good listener and looks good in a hat. This applies to both of them.

Thunder & Lightening '75-'15

[Akela3rd]

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[zeedubbya]

Another discontinued marvel...2009 RGCE. The smell from the foot of this cigar was absolutely amazing. I rolled the window up in my car it was that awesome. Sounds strange but for some reason the smell of the cigar reminded me of good times spent at the bowling alley when I was a kid. In a good way. Hard to describe it exactly. Awesome smoke.



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[PigFish]

4 hours ago, Akela3rd said:

As Britain is in the grip of a "weather bomb" according to sections of the media (sorry, WEATHER BOMB!!!) I've taken refuge in the back garden with a Partagas Short. As has Boris, my avatar.

I called my mum, who lives in the north and it's 'a bit windy, but not too cold'.

Thunder & Lightening '75-'15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

... I would say that Boris looks like a DC kind of chap! Great pics!!! -Piggy

[PigFish]

27 minutes ago, zeedubbya said:

Another discontinued marvel...2009 RGCE. The smell from the foot of this cigar was absolutely amazing. I rolled the window up in my car it was that awesome. Sounds strange but for some reason the smell of the cigar reminded me of good times spent at the bowling alley when I was a kid. In a good way. Hard to describe it exactly. Awesome smoke.



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... is what I call the 'casino' smell! I don't know about others, but I get it!!! Cheers! -R

[PigFish]

4 hours ago, 99call said:

The first of my boxes from 2000 finally arrived yesterday (thank god). Although it looks as if the supplier has done something pretty naughty in hodgpotching two boxes together, 15 of them being a nice sandy rosado, and 10 being claro (even bands very slightly different shades) I'm would complain, but sending them back to where they came from, would be the equivalent of dropping them into a black hole. 

Anyway smoked one of the rosado ones today and they were truely magical.  cream, pencil shavings and quite uniquely a strong marzipan that almost bordered on blue marker pen, ketone chemical flavor. Which whilst sounding terrible, was delicious. I'll get a review in shortly

Lost in space???

I warned you! -LOL Cheers mate! -R

[99call]

1 minute ago, PigFish said:

Lost in space???

I warned you! -LOL Cheers mate! -R

You did indeed, but at the age and price point, I couldn't resist. Interestingly I was shown a box I didn't like, This was apparently not the done thing, The one box I turned down all at least looked from the same box!!!! ha. It appears I had angered the cigar gods, and was to be punished. I will say though the cigar (sandy rosado hue) I smoked the other day was easily in the top 10 cigars I've ever smoked so, Waddayagonnado!

[PigFish]

4 hours ago, Akela3rd said:

As Britain is in the grip of a "weather bomb" according to sections of the media (sorry, WEATHER BOMB!!!) I've taken refuge in the back garden with a Partagas Short. As has Boris, my avatar.

I called my mum, who lives in the north and it's 'a bit windy, but not too cold'.

Thunder & Lightening '75-'15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This reminds me of a story...

My uncle Henry was friends with the master stone carver of the Washington Cathedral (Washington DC, USA). His name might come to me as I type...

Anyway he was renowned for carving up his friends "faces" in stone gargoyles. As a result, one of the gargoyles perched high on the cathedral bears my uncles' face. The one that I remember the best was the one that other stone carvers made of the 'old master.' He apparently had a short fuse and a bit of a temper. Additionally, he had an affinity for bowler hats. As a result they carved his face with a mushroom cloud formed above it, raising a bowler hat...

Your pic of Boris reminded me of that image!

Cheers! -R

 

Had to add, trying to remember the name was killing me!

https://cathedral.org/what-to-see/exterior/master-carver-gargoyle-2/

 

[Jbhunter223]

56 minutes ago, zeedubbya said:

Another discontinued marvel...2009 RGCE. The smell from the foot of this cigar was absolutely amazing. I rolled the window up in my car it was that awesome. Sounds strange but for some reason the smell of the cigar reminded me of good times spent at the bowling alley when I was a kid. In a good way. Hard to describe it exactly. Awesome smoke.



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I smoke in my truck and the other day my brother got in and said "it smells like a bowling alley in here."  Lol. 

[PigFish]

21 minutes ago, 99call said:

You did indeed, but at the age and price point, I couldn't resist. Interestingly I was shown a box I didn't like, This was apparently not the done thing, The one box I turned down all at least looked from the same box!!!! ha. It appears I had angered the cigar gods, and was to be punished. I will say though the cigar (sandy rosado hue) I smoked the other day was easily in the top 10 cigars I've ever smoked so, Waddayagonnado!

... yep! I no longer care what a cigar looks like. You never can tell!

-R

[PigFish]

Laid this one to rest the other day as well.

Partagas de Partagas No. 1

-Piggy

[99call]

31 minutes ago, PigFish said:

Laid this one to rest the other day as well.

Partagas de Partagas No. 1

-Piggy

What no humming bird perched on the end!!?? this is substandard, 20points deducted!

[JayHabanos]

H. Upmann- Magestic (2016)


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[Customsfan]

It’s the smells that launches me into another world

1 hour ago, PigFish said:

... is what I call the 'casino' smell! I don't know about others, but I get it!!! Cheers! -R

 

[zeedubbya]

... is what I call the 'casino' smell! I don't know about others, but I get it!!! Cheers! -R

Exactly! This is a perfect description of the smell! I suppose this is another one of those strange ones like "Old Lady's Handbag" Ken uses!


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[JohnS]

8 hours ago, 99call said:

The first of my boxes from 2000 finally arrived yesterday (thank god). Although it looks as if the supplier has done something pretty naughty in hodgpotching two boxes together, 15 of them being a nice sandy rosado, and 10 being claro (even bands very slightly different shades) I'm would complain, but sending them back to where they came from, would be the equivalent of dropping them into a black hole. 

Anyway smoked one of the rosado ones today and they were truely magical.  cream, pencil shavings and quite uniquely a strong marzipan that almost bordered on blue marker pen, ketone chemical flavor. Which whilst sounding terrible, was delicious. I'll get a review in shortly

It just makes you feel like crying that one can't pull out this Lonsdale out of their humidor anymore!   What a thing of beauty, even if the colour grading has 'gone to pot'.