Popular Post Raskol Posted July 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2019 C&C Time! HDM Epi Especial (2018) - 24:24 Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99call Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 14 hours ago, JohnS said: I think that if you enjoy that chocolate and raisin-sweetness profile, which is indicative of Vegas Robaina less than 3 years, then enjoy them younger. For me personally, I wouldn't want to go too much past the 5 year mark with chocolate or cocoa-dominate marcas as a rule (but of course there are exceptions such as the Montecristo Especial and Especiales No.2). I've had one or two more Famosos from this box since then and they've all had that peculiar and unique 'pure tobacco' or grassiness that @99call has alluded to in his posts on our forum from time-to-time, and I've come to become accustomed to it and favour it, yet I don't mind these younger with more chocolate either. Like @JohnS stated. I've also come to favour it. I found it quite a strange thing to get my head around, i.e this simple rich high quality tobacco flavour. I liken it to be a bit like going fishing, you don't catch anything and feel a bit sorry for yourself, but then you look up, realise you've been enjoying a fabulous vista, and the company of great friends etc. Defintely one of those cigars, that the less you "go after it" the more you enjoy it. Haha Bruce says it better than I ever could 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post irratebass Posted July 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2019 4 El Prince 50 Rc JL1 (which was incredible btw, best 1 I've have yet) Mystery 1 Mystery 2 Mystery 3 AJ Hoyo Dark Sumatra LGC Spanish Press Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk 23 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Astar20 Posted July 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2019 Straight up cinnamon cocoa cream and some sweet cedar this monte especial #2 from 2016 thanks to @mwaller And interesting enough lately all my cigars have had a bright white ash Shadow Kingby AJ Fernández I'm a huge AJ fan consistently good smokes. Leather coffee and very dark cocoa Finally got some down time at work to enjoy this cigar. 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywood Ninja Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 @Subcomandante, I pretty much smoked mine ROTT and it was pretty spectacular. I think you're going to love 'em. Little 45 minute flavor bombs they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TNT009 Posted July 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2019 20yr Tawny!!! 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RDB Posted July 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2019 Another ‘no chocolate’ Monte Media Corona RAU JUL 16. Quick park smoke in damp and blustery London. They are growing on me, but the Petit Edmundo is a miles better cigar. 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Markspring1978 Posted July 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2019 Like a s’mores, heavy on the marshmallow. MOE OCT 14 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post wineguy Posted July 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2019 Late morning PLMC LGR NOV 17 and live shot of what I am smoking now Connie A MEG JUN 16. I tried one of the PLMC ROTT and hated it in the December time frame. The one today was much better, shows the need for the down time even when they have some age. Connie A is starting great.... 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JohnS Posted July 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2019 El Rey del Mundo Demi Tasse MLU Dic 2018 I was so eager today to try one of these Demi Tasses from a new box I acquired recently. Unfortunately, I was profoundly disappointed with the experience. That youthful 'toastiness', citrus, fruit and honey was there, it was just hard to find when the cigar was plugged like it was. Sure, PerfectDraw helped but by then I had enough of 'slobbering' all over the mouth of the cigar, wetting the head and getting a bitter edge to the small amounts of wispy smoke per draw. See, it happens to all of us! Funnily enough, I coincidentally was on a forum post that El Pres had initiated a few years ago which discussed the demise of skinny cigars not being due to a lack of demand of modern consumers, as Habanos S.A. currently claim, but rather to poor construction issues in the 90's and 2000's, mainly plugging. After today's smoke I can empathise with how frustrating it can be to smoke a plugged skinny cigar. The flip-side to this is the fact that they can be sensational when construction is not an issue. 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lovethehaze Posted July 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2019 Coffee, leather and toasted sweet tobacco in spades. Smell is really good. Brings me back to my childhood and sitting next to my grandpa just so cigar like. Sweet toasted tobacco all in the air .... nc but a line i enjoy just bought at the Chs herf as the door fee so to speak slightly loose draw but enjoyable cheers 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JLinz Posted July 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2019 7 minutes ago, lovethehaze said: Coffee, leather and toasted sweet tobacco in spades. Smell is really good. Brings me back to my childhood and sitting next to my grandpa just so cigar like. Sweet toasted tobacco all in the air .... nc but a line i enjoy just bought at the Chs herf as the door fee so to speak slightly loose draw but enjoyable cheers Yep, what attracted me to CCs in the first place was those sweet memories of sitting with my grandfather who rarely didn't have a cigar in his hand. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovethehaze Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Yep, what attracted me to CCs in the first place was those sweet memories of sitting with my grandfather who rarely didn't have a cigar in his hand.I still have 1 old 898 varnished box he once smoked. And a bunch or Corina larks plastic boxes to hold nails, screws etc. always great memories. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MigsG Posted July 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2019 '18 HdM Elegantes LCDH courtesy of @lovethehaze, thanks man! Enjoyed this yesterday afternoon, a light but flavorful cigar. Seemed to have a citrus flavor, intermingled with leather and cedar. Burned well, no issues whatsoever. Different from all other Hoyo de Monterrey I've tried. Worth a try if you like a light, summer cigar in this size. Today, enjoying a '16 Montecristo #4 from another FOH buddy, @HopeUgood Got some years on this and I can tell it has had a very nice effect of smoothing out the flavor delivery. 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Optic101 Posted July 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2019 2 hours delight 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ac031898 Posted July 31, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 31, 2019 Found myself on the road in North Carolina this evening with some free time, a newspaper, coffee, and a pretty tough decision...ended up going with the E2 tonight. Have a good one everybody! 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sprouthog Posted July 31, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 31, 2019 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BuzzArd Posted July 31, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 31, 2019 Smokin’ Cat approved 2014 du Prince The monsoon activity is NOT Smokin Cat approved, and she’s keeping one of her crossed eyes on it.... 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jtfrizzy Posted July 31, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 31, 2019 Tonight smoking an AMO JUL 14 Cohiba Lancero paired with a little Macallan 12. Last night had a '12 Trinidad Coloniales paired with a little Eagle Rare 10 year Bourbon. Good to get back in action for the summer. How you guys all have a great day off the week. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JayHabanos Posted July 31, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 31, 2019 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chucko8 Posted July 31, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 31, 2019 Typhoon day in Hong Kong. Monsdale by Jorge from 17 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post IanMcLean68 Posted July 31, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 31, 2019 SOM DIC15 I really like these. Perfect now at just over 3 1/2 years. Started off with a little dry bakers cocoa and some white pepper spice. Developed stewed fruit flavours and the chocolate note became deeper and darker coming into the second third with occasional hints of floral notes. Stewed fruit turned into dried fruits and Christmas fruit cake as the cigar progressed. Some leather and earth develops further into the final third. Perfect straight thin burn line, and a great draw on this one too. 94/100. Nub Allones ? 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Raskol Posted July 31, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 31, 2019 Medio Siglo (2017)- 24:24 Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SmokinNukie Posted July 31, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 31, 2019 Last night in Sin CityYolanda and a Torano 50 yrSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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